Barcelona, ​​with goals from Carles Pérez and Venezuelan Alejandro Marqués , won the Cartagena Football Club 0-2 in a friendly and beneficial match for those affected by the recent floods in the region of Murcia in which the leader of LaLiga imposed the first classified of group IV of Second B in an afternoon in which Gerard Piqué was the most applauded of the Catalans.

Barcelona faced this clash with only six players from the first team displaced to Cartagena and all of them were included in the starting eleven - Neto Muraro, Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Junior Firpo, Carles Aleñá and Ousmane Dembélé -.

Absent first swords such as Leo Messi, Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann and eight other players of the first team that are with their national teams and also without the injured Jordi Alba, Nélson Semedo and Ivan Rakitic, those who jumped to the grass of the Cartagonova stadium were received with applause by the audience. Cartagena was encouraged at the start and Araujo had to intervene in minute 3 to intercept a shot by Elady Zorrilla after just three minutes.

After that action, Barça, under the baton of Riqui Puig and with Dembélé at the end of the attack, began to dominate and have good chances to get ahead on the scoreboard. Aleñá, at the center of Morer , finished off at Esteve's hands; then Morer himself finished off after receiving a master pass from Riqui Puig; and later it was Carles Pérez who finished off and cleared the black and white behind. Dembélé, in the 25th minute, had an even clearer chance but Esteve beat him one on one and avoided the Barca goal with his left foot.

The 0-0 remained after half an hour of the game and the local Elady Zorrilla left the pitch with discomfort. Five minutes later Sergi Roberto and Piqué were replaced, the latter receiving a closed ovation and waving to the stands, and still before the break Uri shot out in a new opportunity for those of Ernesto Valverde. Siafa, in a loose ball in the visiting area, could have surpassed Neto, but the defense ended up clearing in the small area in the last notable action of the first half.

Carousel of Changes

The clash resumed with a carousel of changes and the two teams warning with great danger, but Esteve before Collado and Neto against Quim Araujo did not move the scoreboard. Barça continued insisting with Carles Pérez - they locked him in the area, but he did not fall and the referee did not indicate a penalty - with Riqui Puig - his shot from the front was stopped by Esteve - and with Carles Pérez - Esteve returned to hit clearing a corner -.

The first goal finally came after a good action by Riqui Puig, who combined determination and technique so that the ball ended up falling to Carlos Pérez, who connected a good shot to set the 0-1. Sarsanedas, moments after stepping on the grass, was injured after a hard tackle from Alexandre and Aleñá was 0-2 with a great shot that forced him to stretch to a demanded Esteve, the best player of his team in the match when he is substitute by Marc Martínez in the Liga de Segunda B.

The match was also played in the stands, with the 14,000 fans who filled the stadium and tried to aupair their players, who in that final stretch tightened in search of a tie. William and Quim Araujo tried it but they lacked success to those of Gustavo Munúa. Collado and Monchu also generated some danger in the local area and it was Marquis who signed the second goal in the 89th minute pushing a good pass from Akieme after his personal action in a match in which Barcelona was superior to a rival who gave size.

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Cartagena 0 : Esteve; Uri, Andújar, Sergio Ayala, Fucile; Javi Vera, Verza, Santi Jara, Rodrigo; Elady Zorrilla and Lucas de Vega. Siafa, Ismael, Quim Araujo, Carrillo, Jury, Leomar, William, Álex Martín, Carlos David, Damián, Alexandre and Koke also played.

Barcelona 2: Net; Morer, Araujo, Piqué, Junior Firpo; Riqui Puig, Sergi Roberto, Aleñá; Carles Pérez, Saverio and Dembélé. Chumi, Monchu, Guillem, Akieme, Collado, Sarsenadas, Mingueza, Marquis, Jandro and Hiroki Abe also played.

Goals : 0-1. Minute 64: Carles Pérez. 0-2. Minute 89: Marquis.

Referee : Fulgencio Madrid Martínez, from Murcia. He didn't show any yellow cards.

Stadium : Cartagonova de Cartagena before 14,000 spectators

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