Goals and Highlights: Arsenal 5-3 Barcelona in Friendly Game

ARSENAL 5-3 BARCELONA

ARSENAL GOAL

Vieira's long-range shot puts the ball into the corner and the cascade of goals continues: 5-3.

GOAL BARCELONA

Ferrán Torres enters the area and shoots a right-footed shot that beats the goalkeeper to make it 3-4.

Another Barcelona shot hits the base of the post.

ARSENAL GOAL

Trossard's first-time cross into the box is headed in by Trossard to make it 4-2.

Fati's pass and Dembélé's shot to the base of the post.

Dembélé's shot after a series of feints hits the defender.

The game is stopped because it is time for rehydration.

Rowe with the mid-range shot that the Barcelona goalkeeper saves.

ARSENAL GOAL

Trossard with the drive and cross shot that goes into the back of the net for 3-2.

Dembélé's shot goes over the top of the goal.

It fell to Saka inside the area and he blew it away.

The second half begins between Barcelona and Arsenal, both teams make changes.

Nothing more is added and the game goes to halftime: Arsenal 2-2 Barcelona

Trossard with a shot that goes over the top of the goal before Ter Stegen's deflection.

ARSENAL GOAL

Havertz finds the net again after finishing with a light touch at the far post to make it 2-2.

Arsenal's Ben White is cautioned.

Ronald Araujo has been cautioned after a strong tackle, Barcelona.

Kai Havertz is cautioned.

GOAL BARCELONA

Raphinha's direct free kick hits the defender and the ball changes trajectory for 2-1.

Trossard's shot inside the area is blocked by the blaugrana defense.

Saka misses the penalty by sending the ball wide and wide of the goal.

The shot hits Araujo's hand and the referee awards a penalty kick in Arsenal's favor.

Havertz's cross to the far post was just wide.

ARSENAL GOAL

Saka inside the box rifles home after a serious defensive error to make it 1-1.

GOAL BARCELONA

Lewandowski takes advantage of the goalkeeper's rebound and sends the ball alone into the net for 1-0.

Araujo is fouled and Arsenal will have a direct free kick.

Kick-off between Barcelona and Arsenal

We are minutes away from kick-off between Barcelona and Arsenal.

7 Ousmane Dembélé

25 Ander Astralaga

19 Franck Kessié

13 Iñaki Peña

20 Sergi Roberto

28 Aleix Garrido

10 Ansu Fati

97 Alex Collado

12 Clément Lenglet

27 Lamine Yamal

6 Gavi

31 Álex Valle

29 Fermín López

3 Álex Balde

30 Mikayil Faye

24 Eric García

23 Jules Koundé

5 Iñigo Martínez

26 Marc Casadó

11 Ferrán Torres

21 Frenkie de Jong

1 Marc-André ter Stegen, 15 Andreas Christensen, 4 Ronald Araújo, 17 Marcos Alonso, 2 Sergiño Dest, 18 Oriol Romeu, 14 Ilkay Gündogan, 8 Pedri, 9 Robert Lewandowski, 16 Abde Ezzalzouli, 22 Raphinha.

11 Gabriel Martinelli

32 Auston Trusty

16 Rob Holding

21 Fabio Vieira

31 Karl Hein

10 Emile Smith Rowe

85 Amario Cozier-Duberry

14 Edward Nketiah

18 Takehiro Tomiyasu

15 Jakub Kiwior

20 Jorginho

27 Marquinhos

3 Kieran Tierney

1 Aaron Ramsdale, 6 Gabriel, 2 William Saliba, 12 Jurriën Timber, 4 Ben White, 5 Thomas Partey, 29 Kai Havertz, 8 Martin Ødegaard, 9 Gabriel Jesus, 19 Leandro Trossard, 7 Bukayo Saka.

The game has been delayed for half an hour due to traffic.

Barcelona will once again wear the white jersey as it has not done for decades.

𝙃𝒆𝙧𝒆 𝒕𝙤 𝙡𝒆𝙖𝒅 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝒘𝙖𝒚 pic.twitter.com/jLlRu7F4uC

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 26, 2023

Arsenal, Barcelona and in conjunction with the Rams produced the following video

The best jersey swap you’ll see all day.

