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Central Coast 17-year-old Garang Kuol earns plaudits from Barcelona manager Xavi after lighting it up in Sydney friendly.

Kuol hit the bar in the final minutes but the All Stars could not find the equaliser. It was a similar tale two minutes after half-time, but this time it was the All Stars who were the beneficiaries. The All Stars kept their foot on the throat with a second goal coming in similar fashion six minutes later. The teenager nearly put the All Stars 3-1 up when he found himself clean through on goal in the 66th minute and he also hit the woodwork in the dying stages. But he looked every bit at home taking on the likes of Sergio Busquets and Dani Alves in front of 70,174 fans and his turn of pace troubled the Barcelona defence. Kuol was part of the A-Leagues All Stars coached by Dwight Yorke that went down in a spirited 3-2 defeat at Stadium Australia on Wednesday.

Barcelona beat an A-Leagues All Stars team 3-2 in Sydney in a friendly match that brought their 2021/22 season to an end.

90 mins to kick-off: Barcelona are set to play their first ever match in Australia tonight against the best players from the local top-flight competition. While only a friendly, this game means a lot to both fans and players. 45 mins to kick off: Starting lineups have been confirmed. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frenkie de Jong both left out of Barca's XI as a few youngsters get their chance instead. 15 mins to kick off: "I think we can keep them sort of quiet. Full-time: Barcelona come from behind in the second half to claim an entertaining 3-2 win. Barca have failed to score across their past two matches, while the All Stars led Juventus back in 2014 before two late goals saw them lose 3-2. Game looking likely to start about 10 minutes late. This game might not start on time. Barca then just manage to clear his follow-up attempt. Alba and Aubameyang come on for Barcelona. One to keep an eye on.

Garang Kuol was the name on everybody's lips at Accor Stadium on Wednesday night, with the 17-year-old earning rich praise from Xavi and Dwight Yorke.

I play with a lot of freedom, I don’t think about it too much – I just try to make an effect.” Overall, fantastic – I’m pleased that the public get to see him because he’s one for the future.” “Even when we conceded the equaliser it was a stonewall foul on him as well. “It was a great experience to play against some of these top players around the world,” Kuol said. “He was very fast, he created many chances,” Xavi said. A scholarship player with the Mariners who is still juggling high school commitments, Kuol is unfazed by his growing reputation.

The potential of football in Australia was in evidence as one of the game's superpowers helped deliver a festive night in Sydney.

“I didn’t think it was going to be this good. “You can see the talent is on show. Seventeen-year-old Central Coast Mariners striker Garang Kuol, with less than three hours of professional football under his belt, troubled the Barça defence all night, and nearly put the All-Stars 3-1 up following a blistering solo run before cracking an upright in the closing stages of the game. But the All Stars did not roll over and, despite striker Jason Cummings admitting at half-time that his team were “chasing shadows”, a goal from Reno Piscopo soon after the re-start put the home side back into the game. When Barcelona took the stage to face the A-League All Stars on Wednesday night they were met with a spectacle worthy of a grand final. The group, coached by Dwight Yorke, managed to train as a team just twice.

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"That goal was a very important moment for me. Capping a dramatic evening for Baena, he was sent off in the dying moments. "It's a historic goal that helps us to continue to grow, continue to improve and continue to put Hong Kong in a very good place in Asian football."

In front of a post-pandemic record crowd in Sydney of 70,000 – with global icons like Sergio Busquets, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang and Frenkie De Jong on the ...

“Even when we conceded the equaliser it was a stonewall foul on him as well. His agent John Grimaud says the precocious talent is already on the radar of clubs abroad and he has the ability to make it to the very top. All the best for him and all of the players from Australia,” the World Cup winner said.

FC Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele has rejected the club's contract renewal offer and is set to sign for Paris Saint Germain.

"I have my own personal opinion on this but it's not relevant. According to As on Thursday, Dembele is set for a reunion with his former teammate Messi and replicate the Argentine's move last summer by leaving FC Barcelona to join PSG as a free agent - something he has allegedly already informed Barca's coaches about. First team coach Xavi Hernandez refused to send Dembele to the stands to watch the rest of Barca's trophyless campaign, and instead exacted top form from the 25-year-old who became a leader in assists across the squad while also challenging the likes of Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi in the discipline across the rest of Europe.

Barcelona were almost left shell-shocked by the A-League All Stars until a late strike from Ansu Fati gave them a win on Wednesday.

