2012 Summer of Champions' Cup

2012 Summer of Champions' Cup
Country  Romania
Dates 11 August 2012
Champions Spain Barcelona
Runners-up Romania Dinamo București
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The 2012 Summer of Champions' Cup took place in Bucharest, Romania on August 11, 2012. It was organized by Thiess Holding in association with German marketing agency Sportfive being played at Arena Națională.[1] The Cup was contested between Spanish giants Barcelona and Romanian side Dinamo București.

Blaugrana rounded off their pre-season with a 0-2 win over Dinamo Bucharest, with an early opener from Lionel Messi and a late second goal from Ibrahim Afellay, as well as the much awaited reappearance of David Villa. The win ensured that Barça ended their pre-season unbeaten run.[2][3]

Match

11 August 2012
20:15 EET
Dinamo București Romania 0 – 2 Spain Barcelona
Report Messi  4'
Afellay  90+1'
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Dinamo
Barcelona
Dinamo:
GK 32 Romania Cristian Bălgrădean
RB 2Romania Constantin Nica  85'
CB 21Romania Dragoș Grigore  85'
CB 30 Burkina Faso Paul Koulibaly  61'
LB 3Romania Cristian Pulhac  64'
CM 19 Senegal Boubacar Mansaly
CM 20 Romania Alexandru Curtean  56'
CM 7Romania Cătălin Munteanu (c)
RW 4Romania Cosmin Matei  67'
LW 10 Romania Marius Alexe  46'
FW 20Romania George Țucudean  77'
Substitutes:
GK 12Romania Andrei Manyur
GK 23Republic of Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski
DF 6Romania Cristian Scutaru  85'
DF 14Romania Alin Dobrosavlevici
DF 24Romania Srdjan Luchin  61'
DF 32Romania Nicolae Mușat  64'
DF 43Romania Sergiu Homei
MF 8Bulgaria Boris Galchev  85'
MF 18Senegal Issa Ba  74'  46'
MF 26Romania Laurențiu Rus  67'
MF 27Honduras Edgar Álvarez
MF 33Romania Steliano Filip
FW 16Romania Mircea Axente  56'
FW 25Romania Ionel Dănciulescu  77'
Manager:
Italy Dario Bonetti
Barcelona:
GK 1 Spain Víctor Valdés
RB 2 Brazil Dani Alves  46'
CB 3 Spain Gerard Piqué  46'
CB 15 Spain Marc Bartra  63'
LB 18 Spain Jordi Alba  46'
CM 4 Spain Cesc Fàbregas  46'
CM 16 Spain Sergio Busquets  46'
CM 6 Spain Xavi (c)  63'
FW 10 Argentina Lionel Messi  77'
FW 9 Chile Alexis Sánchez  46'
FW 17 Spain Pedro  63'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Spain José Manuel Pinto
DF 5 Spain Carles Puyol
DF 14 Argentina Javier Mascherano  46'
DF 19 Spain Martín Montoya  46'
DF 21 Brazil Adriano  46'
DF 24 Spain Andreu Fontàs  63'
MF 8 Spain Andrés Iniesta  46'
MF 20 Netherlands Ibrahim Afellay  46'
MF 26 Spain Ilie Sánchez  63'
MF 20 Spain Sergi Roberto  46'  73'
MF 34 Brazil Rafinha  77'
FW 7 Spain David Villa  73'
FW 37 Spain Cristian Tello  63'
Manager:
Spain Tito Vilanova

Assistant referees:

Statistics

Opening goal came courtesy of a typically composed finish from Messi.
Overall
Dinamo București Barcelona
Goals scored 0 2
Total shots 7 12
Shots on target 3 6
Saves 4 3
Ball possession 33% 67%
Corner kicks 3 5
Fouls committed 6 7
Offsides 1 4
Yellow cards 1 0
Red cards 0 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pe 6 iulie, catalanii organizează o conferinţă oficială de prezentare a meciului Dinamo-Barcelona!" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 2 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Barca ease past Dinamo Bucharest". ESPN. 11 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dinamo Bucharest 0-2 Barcelona: Messi and Afellay strikes secure victory for the Blaugrana". Yahoo!. 11 August 2012.

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