Barcelona faces AC MIlan in their last pre-season match in the United States. In the International Champions Cup (ICC) match which was held at Levi's Stadium on Sunday (5/8) WIB, Barca must recognize Milan's strength with a score of 0-1.
The match started with the standard tempo. Barca lowered the best players who have joined their current squad, Jasper Cilessen was believed to be the first goalkeeper. Instead, Milan can be said to be down with full force since the early minutes, and trust Gianluigi Donnarumma since the early minutes.
Barcelona immediately attacked since the early minutes, Paco Alcacer immediately threatened goalkeeper Donnarumma in the fourth minute. Five minutes later, Romagnoli made a brilliant interception to stop Malcom from the second line of Barca.
As always, Barcelona looks comfortable dominating possession. Rafinha seems to want to prove his quality, he tried to become the motor of Barca's attack. Three new Barca players - Lenglet, Arthur and Malcom - also began to look confident performing with their teammates.
Milan launched a counterattack several times through Suso on the right side, but failed to make a significant threat. Barca also had several opportunities through Munir, but Donnarumma's slick appearance was still not easy to conquer.
Barca got a golden opportunity at the end of the first half. In the 44th minute, Malcom received the ball in the penalty box and kicked hard with his left foot. Unfortunately, the ball slightly touched Musacchio and deviated to the side of Donnaruma's goal.
The match ended without a goal until part time. Barca performed better in the first half and should have been superior if Malcom did not miss two golden opportunities.
Entering the second half, the game didn't change much. The game is still running with medium tempo and the two teams are alternately designing attacks. Ter Stegen was trusted to replace Cillessen and Andre Silva came on for Cutrone.
Barcelona again dominated possession and tried to confine Milan in its own area. But because there were no creators of a capable attack, Barcelona's attacks often stopped in Milan's midfield.
Milan play with a slower tempo and aim for counterattacks through the top balls. Andre Silva did not get the ball supply and had trouble creating a meaningful threat to Ter Stegen.
Barca created two golden chances at the end of the second half through Nelson Semedo. Portugal's bloody right-back was free to help attack and repeatedly penetrated Milan's defense. Semedo sent a cross right on the face of goalkeeper Donnarumma in the 90th minute, unfortunately Barca's young player squeezed on the edge of an imperfect pass, keeper Donnarumma remained safe.
Milan surprisingly managed to score in the 90 + 3 minutes. Utilizing Barca who started off guard because they expected the match to continue on penalties.
Milan started the attack from the right side of the Barca defense, the ball was fed into the middle and fell at Kessie's feet. The formidable midfielder then pushed into the penalty box and handed the ball to Andre Silva, who fired hard with his left foot.
AC Milan 1-0 Barcelona. Silva's goal was the last kick of the match.
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