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Rattled, the Spaniards reset and Barcelona's Traore made it 2-2 in the 72nd minute with a vicious shot that was saved but trickled over the line. Reno Piscopo bundled the ball into the net two minutes after the restart, and they caught Barcelona napping again six minutes later with a counter-attack that Adama Traore -- who shares the same name as the Barca winger -- finished with a simple tap-in. The breakthrough finally came with Gavi feeding Dembele after intercepting a pass and the Frenchman drilling the ball into the right-hand corner.

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However, a loan departure looks the likelier of the possibilities, more so if the midfielder is willing to reduce his salary demands. Most of the players who will be returning are unlikely to have a future at Camp Nou and could either be sold or sent out on another loan spell. There had been talk about Besiktas wanting to extend the former AS Roma star’s loan spell by another season.

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So, de Jong could enter the deal, as Pep Guardiola is a huge fan and has tried to sign him on multiple occasions in the past. Robert Lewandowski has emerged as a top priority for the Catalan giants and has made it clear that he wishes to leave Bayern Munich in the summer. It is where de Jong could enter the picture, as per the report.

The club still find themselves in a precarious financial situation, with the Catalans needing to sell and offload players before they can bring anyone in.

Bernardo has enjoyed a stunning season for City, with reports suggesting that coaches at the club have viewed this as one of his best seasons in a blue shirt. Pep Guardiola is said to be a big admirer of Frenkie De Jong and tried to get him to sign for City in 2019 Pep Guardiola is said to be a big admirer of the former Ajax midfielder and Mundo Deportivo report that the former Barcelona coach personally called the Dutchman in 2019 to try and convince him to sign for City.

For De Jong, it is surely an awkward situation. The 25-year-old seems caught up in a generational change in the midfield at Barca, while Bayern Munich has ...

The 25-year-old seems caught up in a generational change in the midfield at Barca, while Bayern Munich has Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka entrenched as starters. De Jong, however, reportedly wants to stay with FC Barcelona. Barca’s leadership could be weighing the positives and negatives of selling De Jong — if his presence in a deal will help convince Bayern Munich to sell Lewandowski. Per the report (as captured by Twitter account @iMiaSanMia), Bayern Munich still has interest in De Jong and FC Barcelona believes a sale of the Dutchman to the Rekordmeister would be able to help convince the Bavarians to let go of Lewandowski this summer.

'PARC BLAU' is an experimental proposal to reflect on the future of cities presented by ON-A as part of the Model. festival.

They sought to symbolise this new life with an augmented reality transformation of the sculpture of Columbus into a Colonising Tree, which will only be available virtually during the days of the Model. Architectures Festival of Barcelona. It is a large tree inspired by the holm oak, the most common tree in Catalonia, which invites us to reflect on urban space and seeks to get citizens to think about how the city can be "colonised" with new green spaces. As the architects of ON-A point out, "the port of Barcelona has historically been an infrastructure that has looked towards the sea, with a rather hermetic character, designed to offer logistical services and partially integrated into the leisure and culture of the city. 'PARC BLAU' is an experimental proposal to reflect on the future of cities presented by the architecture studio ON-A in the framework of Model. Festival of Architectures of Barcelona - a space to rethink how we want to live together through new urban models.

On another night of what might have been for Australian football, the Spanish giants held off a strong challenge from their All-Star hosts.

After that kind of performance tonight, surely that should be encouraged for every Australian fan around the place to make sure they come out and support their local team?” For the most part, it worked, and on another night, he might have claimed the prized scalp of Xavi in his coaching debut. “Maybe from our point of view we’re disappointed with the fact we didn’t win the game, but overall, I think it was a terrific performance from the players. There’s a grand final to be played in Melbourne on Saturday night, but the vast majority of the theatre-goers who dug out the old “Messi” jerseys from the back of their wardrobes and paid big money to catch a glimpse of Barcelona’s maiden voyage to Australia probably wouldn’t have a clue who’s in it. They sat in a low block, forcing Barca out wide, and posing the occasional threat on the counter. But over the course of the match, you could almost feel the fans who came for Barcelona warming to the All Stars.

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Dembele made 150 appearances for Barcelona in five seasons, contributing 32 goals and 34 assists. The 24-year-old Frenchman has turned down Barcelona’s final contract offer and is planning for life outside Catalonia from June 30th onwards. Kylian Mbappe, who knows Dembele from the French national team, is keen for him to come to PSG and form a front three alongside himself and Lionel Messi.