Penalties condemn Barcelona to Milan

Barcelona suffers a defeat against Milan, after pride got the better of them until penalties condemned them.

BALTIMORE, Maryland — Penalties (3-4) gave the victory to the Milan. Barcelona, ​​who finished the match full of youth, sinned from inexperience from the 11 meters (although they failed) Jules Kounde the first) and the victory went to the Italian team, after a duel with many nuances, which ended 2-2 after various scenarios.

He Barcelonain fact, survived his disaster in Baltimore. Sunk by a disastrous start, pride, ambition and character pulled him out of the mud against a Milan that suspected from the start of overwhelming him and ended up understanding that Hansi Flick’s team, with all the shortcomings that may be imposed on it, has enough reasons to look to the future with optimism.

A double of Robert Lewandowski avoided a defeat that was taken for granted after a quarter of an hour. Two goals from the Pole meant a lot to this Barcelona A two-faced man who returns to Europe undefeated in the United States, introducing a collection of youngsters with undisguised hunger to society and laying the foundations for a project in which the hand of the new coach is already noticeable.

The blue and red team ended up locking up the Milanmore concerned with defending and looking for a counterattack than with dealing with the young blue-and-red cubs with the ball.

Milan star Christian Pulisic scored to make it 2-0 for the Italian team against Barcelona in regular time. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images

The start for the Blaugrana was devastating. Flick changed the pieces, but not the system, and the furious intensity of the Milan It was, from the start, a nightmare for him BarcelonaAfter a quarter of an hour, the Italian team was already winning 0-2, taking advantage of marking and positioning errors first on the left wing and then on the right. Gerard Martin He got distracted and did not cover the position Clement Lenglet before Christian Pulisic gave the goal to Luka Jovic Ten minutes into the game and in the midst of a blackout, Pulisic came through the opposite flank like a Buffalo, surprising a slow-moving Marc-André Ter Stegen.

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It was the worst performance of the tour. The worst image of the preseason, a fact to reduce the euphoria that could have been installed around the team; a warning in all rules. And it cost the team Barcelona to make himself noticed, but when he did, he had the guts and brilliance necessary to put aside his initial bad image.

The return Barcelona home with two draws and a prestigious victory in the Classic in the backpack. With Marc Casadó y Marc Bernal shouting that they want a position; with Alex Valle proving that he can stay, with the youngsters pushing and the club waiting for the medical examination of Dani Olmo to add it to the template.

The tour of the new one is over Barcelona Flick, who from Orlando to Baltimore showed that he has a lot to do but, at the same time, a long way to go. And that he has reasons to believe.