necessary
absolutely beautiful perfect for the beautiful game temperatures are kind as well no doubt
playing a hand in high attendance levels as well as an elevated level of anticipation here
surely this is the hot ticket going around in this deck of the woods it surely must be blue and
burgundy wherever you look hymns ringing loud and proud this is what it is to be in the camp though
well this is the perfect game for all parties not least the neutrals who've just come to enjoy it
yes peter it's a shame it's only a friendly but then again that may help us see a more
expressive attacking contest and i'd be prepared to settle for a clash of lesser
intensity in favor of of lots of flair skill and plenty of tricks and a few goals i suspect i've
probably overstretched my my level of greed here things have got on the way here pretty promptly
jim which player is best equipped for this game yeah pierre emerick aubameyang peter
it's his pace that's his main attribute especially over those first few yards where he just seems to
glide away from defenders gets himself into great positions and likes to hit it hard
and nice and early that's a horrible combination for any defense that's trying to deal with him i
can tell you that yeah the easiest way to make a difference is to score so no argument there
harmlessly behind yeah but the two that closed them down merit the praise of a job well done
timmy
all right gets his pass away gets away from his opponents at a shot
and that would have been some goal well at least the crowd are appreciative of his efforts
shifted up field
and he's forced to go back and that interception was
most necessary coutinho and he's in a really good position here now and it's caught up
well that wasn't too dissimilar to the previous attempt barcelona
really are in the ascendancy here and they know they have to register while that's the case
cheerleading can get it clear
hit into the middle and the keeper beats it away memphis the pie
it's off target and by quite a way oh no that was a chance what a chance
and that's been intercepted
and the referee brings the first half to a close so another team has broken through
but certainly not for the want of trying it's been an interesting game up to now but still goalless
so there was the first half barcelona ended that first half in such a strong fashion i
think we'll just have to wait and see now if they can rekindle that drive and that
determination it's been great commitment and that has to be maintained in the second half
no goals at this stage but certainly not devoid of action it is nil nil here at half time
playing well with lots of opportunities plenty positives to take from the first half
despite the score like converting chances would make a world of difference for them
i saw that coming forward with intent coutinho brings the ball forward
says roberto tierney positions himself well and cuts it out
falls loose who's getting there passes it out oh that's well spotted sucker
party
big chance it's loose and there's a race for the ball
just miscalculated
memphis the pie big relief it just needed better contact while he did
get himself into a good position something for him to cling to
challenge was sure
deadlock is broken
it was a great finish he put it away with great poise dead eye accuracy now
that's what i call finishing right in the corner he knew instinctively who was where
and didn't need to waste any time weighing things up that's a cracking goal
final checks on the touchline a change about to occur
i think you have to admire his willingness to keep plugging away but the manager has
has done him a big favor i think by by taking him off i think he was looking very very leggy
it's been the hard work that he's got him to sleep
but i just wonder whether they can keep it up this may take a toll now
there's a real appetite from them to finally put this game to bed but will they
deyong barcelona just have to run down the clock
yeah it's safe to say that they just need to manage this to secure the win now can he finish
and that is the last effort of the game what a game end to end it flew by and in the end it
all came down to just the odd goal so jim how do you reflect on what we've seen yeah it was a game
that was won by sound tactics the hustling and hurrying force mistakes and created control job