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Barcelona beat Roma – Lionel Messi Butting Heads, Ivan Rakitic Scoring Screamers
Beating Roma 3-0 in a friendly match wasn’t the most interesting thing that happened to Barcelona during the eventful evening. Lionel Messi headbutting Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa grabbed most of the attention, but Ivan Rakitic for his wonderful goal deserves some credit as well.
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Match Highlights – San Jose Earthquakes vs Manchester United
It’s another win for Manchester United in the International Champions Cup friendly tour, beating San Jose Earthquakes with goals from Juan Mata, Memphis Depay and Andres Pereira, while Fatai Alashe got one back for the hosts just before half time.
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Match Highlights – Los Angeles Galaxy vs Barcelona
The start of the American tour for Barcelona in the International Champions Cup went well, beating the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 with goals from Luis Suarez and Sergi Roberto.
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Match Highlights – Adelaide vs Liverpool
The Australian tour continues for Liverpool with another win, this time against Adelaide United, beating their hosts 2-0 with second half goals from James Milner and Danny Ings.
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Match Highlights – Everton vs Arsenal
The Barclays Asia Trophy was won by Arsenal, beating Everton 3-1 in Singapore through goals by Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil.
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Match Highlights – Bayern Munich vs Valencia
In an experimental lineup Bayern Munich had no problem beating Valencia 4-1 in Beijing with Thomas Muller scoring twice while Robert Lewandowski scored one of the more impressive goals we’ve seen this summer.
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Match Highlights – Roma vs Real Madrid
Despite the massive attendance and the big names, the Roma vs Real Madrid friendly match in Melbourne, Australia never took off and ended in a 0-0 draw to open the International Champions Cup tournament, with the Italians winning 7-6 after a penalty shootout.
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Match Highlights – America vs Manchester United
It’s clearly pleasing to win 1-0 for Manchester United against Mexican Club America with a debut (friendly) goal for signee Morgan Schneiderlin, but defensively there were some worrying moments, maybe due to the mystery absence of David de Gea.
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Match Highlights – Thailand Stars vs Liverpool
A comfortable start for Liverpool on their Asian tour, beating a team of Thailand stars 4-0 with goals from Lazar Markovic, Mamadou Sakho, Adam Lallana and Divock Origi.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi & Neymar Still Haven’t Played Together
There wasn’t anything too special about the debut of Neymar for Barcelona, getting only 11 minutes that didn’t really amount to anything. Lionel Messi had a bit more time to show his skills and usual scoring ability, but to the disappointment of many, the two didn’t actually play together.