Barcelona beat FC Cartagena in a Wednesday evening friendly that was played in a wonderful spirit to raise funds for the victims of the devastating floods that hit the region of Murcia in September.
2019 Club Friendlies
0-2
Match Report
Goals from Perez and Marques settle a seriously contested friendly in support of the flood victims in Murcia
Arguably the most outstanding performer on the park was Cartagena goalkeeper Esteve Peña, who was the main reason why it took Barça 64 minutes to finally break the deadlock.
Alex Collado and Carles Perez had both been denied by fantastic saves before Riqui Puig finally exploited an untidy piece of defending to get the ball straight into path of Perez, who made no mistake with his finish.
It was all Barça now, but there was just the one more goal to come when Alejandro Marques slammed in a simple finish following a fine move from Sergio Akieme.
Match Events
17' CHANCE! Alena's shot saved
26' Dembele comes close!
37' Pique & Roberto subbed off
59' Perez with a great chance!
64' GOAL! FC Cartagena 0-1 Barcelona (Perez)
74' What a hit by Alena, but saved by keeper!
88' GOAL! FC Cartagena 0-2 Barcelona (Marques)
Line-ups
FC Cartagena XI: J. Fucile, Verza, Santi Jara, Sergio Ayala, Elady Zorrilla, Rodrigo Sanz, Esteve Peña, David Andújar, Javi Vera, Lucas de Vega, Uriel
Subs: Carlos Moreno, José Jurado, Quim Araújo, Marc Martínez, L. Pinto, A. Roselli, Álex Martín, William de Camargo, D. Agüero, Jesús Carrillo, Ismael Martínez, Óscar Siafá, Raúl Baños, Koke, David Vera
Barcelona XI: Pique, Neto, Roberto, Alena, Dembele, Perez, Firpo, R. Araújo, Dani Morer, Riqui Puig, E. Delgado
Subs: Ferrán Sarsanedas, Chumi Brandariz, Sergio Akieme, Sergi Puig, H. Abe, Jandro Orellana, Monchu, Álex Collado, Alejandro Marqués, Óscar Mingueza, Guillem Jaime