Italian club Udinese defeated its guest, Spanish Barcelona, with one goal to nil, in the match that brought the two teams together on Saturday evening, for the final round of the Udine friendly tournament.
The events of the match, which was held at the Blue Energy Stadium, home of Udinese in Italy, were of average level, amid mutual control between the two teams over the course of play.
The match saw the participation of Hamza Abdel Karim, the Egyptian national team striker, in Barcelona's starting lineup, but he was substituted in the 15th minute, amid a wave of changes made by Hansi Flick, the team's technical director.
Hamza Abdel Karim's substitution came quickly, given his participation in all minutes of play during the previous match against English side Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening as well, which Barcelona won with one goal to nil from a penalty scored by Raphinha in the final minute.
Udinese managed to score the winning goal in the match in the final minute of the original time of the encounter, which was played in a 45-minute format only, after a low cross that the player Bayo met with a direct shot into the net.
Udinese club was crowned with the tournament title after winning its first match against Nottingham Forest with one goal to nil, before repeating its victory with the same result against Barcelona, which finished in second place with 3 points, while the English team finished last without any points.
Barcelona participated in the Udine tournament, where it played two matches, each lasting 45 minutes: the first against Nottingham Forest, which it won with one goal to nil, and the second against Italian Udinese, which it lost with the same result.
According to the tournament system, the winner of each match receives 3 points, while in case of a draw, the two teams resort to penalty kicks, with the winner then receiving 2 points and the loser receiving 1 point.
Hamza Abdel Karim had participated in two friendly matches with Barcelona's first team during the preparation period for the new season: the first against Spanish side Europa, and the second against English side Birmingham City, in which he scored two goals.