For Manchester City, most of the main players in this summer's squad participated in the European Championship and Copa America, and Rodri and Alvarez won the European Championship and Copa America respectively, so Guardiola had to give these players to participate in the European Championship and Copa America off, which made Manchester City's squad for pre-season incomplete, in the first two warm-up games, Manchester City with a substitute team suffered two consecutive defeats, losing to Celtic in the Soviet Super League and AC Milan in Serie A.
Coming to North America for a business show is an important part of Manchester City's money circle this summer, and in the transfer market, the Blues, who have been charged 115 charges in the Premier League, have made no big moves, and no new signings have arrived except for the introduction of Brazil winger Savio. With the departure of full-back Angel Gomez and Academy youngster Edelis Berris, City's squad has remained relatively stable. In North America, Manchester City welcomed their third warm-up match opponent, La Liga giants Barcelona.
Barcelona has suffered a financial crisis in recent years, resulting in the team not being able to bring in the players it wants, Barcelona lost in the confrontation with Real Madrid last season, the four major seasons are empty, this summer's transfer market, Barcelona is still trapped in a financial crisis, only spent 2.7 million euros to bring in Paulo Victor from Girona, no recruitment funds made Barcelona have to promote young players from the youth team, La Masia continues to provide fresh blood for the Barcelona first team.
Manchester City vs. Barcelona, Guardiola sent a starting lineup of 380 million euros, Haaland was in the forward position, Bob, McCarty, Grealish sat in the midfield, O'Reilly, Kovacic partnered in the back, Lewis, Gvardiol, Esbrand, Phillips formed the defensive line, and Ederson guarded the door. For Barcelona, Flick sent a substitute line-up, Roque, Lenglet, Ford, Paulo, Peña, Julián and other players played.
At the start of the game, in the 13th minute, Bob broke through on the right and crossed, and Haaland, who was outflanked at the back of the penalty area, was saved by Peña. In the 15th minute, Manchester City launched a counter-attack after breaking the ball, McCarty burst into the middle of the ball with the ball, Grealish on the left side knocked on the front of the goal, and Haaland was cleared by the defenders who returned when he flanked it. In the 24th minute, Barcelona attacked, Domingos made a direct pass, Casado sent a wonderful pass, Pau Victor scored with a strong shot, and Barcelona led Manchester City 1-0.
In the 39th minute, Gvardiol broke through on the left and sent a precise through pass, O'Reilly stepped forward and scored with a low shot, Manchester City equalised, 1-1 Barcelona. In first-half stoppage time, Barcelona instigated an attack on the left, Gerard Martin broke through and crossed, Pau Victor missed at the top of the arc, Pablo Torre followed up to score, Barcelona took the lead again, 2-1 Manchester City.
In the 60th minute, Mateo Kovacic broke through after a successful break at the back and sent a wonderful pass, and Grealish who followed up on the left side scored from a small angle, and Manchester City equalized again, drawing 2-2 with Barcelona. In the 84th minute, Manchester City attacked in front, and an attacking player fell to the ground in the penalty area, but the referee did not indicate it. In the 90th minute, Barcelona counterattacked and got a chance, Lewandowski received a pass from his teammates and burst into the penalty area alone, and was destroyed by the returning Manchester City player, and finally Manchester City and Barcelona drew 2-2.
Manchester City have not won a game in this summer's pre-season, with only one draw and two defeats, of course, this is related to the fact that Manchester City's main players are still on vacation, and it is understandable that Manchester City is winless due to the lack of soldiers. In the next warm-up game, Manchester City will take on Chelsea in their final pre-season game, before the Community Shield on the night of 10 August, when Manchester City take on city rivals Manchester United.