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Two scrappy goals in two minutes Saturday night time have been ample for Tottenham Hotspur FC to earn a shootout towards FC Barcelona in the International Champions Cup at the Rose Bowl. But the Spanish champions emerged effective 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw through ninety minutes.
With many starters absent on both sides, the signing of Arthur paid off for Barcelona. He made a debut statement with a shot from backyard the container into the pinnacle corner, while Malcolm, a fellow Brazilian and latest acquisition, converted the winning spot kick.
After an early hazard used to be fired high and a shot by Denis Suarez used to be fired wide, Barcelona opened the scoring in the fifteenth minute. Sergi Roberto crossed the ball from the left to Rafinha, who headed a pass throughout the face of the intention to Munir. Unmarked and two yards from the open goal, Munir easily nodded the ball into the net.
In the 29th minute, Rafinha took the ball into the box earlier than passing to Arthur 25 yards from goal. Arthur controlled the ball with his first touch earlier than launching a shot previous Paulo Gazzaniga and into the top corner.
A beforehand quiet second 1/2 was livened up when — in the space of two minutes — Tottenham tied the rating with a pair of finishes at the cease of goalmouth scrambles.
First, Barcelona had bother clearing Ben Davies’ cross and a rebound subsequently fell at once to Son Heung-Min, who shot into the bottom corner with goalkeeper Jasper Cillissen out of position.
Then, nearly straight from the kickoff, Son held up Cillissen and slipped the ball to Anthony Georgiou. His shot used to be blocked on the goal line, however Georges-KevinN’koudou was once in the right area and tied the score.
In the shootout, the first two takers for every group converted, however Georgiou’s spot kick for Tottenham was saved.
Davinson Sanchez scored to maintain the shootout alive, however Malcom sent Michel Vorm the incorrect way with his penalty to tightly closed a 5-3 shootout win.
A crowd of 66,805 was once announced.