Barcelona ended their friendly against Basel with a 5-2 victory after goals from Karim Adeyemi, Lamine Yamal and Jesse Bisiwu helped them recover from a period in which the Swiss side moved ahead.
Adeyemi opened the scoring in the 34th minute, putting Barcelona in front after a lively opening period. Basel responded before half-time, however, with the equaliser recorded in the 44th minute.
The hosts then completed their turnaround four minutes into the second half. Hamza Abdelkarim was credited with Basel’s second goal in the 49th minute, leaving Barcelona trailing 2-1.
Barcelona regained control during the closing stages. Yamal scored from the penalty spot in the 81st minute, although the match event was displayed as “Basel 1-3 Barcelona”. Three minutes later, another penalty was awarded, with Kazeem Olaigbe listed as the scorer for Basel in an event shown as “Basel 2-3 Barcelona”.
A further Barcelona goal followed in the 90th minute, although no scorer was identified in the match events. Jesse Bisiwu then scored in the 91st minute to make the final score 5-2. The original match title also described Bisiwu as having scored a brace.
The game featured a number of further recorded highlights and match events, including incidents in the ninth, 29th, 37th, 39th, 53rd, 63rd, 64th, 74th and 78th minutes.
Basel began with Ajeti in goal and a defence of Kevin Ruegg, Becir Omeragic, Nicolas Vouilloz and Philip Otele. Metinho, Aaron Malouda and Jonas Harder were also named in the starting line-up, along with Evann Senaya, Renato and Jean Doucoure.
Their substitutes included Shaqiri, Mirko Salvi, Zan Celar, Keigo Tsunemoto, Flavius Daniliuc, Kazeem Olaigbe, Moussa Cisse, Ludwig Malachowski Thorell, Moyo-Ola Uruejoma, Cyrill Emch, Andrej Bacanin, Giacomo Koloto, Asane Sow, Akpe Victory, Noah Kakor and Leon White.
Barcelona’s starting team was made up of Christensen, Raphinha, Eric Garcia, Gordon, Adeyemi, Joan Garcia, Balde, Fermin Lopez, Gerard Martin, Bernal and Xavi Espart.
Barcelona’s substitutes were Szczesny, Olmo, Kounde, Yamal, Cubarsi, Alvaro Cortes, Jesse Bisiwu, Brian Farinas, Eder Aller, Orian Goren, Jordi Pesquer, Ebrima Tunkara and Hamza Abdelkarim.
The final whistle confirmed a five-goal Barcelona performance in a match that saw the lead change hands before the visitors finished strongly.
