Marcus Rashford “incredibly powerful” in Barcelona – Torres
Ferran Torres congratulated Marcus Rashford after the first direct involving Manchester United from Manchester United in Barcelona provided his second goal against FC Seoul on Thursday.
England striker Rashford replaced himself with a second successive friendly, filming a pass from the left to Ferran Torres for the second strike from the Spanish international and the final goal of Barça among visitors' 7-3 Victory at the Seoul World Cup stadium.
“The team is better than last season,” said Ferran Torres, via Gerard Romero. “Rashford is incredibly powerful. Joan [Garcia] is a large goalkeeper. He will give us confidence.
Barcelona vs FC Seoul: Flick rents GAVI
Manager Hansi Flick expressed his concerns about Seoul, recovering from 2-0 behind to pull a level shortly before half-time.
“We have made mistakes and these are things we have to correct,” said Flick, adding that he “had seen what I want to see” of midfielder Gavi, who marked with a superb turn and a strike.
“This is excellent news that it is at this level. We saw a great Gavi at the end of last season.”
Before his second season in charge, Flick should also be satisfied by post-match remarks of midfielder Frenkie de Jong on the extension of his agreement beyond 2026.
“I am very happy here at Barça, both at the club and in the city,” said Jong. “I think the club is satisfied with me, so I assume that this will lead to a contract extension.”
Marcus Rashford Statistics
Rashford joined Barcelona on accommodation of the season, which would have obtained a salary reduction of 25% as part of an agreement offering his loan club an option to buy 30.3 million pounds Sterling for the 27 -year -old.
The former top scorer in United produced four goals and six assists in 17 appearances at Aston Villa during the second half of last season, having become a peripheral figure in United since the appointment of Ruben Amorim as a manager in November.
The director of Villa Unai Emery started Rashford in the four Champions League The stadium matches with direct elimination in 2023/24 and saw him mark twice during his departures from the last league.
Rashford The season ended with an injury to the hamstrings who initially removed it from the defeat in the semi-finals of Aston Villa in the semi-finals against Crystal Palace on April 26.
He made his non-competitive debut on Barça on the bench during a 3-1 victory at the Japanese team Vissel Kobe on Sunday and is about to become the first male English player in a Barcelona range from Gary Lineker against the real Zaragoza on June 20, 1987.
Lineing Barcelona vs FC Seoul
Lamine Yamal scored twice before the break and Robert Lewandowski opened his pre-season account while Barcelona resisted Seoul's return in first half to win in style.
Andreas Christensen also scored remotely to provide a procession for the Flick team, with Cho Young-Wook, Yazan al-Arab and Jung Han-Min responding for Club K League 1.
Barcelona starting XI: Joan Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Pedri, by Jong, Olmo, Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
Barcelona substitutes: Pena, Szczesny, Kochen, Inigo Martinez, Gavi, Ferran, Rashford, Christensen, Fermon, Casado, Bardghji, Eric Garcia, Jofre, Dro, Fernandez, Bardghji
Barcelona Pre-seation Fixes 2025/26
August 4: DAEGU (A), 12:00 BST / 07:00 and / 04:00 pt
August 10: Como (Estadi Johan Cruyff), 20:00 BST / 15:00 and / 12:00 pt
When does the Barcelona 2025/26 season start in Laliga?
Barça started its season in Mallorca, which finished 10th last season, Saturday August 16 at 4:30 p.m. BST.
We expect them to play at least their first three championship games from the outdoor season while work on their Camp Nou stadium is over, which means that they will not play a home match before mid-September at the earliest.
The first episode of El Classico in 2025/26 will be on Matchweek 10 at the end of October, when Barça goes to Real Madrid.
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