An incredible strike by Ansu Fati was the main difference between Barcelona and AC Milan on Tuesday, as AC Milan’s La Liga team beat AC Milan in the game 1-0 on the pitch in Las Vegas.
Fati made his way off the bench in half-time and only needed 10 minutes to impress by cutting in from the left before slamming in the corner of the goal from within the box.
The Barca forward was spotted at the touchline with his teammate Ousmane Dembele who was omitted from the squad while Barca tried to negotiate the transfer of his player for Paris Saint-Germain.
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The victory concludes Barca’s tour through America. United States after losing to Arsenal and defeating Real Madrid in their previous two games, and Milan returns to Italy after losing to Madrid in a draw against Juventus.
USMNT winger Christian Pulisic began his debut at the beginning of Milan in the Allegiant Stadium, and his quick move drew a first yellow card from Marcos Alonso. However, Barca quickly began to open up opportunities.
Mike Maignan saved a Ronald Araujo header before Jules Kounde struck the post, and Ferran Torres’s rebound was blocked superbly through Fikayo Tomori.
Maignan also blocked an errant 25-yard strike from the Brazilian and a post-side strike from Torres; however, Milan also had chances in the opening half.
Inaki Pena denied Tijjani Reijnders and could be doing better after being released from Ruben Loftus-Cheek; Tomori headed over, and Rafael Leao shot straight as Pena beat Kounde.
Barca changed five times at the break, and one of the players, Fati, broke the deadlock after linking with energetic Alejandro Balde.
Pulisic was in danger just a few minutes after landing in a sloppy position following a collision with Balde; however, he could play through after a tense exchange, with Milan being close to leveling the score after Leao was bending just above.
Oriol Romeu, Then headed into the goal in the direction of Barca, and Araujo scored a plan that was rightly ruled out as offside. Both teams missed great chances in the closing stages.
Then, Reijnders fluffed his lines after swiping at Sergino Dest and then playing two-on-two with Leao, who shot out of six yards. Then Fati, who had the goal in sight, had his shot stopped by young Milan defensive player Davide Bartesaghi.
Barca begins the new La Liga campaign on August. 13 away from Getafe Then, Milan will have to wait a week to play the Serie A opener, which will be played out to Bologna in August. 21.