Basel 2-5 Barcelona: Friendly Report and Result as Adeyemi, Abdelkarim, Yamal and Bisiwu Goals Light up Gordon Debut
Summer signing Jesse Bisiwu scored twice off the bench as Barcelona finished preseason with a 5-2 win over Basel.
- On Sunday, Barcelona defeated Basel 5-2 in a friendly at St. Jakob-Park, marking the first start for £70m summer signing Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United.
- Summer signing Karim Adeyemi opened the scoring in the 34th minute from Raphinha's cross, but 17-year-old Jean Doucoure equalized for Basel before halftime.
- Lamine Yamal converted an 81st-minute penalty, while 18-year-old winger Jesse Bisiwu—who joined Club Brugge for $9.2m last month—scored twice in the 89th and 91st minutes.
- Basel fielded a heavily rotated squad against the Spanish champions, while World Cup winners Dani Olmo and Pau Cubarsi made their preseason debuts for Barcelona.
- Barcelona now shifts focus to Wednesday's Joan Gamper Trophy against Al Ahly, their final friendly before defending their LaLiga title at Elche on August 23.
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A spectacular debut for Jesse Bisiwu (18) at FC Barcelona. The Belgian top talent, who joined from Club Brugge for 10 million euros earlier this month, scored twice in as many minutes in a friendly match against FC Basel. Lamine Yamal also saw that it was good.
A clear victory for Flick's team (2-5) with goals from Adeyemi, Abdelkarim, Lamine and two from Bisiwu
The Catalans are in the test against Basel 5:2 and give the fans the best football entertainment in the "joggeli".
The Barça, already with some World Cup players as headlines, played their penultimate friendly match in Basel before next Sunday’s premiere in the League. Adeyemi and Gordon shone from the beginning at the extremes, as when Cruyff discovered Goiko. Barça’s cheerful football, still vague, but much looser and more eye-catching than the previous friendly ones. The Swiss didn’t seem to know that the game was played with ball. Gordon showed qualities…
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