[football] Barcelona Defeats LA Galaxy 2-1

Barcelona defeated LA Galaxy 2-1 in a practice match in Los Angeles in their USA tour. Barcelona gave their new signing Maxwell a place in the first eleven for the first time, while youth players like muniesa, Pedro and Dos Santos got the chance to play alongside the likes of Messi, Yaya Toure and Alves. Marquez came back for the first time since he was injured in the Champions League semifianl against Chelsea. Barcelona opened up the score line in the 11th minute when Pedro scored the first goal for the Catalans. Bojan came close to scoring at the end of first half when he got a great through pass from Dos Santos. However at the 45th minute David Beckham shot a world class freekick from just outside the box to level the score.

The second half saw thw comeback of Xavi, Henry, puyol and Busquets. In the 67th minute Jeffren scored the winner for the team. Henry put a few great passes but nice piece of defending from the Americans kept the scoreline unchanged after that.

Barcelona play their next match against Seattle Sounders FC on 5th of August.

barcelona squad:

Pinto (45 Valdés)

Alves (45 Puyol
Marquez(30 Henrique) (60 Pique)
Muniesa (45 Fontàs)
Maxwell (45 Abidal)

Toure (45 Busquets)
Dos Santos (45 Xavi)
Keita (45 Victor Sanchez)

Bojan (45 Jeffren)
Messi(45 Henry)
Pedro (45 Gudjohnsen)