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Barcelona ended their pre-season tour of the United States on a slightly poor note after falling to a 4-3 penalty shootout defeat at the hands of Milan.<\/strong><\/p>\n
A real game of two halves, Milan raced in front with goals from Luka Jovic and\u00a0Christian Pulisic\u00a0in the first 15 minutes, before Robert Lewandowski fired two strikes past Lorenzo Torriani to bring Barca level.<\/p>\n
Milan then edged\u00a0Barca\u00a0in the shootout, scoring four goals to the Spaniards\u2019 three.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what we learned from their meeting in Connecticut.<\/p>\n
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Robert Lewandowski is still the game changer<\/h2>\n<\/figure>\n
Lewandowski was excellent again \/ Eston Parker\/ISI Photos\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
Despite being almost 36-years-old,\u00a0Lewandowski\u00a0still commands the pitch for Barca, and it\u2019s worrying to imagine how they may perform without him.<\/p>\n
Both of La Blaugrana\u2019s goals came from Lewandowski, and his flick onto Pau Victor\u2019s offside chance would\u2019ve been an immense assist. There\u2019s a reason he still leads the attacking line, his presence and skill in front of goal is outstanding \u2013 he will be the key to their success this season.<\/p>\n
While Barca didn\u2019t have too much to cheer about at the end of this encounter, the Poland international can return home with pride.<\/p>\n
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Barcelona may need to rethink their goalkeeper situation<\/h2>\n<\/figure>\n
Ter Stegen may not be the right man for Barca \/ Scott Taetsch\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
This may not a new finding for Barcelona fans, but the club may seriously have to rethink their decision to keep Marc-Andre ter Stegen if they want to see success this season.<\/p>\n
The German goalkeeper has become unreliable between the sticks, missing saves he should make and putting Barca in dangerous positions more often than not. He\u2019s been at the club for 10 seasons, and now it may be time to move him on and bring in fresh talent.<\/p>\n
Barca may want to move quickly and replace the keeper if they are to climb the ranks of La Liga and steal the title back from Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
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Improvement needed at the back<\/h2>\n<\/figure>\n
Lenglet is playing a worrying amount \/ SAMUEL CORUM\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
Barcelona have to improve their defence if they are to compete for La Liga this year, it\u2019s as simple as that.<\/p>\n
In attack, they\u2019re not terrible and have some standout characters who can find the back of the net. But the defence, paired with Ter Stegen in goal, needs some work. Their opponents are able to split open the backline with ease.<\/p>\n
Hansi Flick will need to spend some time perfecting his system at this end of the pitch ahead of the 2024\/25 season. Time is running out though, and improving their defence is the only way Barca can stand a chance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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