After Arkadiusz Milik's embarrassing miss, Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic scored with an unstoppable 79th-minute half-volley on Wednesday.
Match Reports
Ivan Rakitic scored the winner as LaLiga champions Barcelona overcame Napoli 2-1 in the first of two friendlies in the United States.
After Arkadiusz Milik's embarrassing miss for Napoli, Barca midfielder Rakitic found the back of the net with an unstoppable 79th-minute half-volley in Miami Gardens on Wednesday.
Barca – who will face Napoli again in Michigan on Saturday – saw Sergio Busquets' opener cancelled out by Samuel Umtiti's own goal three minutes prior to half-time.
Match Events
8' CHANCE! Griezmann's shot wide out
The corner comes in and Suárez with another volley as it falls to Griezmann. His shot it well wide.
12' Griezmann comes close!
Griezmann gets it back and shoots with his left. Meret gets down to save it.
20' WHAT A CHANCE missed by Mertens!
Callejon wins it back and drives forward. Ball to Mertens and he gets it again after a 1-2. He has a shot from point-blank range and Neto saves with a world-class effort. That was incredible.
38' GOAL! Napoli 0-1 Barcelona (Busquets)
BUSQUETS! GOAL! He drives a shot low and into the corner from distance. It bounced in front of the keeper and in despite him being at full stretch. Tame goal to concede. Barcelona lead.
42' OWN GOAL! Napoli 1-1 Barcelona (Umtiti)
CALLEJON! He responds at the back post winning it off Junior and slotting home with some help from Umtiti.
52' CHANCE! Ruiz's shot saved
And now Abel Ruiz nearly scores. He gets a shot away after a cross from Perez. He follows it up after the save and Meret grabs it again.
59' Milik with a great chance!
Attempt missed. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
68' OFF THE POST! Dembele almost scores
Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona) hits the right post with a right-footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
76' What a miss! Milik's header over the bar
What is Milik doing. Ball crossed in and Callejon is there to turn it home but Milik chests it over the bar. Wasteful.
79' GOAL! Napoli 1-2 Barcelona (Rakitic)
GOAL! Rakitic offloads on into the net like a bullet.
Line-ups
Napoli XI: D. Mertens, Callejón, Manolas, Maksimovic, Insigne, Mário Rui, P. Zieliński, G. Di Lorenzo, A. Meret, F.Ruiz, E. Elmas
Subs: O. Karnezis, D. Ospina, Chiriches, Allan, Verdi, Malcuit, Hysaj, Ghoulam, A. Younes, A. Milik, S. Luperto, G. Gaetano
Barcelona XI: L. Suárez, I. Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Neto, A. Griezmann, S. Umtiti, Carles Pérez, Junior Firpo, M. Wagué, Riqui Puig, J. Todibo
Subs: Piqué, Jordi Alba, M. ter Stegen, S.Roberto, Rafinha, Lenglet, Semedo, Arthur, Aleñà, O. Dembélé, Iñaki Peña, F. de Jong, Abel Ruiz