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Brilliance for Dembélé, bench for Frenkie de Jong

2022-07-27T12:01:53.300Z


With two goals from the Frenchman, Barcelona drew against Juventus in the third game of the American tour in which Xavi pointed to the Dutchman


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Barcelona is enthusiastic about Dembélé, while Raphinha threatens to become an important player, waiting for Lewandowski to awaken his goalscoring desire with the Barça shirt.

Dembélé excelled with two beautiful goals in Barça's draw against Juventus in Dallas (2-2).

Third game for Xavi Hernández's squad on the American tour, third game in which Frenkie de Jong began the duel on the bench and then jumped onto the field as a central defender.

The case of the Dutchman, pointed out as one of the transferable to alleviate the uncontrolled salary mass, begins to make noise in the United States.

BCN Barcelona

two

Ter Stegen (Iñaki Peña, min. 45), Eric Garcia (Frenkie De Jong, min. 45), Alba (Alex Balde, min. 62), Sergi Roberto (Sergiño Dest, min. 31), A. Christensen (Piqué, min. 61), Busquets (Pjanić, min. 45), Nico González (Gavi, min. 45), Kessié Franck (Pablo Torre, min. 62), Aubameyang (Ansu Fati, min. 45), Lewandowski (Depay, min. . 61) and Ousmane Dembélé (Raphinha, min. 45)

YOUTH Juventus

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Szczesny (Perin, min. 45), Danilo (Mattia Compagnon, min. 60), Bonucci (Federico Gatti, min. 45), Bremer (Daniele Rugani, min. 58), Alex Sandro (Luca Pellegrini, min. 60), Cuadrado (Tommaso Barbieri, min. 77), Manuel Locatelli (Nicolo Fagioli, min. 60), Zakaria, Di María (Matìas Soulè Malvano, min. 76), Nicolo Rovella and Kean (Nicolò Cudrig, min. 77)

Goals

1-0 min.

33: Ousmane Dembele.

1-1 min.

38: Keen.

2-1 min.

39: Ousmane Dembele.

2-2 min.

51: Keen.

Referee

Elton Garcia

Yellow cards Di María (min. 73), Alex Collado (min. 77) and Tommaso Barbieri (min. 84)

Raphinha did not appear in the starting eleven, scorer against Inter Miami and in the classic;

On the other hand, the other signings of the Barça summer did: Christensen, Kessie and Lewandowski.

Also, from the outset, the two footballers who extended their relationship with Barça this year, Sergi Roberto and Dembélé, appeared.

The focus, however, was not on those present but on those absent.

Xavi Hernández once again left De Jong and Memphis Depay on the bench.

The case of the midfielder, whom Xavi considers one of the best footballers in his position, is especially striking.

However, for now, as he did at the time with Dembélé, the coach accepts the position of the club.

The idea of ​​​​the sports management is to pressure De Jong to lower his salary or, failing that, find a way out.

Xavi spoke with De Jong, as they also did from the sports area.

The player, for now, wants nothing to do with leaving Barcelona.

But the club tests his patience.

The Dutchman saw how Gavi, Kessie, Nico and Pablo Torré, all footballers with less pedigree than his, appear in the eleven during the preseason.

And, when he has to go out on the field, he does it as a central defender.

He did it against Inter Miami and Madrid, also in Dallas against the Vecchia Signora.

Against Juve, Xavi lined up Kessié, Busquets and Nico in midfield to contain an attack with a past at Borussia Dortmund: Dembélé, Lewandowski and Aubameyang.

The former Arsenal player edged to the left wing to cede the area to the Pole.

None shone as much as the French.

The pressure against the Italian team worked for Barcelona.

Dembélé warned, also Lewandowski and Aubameyang with two shots from the door of the area.

Barça was planted in the field of Juve, who did not understand or could not get around the Barça intensity.

Di María, then, went back to the midfield and Juve's defense began to look for Cuadrado with long balls.

There was no longer a duel owner in Dallas.

Something that Dembélé did not like.

The Frenchman's ability to deceive, able to escape from his markers both on the right and on the left, left Cuadrado, Rovella and Bremer with nothing to say until he planted himself in the area and beat Szczęsny with a whiplash.

Great goal from Dembélé, who was not satisfied.

He slept the leather back on the right wing and sped his way into the box.

He erased Cuadrado and Bremer from his map of vision and this time with his left foot he accommodated the ball to the far post of the Juve goalkeeper.

Before, Kean had signed the temporary tie for Juventus.

The barrage of changes in the second act, left Dembélé in the locker room and De Jong as a partner behind Christensen first and then Piqué.

As at the start of the duel, Barcelona stepped up the pressure after passing through the locker room.

Again, it worked for him.

And Raphinha, who has the goal between his eyebrows, made Szczęsny stretch.

But as in the first act, Juve was reactivated from Di María and Kean's expertise in the area.

With the 2-2, the duel changed hands, while Xavi and Allegri continued to shake the benches.

Barcelona found another march.

Pjanic and Pablo Torre activated the azulgrana from midfield, but Ansu Fati and Raphinha choked on the crossbar.

To the youth squad with a beautiful shot from the top of the area, to the Brazilian with a powerful direct free kick.

Xavi, at that time, had also given minutes to an active Memphis Depay.

None, however, could erase the tie from the scoreboard.

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Source: elparis

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