Argentina's Boca Juniors crowned the Maradona Cup title, at the expense of Barcelona, after beating it 4-2 on penalties, after the end of the regular time with a 1-1 draw, on Tuesday evening, at Mursool Park Stadium, in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Barcelona and Boca Juniors met for the Maradona Cup, in commemoration of the first anniversary of the death of legend Diego Armando Maradona.
The formation of Barcelona witnessed the presence of the Brazilian Dani Alves for the first time in the Catalan team shirt, after joining Barca in a free transfer deal, where he wore the number 8 shirt.
The young Barcelona goal was scored by Ferran Gutgla in the 51st minute, who took advantage of a cross from Dani Alves inside the area, and hit the net.
Boca Zebalos equalized in the 77th minute, as Fabra went on the left side and passed the ball to him inside the area, and Zebalos managed to escape the control of the Barca defense and with one touch put the ball in the net without any reaction from the Blaugrana goalkeeper Neto.
The original time ended in a tie, and the two teams headed to the penalty shootout, where luck smiled to the Argentine team, while Barcelona missed two penalties, to crown Boca the title.
Alves played the full match and appeared at a good level, in preparation for his participation with the team starting next January, when he will be registered in the winter transfers.
Xavi Hernandez, coach of the Blaugrana, relied on many young players from the reserve team, and players who do not participate mainly with Barca in the current period.
I think Xavi needs more time to get the team straight, he will do a great job we just have to put faith in him.