Enjoy playing at #RamsHouse tonight, @Arsenal + @FCBarcelona! pic.twitter.com/uZSXamsyEU

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) July 26, 2023

Barcelona has already arrived in the hands of young Gavi.

Gavi! 😍 pic.twitter.com/PxinncT1ZM

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 27, 2023

It should be remembered that in their last match, both in regular time and on penalties, the Gunners lost to Manchester United and today they will try to give a much better version.

The Barcelona players who were sick to their stomachs on Saturday have recovered and will be able to play in Wednesday's match without any problems.

Arsenal and Barcelona continue Soccer Championship Tour activity when they meet in the United States and here we kick off our coverage of the game.

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This is the start time of the game Arsenal vs FC Barcelona of July 26th in several countries:

Argentina: 11:30 PM on Star Plus

Bolivia: 10:30 PM on Star Plus

Brazil: 11:30 PM on Star Plus

Chile: 11:30 PM on Star Plus

Costa Rica: 8:30 PM on Star Plus

Colombia: 9:30 PM on Star Plus

Ecuador: 9:30 PM on Star Plus

United States (ET): 10:30 PM on ViX

Spain: 4:30 AM on Star Plus

Mexico: 8:30 PM on Star Plus

Paraguay: 10:30 PM on Star Plus

Peru: 9:30 PM on Star Plus

Uruguay: 11:30 PM on Star Plus

Although he is obviously not a key player and is in the process of consolidating his career, we must not lose sight of what Mexican player Julián Araujo can contribute, as there was much talk that he could go on loan to Las Palmas, but the team confirmed him for their trip to the United States and it will be important that he fills Xavi Hernández's eye in order to remain in the first team, as he is the first Mexican to be at the club since the Dos Santos brothers and Rafa Márquez.

One of the players who is expected to be the man who can lead the offense on the road to good results is Martin Ødegaard, who has made great strides in his growth but, given all the tournaments that Arsenal will play in the next soccer year, including the Champions League, he will have to be the determining element on the field.

13 Iñaki Peña, 21 Frenkie de Jong, 24 Eric García, 17 Marcos Alonso, 2 Julián Araujo, 26 Pau Prim, 16 Pablo Torre, 19 Franck Kessié, 9 Robert Lewandowski, 10 Ansu Fati, 27 Daniel Rodríguez.

1 Aaron Ramsdale, 6 Gabriel, 2 William Saliba, 18 Takehiro Tomiyasu, 12 Jurriën Timber, 41 Declan Rice, 29 Kai Havertz, 8 Martin Ødegaard, 14 Edward Nketiah, 11 Gabriel Martinelli, 7 Bukayo Saka. 1 Aaron Ramsdale, 6 Gabriel, 2 William Saliba, 18 Takehiro Tomiyasu, 12 Jurriën Timber, 41 Declan Rice, 29 Kai Havertz, 8 Martin Ødegaard, 14 Edward Nketiah, 11 Gabriel Martinelli, 7 Bukayo Saka.

FC Barcelona was unable to play last Saturday's match against Juventus because several players were ill, around 10, and it was impossible to schedule the match against La Vecchia Signora, so this Wednesday's match will only be the first in the United States and in their short preseason, which will include playing Real Madrid on Saturday and AC Milan next Tuesday, in addition to August 8 when they will play Tottenham for the Joan Gamper Trophy.

Here is the full press release on the suspension of the match against Juventus:

"FC Barcelona informs that the match against Juventus FC, scheduled for today, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Levi's Stadium for the Soccer Champions Tour, has been suspended. A large part of the squad is affected by viral gastroenteritis," the statement said.

This will be the third friendly game in the United States and the fourth of their preseason for Arsenal, with the mission of returning to winning ways after they lost last Saturday against Manchester United by 2-0; previously they had beaten MLS in the MLS-Game Star by 5-0 and before that they drew 1-1 with the modest Nuremberg. This will be the Gunners' last match on North American soil, as they will return home to play Monaco and put the wind in their sails when they take on Manchester City in the Community Shield.

The Arsenal vs FC Barcelona match will be played at the SoFi, in Los Angeles, United States. The kick-off is scheduled at 10:30 pm ET.

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