At 3:30 a.m. Beijing time on August 25, a friendly match between the giants began at the Camp Nou Stadium, and Guardiola led the defending champions of the LinkedIn Super League, Manchester City, to the away game to face their old club Barcelona. In the first half, Alvarez took the lead for Manchester City, and Aubameyang helped Barca equalize; In the second half, De Jong scored to help Barca reverse the score, Palmer quickly scored the equalizer, Depay scored, and Haaland created a penalty before the finale to be scored by Mahrez. In the end, Barca shook hands with Manchester City 3-3 at home.
The friendly was a charity tournament launched by former Barca assistant coach Winsue to raise funds for patients battling alesophilia. Wen Sué himself is also a frostbite patient, and before the game, he came to the center of the field and accepted the applause of the audience.
The match then officially began, and in the 3rd minute, Roberto broke through with the ball at high speed on the right and crossed, Aubameyang's header from the middle of the box was scored, and Manchester City goalkeeper Ortega Moreno reacted quickly to save the ball. A minute later, Casey sprinted down the right side of the aisle and fired a shot into the side-netting on the edge of the penalty area. In the 6th minute, Rafinha cut inside on the right and fired a left-footed shot that was taken into the arms of Goalkeeper Moreno.
Barca faced Manchester City, who played on the bench, and had the advantage in the field after the opening, but it was Manchester City who scored first. In the 22nd minute, Sergio Gomez hoisted a high ball from the left side of the penalty area to the front of the goal, Barca goalkeeper Penha came out of the hand when he received the ball, and Alvarez in front of him alertly poked the ball into the goal, giving City a 1-0 lead!
Barca's defensive mistakes seemed contagious, and in the 26th minute, Conde made a mistake at the back, Palmer intercepted on the spot and burst into the box to shoot high over the crossbar.
In the 29th minute, Barca won a free kick on the left side of the field, Rafinha drove into the box, Busquets' header from the middle of the road was crossed, aubameyang volleyed into the near corner from a small angle, 1-1, Barca equalized!
In the 44th minute, City won a free kick on the right side of the field, Mahrez's direct shot was blocked by the wall, and Sergio Gomez's long-range shot from outside the box was deflected.
The second half was easy to fight again, with City replacing Stones, Cancelo and Wilson Esplaned after half-time, while Barca only replaced Ferran Torres with Fati.
In the 48th minute, Penha blocked City's attack, Conde rose to the top of his own penalty area, Alvarez got the ball and his shot was blocked by Penha, Alvarez got the ball again, and the roundabout heel of the box was knocked to Mahrez next to him, who pushed the ball and was saved by Penha.
The two sides then deployed their troops, with Manchester City's De Bruyne, Gundogan and Tabu, as well as Barca's Depay, Garvey, Eric Garcia and Balde making the show.
In the 66th minute, De Bruyne made a mistake on the line of his own penalty area, Garvey snatched and went straight, Depay broke forward, collided with goalkeeper Moreno and fell to the ground, De Jong followed up and pushed the ball into the net, 2-1, Barca rebounded!
In the 70th minute, Mahrez's direct pass from the bottom right corner of the penalty area, Canceló received the ball on the right side of the penalty area and crossed the low flat ball, Palmer arrived in time to push the ball into the empty goal, 2-2, Manchester City quickly equalized!
Substitutions continued, with Manchester City's Haaland calling out and Barca sending Pjanic, Abde and Torre. In the 76th minute, Garvey's forward in the penalty area was exquisitely blocked, and Depay successfully countered the offside in the middle of the penalty area, and the single-knife shot was blocked by the goalkeeper.
In the 80th minute, Barca's long pass was transferred to the right side, Roberto's low cross from inside the penalty area, Depay pushed the penalty spot to break the goal, 3-2, Barca once again took the lead!
Barca then made three more substitutions, with Dester, Christensen and goalkeeper Turners coming on, and Barca have replaced all 11 of their starting 11 players. Turners was unstrained against the Manchester City stars and staged a good slam in front of his own goal to swing de Bruyne.
In the 88th minute, there was an accident on the field, Tabu and Christensen collided in the head while fighting for the top, Tabu fell to the ground for a long period of treatment, and then was carried on a stretcher to the ambulance, and Manchester City temporarily sent Bob to replace Tabu.
The 10-minute stoppage time entered the final stages, Haaland fell to the ground in the penalty area, Manchester City won the penalty, Mahrez played in the top right corner to win, 3-3, Manchester City tied the score.
The match ended with a friendly draw.
Line-ups for both sides: