Casablanca \u2013 Barcelona defeated Egyptian champions Al Ahly 2-1 at Spotify Camp Nou to claim the Joan Gamper Trophy, with both sides producing an entertaining contest.<\/p>\n
Barcelona took<\/a> the lead in the 29th minute through Hamza Abdelkarim, who found<\/a> the net against his former club.<\/p>\n The forward chose not to celebrate the goal out of respect for Al Ahly.<\/p>\n The hosts doubled their advantage shortly before halftime when Raphinha converted a penalty in the 44th minute.<\/p>\n The Brazilian sent his effort to the right of goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir, who anticipated the direction correctly but could not keep the ball out.<\/p>\n Al Ahly responded quickly after the break, reducing the deficit in the 51st minute through Ahmed Sayed Zizo.<\/p>\n The Egyptian forward produced a composed left-footed finish to give the African champions renewed hope of completing a comeback.<\/p>\n The visitors continued to push for an equalizer as the match entered its final stages, while Barcelona looked to protect their advantage.<\/p>\n Al Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy then produced one of the match\u2019s standout moments in the 90th minute, denying Anthony Gordon from the penalty spot with an impressive save.<\/p>\n Despite the late intervention, Barcelona held on to secure a 2-1 victory and lift the Joan Gamper Trophy.<\/p>\n The match marked a significant occasion for Al Ahly, who became the first Arab and African club to participate in Barcelona\u2019s traditional preseason tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casablanca \u2013 Barcelona defeated Egyptian champions Al Ahly 2-1 at Spotify Camp Nou to claim the Joan Gamper…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8642,92,1315,6427],"class_list":["post-72832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-al-ahly","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-fc","tag-joan-gamper-trophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}