Net is exhibited in the triumph of Barça against Naples

It is true that the operation that brought Neto to Barcelona and Cillessen to Valencia responded to a financial ploy to save the accounts of the past year of both clubs. But also that the Brazilian is an excellent goalkeeper and that he will press Marc-André ter Stegen as much as he can. Net starred in one of those summer-cut shows in Miami to protect the Barca victory against Naples (2-1), led by the goals of Busquets and Rakitic.

This past dawn had to do with that kind of trophy of new wedge baptized as LaLiga-Serie A Cup. It is a double match against Naples, then next Saturday in Michigan. The first duel, yes, was played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, where Javier Tebas, president of the employers, intended to take Barça to play against Girona in the last league championship through a contract signed with the company Relevent Sports Yes, the same one that organizes this summer trophy in the United States. The new football

Debut of Junior Firpo

Ernesto Valverde, who is one of those who does not get carried away by modernity, did not give much more importance to the game than the one that deserves a simple friendly. That is, an ideal day to shoot soccer players -Junior Firpo, the last to arrive, premiered as a starter- , to give field to the youth players -Riqui Puig, Carles Pérez or Abel Ruiz appeared waiting for the official competitions re-embed the subsidiary-, or so that Luis Suarez, decisive in the last Gamper, began to get used to playing with Griezmann on his side.

The former Atlético and Uruguayan striker only played only the first 45 minutes and could barely connect. Griezmann, despite his efforts, has not yet scored in his four preseason games.

Frenkie de Jong, meanwhile, only played the last 35 minutes and did it as an inside, with Busquets keeping his back on the pivot. Of Coutinho, Arturo Vidal and Arthur, who begin the preseason after their participation in the last Copa América, there was no trace.

Defensive problems

However, it was hard for Barcelona to take the pulse of the game. Whether it was because of the heat, the humidity or the insistence on the pressure of the Naples of Ancelotti, going out with the ball played from the rear was little less than a homeric trip. It had to be Sergio Busquets who recited to lend a hand to a defensive line shaken again and again. Wagué could not tie Mertens. Todibo was the one who corrected Umtiti, not the other way around. While Junior, troubled and nervous, paid the hazing in front of Alley , always victorious in duels in the sun.

However, Barcelona managed to advance on the scoreboard. After a start in which Griezmann, more involved in defensive tasks than offensive, finished off twice, the Catalans caught the first goal in the last leg of the first half. Enabled on the balcony of the area by Riqui Puig, always lucid in his interventions , Busquets reached the net with a shot without strikethrough.

But Naples, commanded by Fabian Ruiz, had reason not to give up. Insigne came from proving the reliability of Neto, impressive in a close shot preceded by a loss of Junior Firpo in the midfield. But the Brazilian goal, after stopping a whiplash of Mertens, nothing could do in the action of the tie. Junior was most tame against Callejón, and the former Real Madrid player had only to get the ball to the small area. Umtiti, runaway, was the one who set his own goal .

Dembélé stick

Barcelona tried to recover in the second act, to a large extent, thanks to the connections of its affiliate soccer players. In fact, a magnificent combination between Riqui Puig and Carles Pérez resulted in a shot by Abel Ruiz. Meret avoided the scorer premiere of the champion of the last European U19 with Spain. Dembélé, very active after his emergence, also sniffed the goal . In fact, the first time he touched the ball crashed it into the post.

But who accumulated more merits was Net. He made life impossible for Milik, whom he denied twice. And when Barcelona had focused on the victory thanks to a dry shot on Rakitic's front, the Barcelona goalkeeper still had the strength to snatch Verdi's tie at sunset.

Net, the same goalkeeper who once tired of being Buffon's relay at Juventus, promises extreme competition to Ter Stegen.

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