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well a very good evening to you wherever you are i do hope that you can join me in appreciating
this truly a beautiful evening a night that is absolutely ideal for a game of football the scenes
here really are something a beautiful picture under the floodlights traffic and transport
round here not the kindest but regardless of that the fans have found a way of getting here
there is a sense of theater and the decibel levels are rising blue and burgundy wherever you look
hymns ringing loud and proud this is what it is to be in the camp lou
two high-profile high-caliber teams this is a welcome event for all these
supporters well under normal circumstances this is a massive match up and i'm not
totally in agreement with the view that friendlies tend to take the edge away in my experience if the
opposition go at it full tilt then you have to reciprocate we'd like to see excitement
and be entertained but if it does go down the serious route there'll still be lots to enjoy
but if you did just miss it we are up and running already
jim you've played in games of this nature who can make the difference yeah alexandro especially on
the overlap down that left-hand side he can swing in a tasty cross from the byline or cut in himself
and take a shot best of all he's has to go oh and they really should have been made to pay
there's the shots
whose goal is that big deflection that's one for the dubious goals panel
so we have our breakthrough yeah this is also a chance to see what
happens to their level of concentration from here
memphis to and here's the chance to counter caught offside that time
good idea just poorly executed doesn't get the pass he's looking for
kiesa oh that's meat no it's real choice of
oh just lacked a decent finish while he did get himself into a good position
something for him to cling to
oh he's not gonna get that
well the score's only one nil but that doesn't tell the full story
it's a good ball and he could be in
danilo and that interception was most necessary
and the counter is on smashing touch to get him away
oh that's a fine interception
and the first half is done so there you have it a close sport half of football but robert still
had its moments but ultimately produced just one goal and more than decent game up to now
they showed glimpses of some wonderful football to groom with the lead at half time and that's
definitely pleased the fans i think they'll be looking to keep this intensity up now in
the second half barcelona the happier of the teams heading in for half time one nil up
and the second half gets on the way well it's been tight peter but i'm expecting
things to to open up now and we get some free flow and football
possession football gym where sam cleveland what is it though that really makes it work well for me
what makes it work is the fact that everyone in this team has to that's surely a foul free kick
it's a quick one
and the through ball is intercepted coutinho
could move up a gear here
and it's coutinho
good interception
your impression so far jim i think the manager is pondering his options as to whether to stick or
twist peter in view of the time remaining he might have a tough call to make now
oh it's a meaty challenge it had to be too
well he had a really good run at goal there but the defense just weren't going to let him pass
oh the ball shot loose here it's a carbon copy of the previous miss this is proving
to be a very good spell the intensity is great but they've got to make it count
paul is over the line time for a change in personnel
well you have to feel a little bit for the player been taken off here i think he's been made the
scapegoat after that but i guess something had to be done i suppose it did need a little change
keep calm and carry on that's the job in a nutshell now
oh no that's not the ball he wanted
i think we're about to see a frenetic finish and no hoffman
and that's it what a game end to end it flew by and in the end it all came down
to just the odd goal your final thoughts jim and there's a lot more to read into this game than