17e5c6Barcelona achieved a major victory over Basel, Switzerland, with a score of 5-2, during the friendly match that brought them together on Sunday evening at St. Jakob Park, as part of the Catalan team’s preparations for the new season.
Barcelona entered the match with a clear advantage, and succeeded in imposing its control over the course of the game, before Karim Adeyemi opened the scoring in the 34th minute, after translating the Catalan team’s advantage into a first goal.
Basel tried to quickly return to the atmosphere of the match, He was able to equalize before the end of the first half, after Jean Doucoure scored the first goal for the Swiss team in the 43rd minute, ending the first half in a 1-1 draw.
With the beginning of the second half, Barcelona quickly regained its lead, after Hamza Abdel Karim succeeded in scoring the second goal in the 50th minute, to restore the advantage to the Spanish team.
Barcelona’s pressure continued during the following minutes, until they were awarded a penalty kick in the 81st minute, which Lamine Yamal successfully executed, adding the goal. The third and strengthened their team's progress.
Basel responded from a penalty kick as well, after Kazim Olayigbe scored the second goal for the Swiss team in the 84th minute, making the score 3-2 and the excitement increased in the last minutes.
But Barcelona did not allow its opponent to return to the match, and Jesse Besio was able to score the fourth goal in the 89th minute, before the same player returned and concluded the Catalan team's five-goal with the fifth goal in the first minute of time instead.