International Champions Cup – Match 15 of 27: Barcelona vs Tottenham

Result: 2 – 2(5-3)

Goal Scorers:

  • Barcelona: Munir El Haddadi 15′, Arthur 29′
  • Tottenham: Son Heung-min 73′, Georges-Kevin N’Koudou 75′

Penalty Goal Scorers:

  • Barcelona: Sergi Palencia, Abel Ruiz, Ramon Rodriguez Jimenez, Ricard Piugm, Malcom
  • Tottenham: Son Heung-min, Ben Davies, Davinson Sanchez

Match Statistics:

Barcelona Team Stats Tottenham
11 Shots 18
5 Shots On Target 7
53% Possession 47%
545 Passes 486
85% Pass Accuracy 87%
13 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
3 Corners 7

Highlights:

  • Barcelona made a dream start to their international cup campaign, as they outclassed Tottenham in penalty shootouts.
  • In the 1st half, Munir El Haddadi shot a rocket in the nets and gave an early lead to Barcelona.

  • After 14 minutes, the lead was doubled by Arthur who struck from long range and found the back of the net to make it 2-0.

  • Tottenham remained clueless as they could not muster up a single goal, as the half time whistle blew with the scoreboard being 2-0.
  • In the 2nd half, Barca kept things tight until, Son Heung-min finally scored the first goal for Tottenham at the 73rd minute.
  • 2 minutes later, Georges-Kevin also joined the party as he netted the ball to level the scoreboard.

  • No team scored after this point, as the match went into penalty shootouts.
  • Barcelona scored 5 goals in a row, thus winning the penalty shootouts and the match by 5-3.

Visit Allsportspk on 30th July for the next match of the International Champions Cup 2018.

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