Manchester United exact revenge for May's painful defeat

In front of nearly 82,000 supporters Manchester United beat European champions Barcelona 2-1 in a pre season friendly at FedEx Field in Washington DC, USA.

Is it a revenge?, I don't think so, why? because Barcelona without their best players Messi, Xavi, Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol on the game apart in May's Champions League final.

Nani put Manchester United ahead in the 22nd minute. Danny Welbeck slipped a pass between two Barcelona defenders for Nani, as it managed to break Barca’s off side trap to set up the first goal.

Barcelona equalised in the 70th minute with a stunning strike from Thiago Alcantara. He smashed home a brilliant shot from 25 yards that swerved away from David De Gea and into the upper corner of the goal.

Six minutes later, though, United were back leading when Tom Cleverley intercepted a stray pass and fed Michael Owen through the middle. the former Liverpool striker is usually lethal in one on one situations, He dinking the ball over Valdes to restore the Red Devil's lead.

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Barcelona 2-0 Bayern Munich on Audi Cup 2011 Final

Two goals from Thiago Alcantara help Barcelona beat Bayern Munich 2-0 and gave them the first thropy of the season.

Thiago scored with a header in the 41st and secured the victory with a perfectly curled shot from the edge of the penalty area in the 74th.

Both teams used many young payers who are usually not in their starting eleven, especially Barcelona, and made many substitutions. Lionel Messi is still on vacation. While, Bayern stars Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben missed the match with ankle injuries.

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Barcelona beat Internacional on penalty shootout to reach Audi Cup Final

Barcelona and Brazilian club Internacional out a 2-2 draw in their pre season Audi Cup before the Spanish giants winning the penalty shootout 4-2 with Internacional Damiao and Joao Paulo missing their spot kicks on Tuesday at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

Barcelona played with youth team without Lionel Messi and many other regulars but the European champions took the lead on two occasions through Thiago Alcantara and Jonathan dos Santos, however the Brazilian club responded with goals from Nei and Leandro Damiao to push the match to penalties.

The winning give Barca a final spot against Bayern Munich, who beat AC Milan 5-3 in penalties after a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes.

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