De Jong and Depay score for Barça against City in benefit match
FC Barcelona drew 3-3 in a benefit match against Manchester City on Wednesday, where former Barca coach Pep Guardiola is the trainer. Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay, who may both still leave the Catalan club, scored. The duel raised money for research into a cure for the muscle disease ALS.
At halftime it was in a well-filled Camp Nou 1-1. City opened the scoring via Julían Álvarez, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalized. He is also one of the players allowed to leave Barcelona. After De Jong had put his team ahead again, Cole Palmer made it 2-2. Depay then appeared to have scored the winning goal, but deep into stoppage time, Riyad Mahrez, one of three players on the pitch who played the entire game, equalized from the penalty spot.
Both coaches changed almost their entire squad after the break. For example, at City the stars Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland only appeared in the field after more than an hour. Barcelona signing Robert Lewandowski remained on the bench.