Match Report
| Manchester City | Manchester City |  |  | Barcelona | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Juan Perez gomez | Juan Perez gomez | manager | Javier Vlad | Javier Vlad | |||||||||||||||||
| Ruel Hurst | R. Hurst |  | 65 | G |  | 1 | | G | 71 |  | Tomasz Malkowski | T. Malkowski | |||||||||
| Nicky Greening | N. Greening | | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 64 |  | Gregorio Duran | G. Duran | |||||||||
| Eric Gargo | E. Gargo |  | 58 | D | | 3 | | D | 61 |  | Diego Jaramillo | D. Jaramillo | |||||||||
| Spencer Eadie | S. Eadie | | 57 | D | | 4 | | D | 61 | | Julian Diaz | J. Diaz | |||||||||
| Alan Drake | A. Drake | | 55 | D | | 5 | | G | 51 | | Nicolas Kiko | N. Kiko | |||||||||
| Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen | B. Leonhardsen |  | 69 | M | | 6 | | M | 64 |  | Youl Lecour | Y. Lecour | |||||||||
| Graeme Ince | G. Ince | | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 66 |  | Bilal Zeroual | B. Zeroual | |||||||||
| Mike Woodcock | M. Woodcock | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 | | Alberto Jimenez | A. Jimenez | |||||||||
| Delano Vreman | D. Vreman |  | 64 | M | | 9 | | A | 71 |  | Enrico Erra | E. Erra | |||||||||
| Marcus Carragher | M. Carragher | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Roberto Carmona | R. Carmona | |||||||||
| Tony Hapgood | T. Hapgood | | 57 | A | | 11 | | A | 73 |  | Mario Boban | M. Boban | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at The Etihad Stadium where Manchester City play Barcelona in this friendly game. Its a sell-out today with the 10,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Manchester City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Barcelona appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Manchester City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Barcelona appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Manchester City kick off!
2.50
0-0Bilal Zeroual makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Enrico Erra. Enrico Erra controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
8.59
0-0Bilal Zeroual catches Graeme Ince on the ankles. Bilal Zeroual is warned by the referee! Graeme Ince runs off the knock.
10.31
0-0Spencer Eadie chips the ball to his team mate, Mike Woodcock. Mike Woodcock makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher threads the ball through to Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
14.50
0-1Youl Lecour makes a simple pass to Mario Boban. Mario Boban knocks the ball forward to Roberto Carmona. Roberto Carmona shoots from just inside the box. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
18.17
Graeme Ince passes the ball forward to Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
24.26
0-1Manchester City are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Barcelona's defence.
26.08
Graeme Ince sees a break and surges forward. Graeme Ince goes all the way! Graeme Ince shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
34.26
0-1Julian Diaz knocks the ball forward to Bilal Zeroual. Bilal Zeroual threads the ball through to Enrico Erra. Enrico Erra knocks the ball forward to Mario Boban but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Barcelona kick off!
47.12
Alberto Jimenez flicks the ball to his team mate, Mario Boban. Mario Boban shoots from 25 yards but somehow Ruel Hurst manages to keep it out.
73.08
Delano Vreman makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher goes all the way! Marcus Carragher cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but somehow Tomasz Malkowski manages to keep it out.
75.14
0-1Diego Jaramillo sees a break and surges forward. Diego Jaramillo chips the ball to his team mate, Mario Boban. Mario Boban knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ruel Hurst who gathers it comfortably.
85.00
Manchester City are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
87.10
Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen kicks a strong pass forward to Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
89.48
Alberto Jimenez knocks the ball to his team mate, Enrico Erra. Enrico Erra sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
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