LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Ousmane Dembele and Moise Kean scored
two goals apiece as Barcelona and Juventus fought to an entertaining 2-2 draw
in their US pre-season friendly in Dallas on Tuesday.

French winger Dembele fired Barcelona ahead after 34 minutes at the Cotton
Bowl, wriggling past Juventus players Juan Cuadrado and Sandro before beating
Juve goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to make it 1-0.

But Juventus hit back five minutes later with Colombian wing-back Cuadrado
making amends with a pinpoint low cross that found Kean who tapped in past
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Barcelona were soon back in front again, however, and once again the goal
came as Dembele punished poor defending.

Cuadrado was again at fault, with Dembele skipping past the South American's
covering tackle and then cutting past Manuel Locatelli to shoot past Szczesny
for a 2-1 lead.

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez made a flurry of changes at half-time, with
Dembele making way for new Brazilian signing Raphina.

The former Leeds striker made an instant impact, blasting a long-range shot
that Szczesny parried over the bar.

Despite Barcelona's bright start to the half, it was Juventus who scored next
with Kean tucking away a rebound after deft approach play by Denis Zakaria
and Locatelli on 52 minutes.

Barcelona came closest to the breakthrough goal, and hit the woodwork twice
in a matter of seconds on 68 minutes.

Raphina rattled the crossbar with a curling free kick and from the rebound
Ansu Fati's curling shot from the edge of the area cannoned back off the
post.

That was as close as either side came to breaking the deadlock, while
Barcelona's new signing Robert Lewandowski struggled to make much of an
impression before being substituted midway through the second half.