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Barcelona come back from behind against Tottenham to lift the Joan Gamper trophy

Barcelona has officially started the 2023-24 season with a title after winning the Joan Gamper Trophy against Tottenham Hotspur, coming back from behind to finish 4-2, in a match played this Tuesday, August 8, on the pitch of the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium.

The Blaugrana team began winning the game from 3 minutes on thanks to a score by Robert Lewandowski who finished off an assist from Raphina to put his team in a momentary lead; However, it was not an easy afternoon for the locals as Tottanham reacted before half an hour.

The Spurs discounted through Oliver Skipp, first at 24′ and later at 36′ to turn around a score that they knew how to handle until the final stretch of the match, when Barcelona reacted to recover the advantage again.

The changes that Xavi made in the complement responded to him in a good way and at 81′ Ferran Torres tied the cards with a pass from Lamine Yamal who had entered just a minute before and who was in charge of revolutionizing the match.

At 90′, Barcelona put up the third, again preceded by a great play by Yamal that Torres completed by assisting Ansu Fati and in additional time Abde Ezzalzouli put the cherry on the cake, again with Yamal as the great architect of the play with the that Barça appears before its public to raise the Joan Gamper.