FC Basel loses the friendly match against FC Barcelona with a 2:5 scoreline. For the Basel players, 17-year-old Jean Doucoure scores the first goal just before halftime (1:1) and Kazeem Olaigbe scores the second in the 84th minute (2:3). 'How he scores so effortlessly - hats off,' FC Barcelona President David Degen praised the striker Doucoure. 'The ball comes to him a bit luckily, but he scores it perfectly.'
FC Barcelona scores three of its five goals after the 80th minute: through Lamine Yamal, who scores a penalty like Olaigbe, and through the 18-year-old Belgian double-goal-scorer Jesse Bisiwu, who scores after assists from Yamal and Dani Olmo. 'Apart from these last minutes, it was quite good,' striker Albian Ajeti said. 'Overall, we can be satisfied.'
Basel's trainer Stephan Lichtsteiner fielded many inexperienced players just 24 hours after the 6:1 cup victory in the Jura's Courtételle. 'They have personality and sporting qualities,' he emphasized in 'Blue'. 'We leave the game with the knowledge that we also do excellent work on the youth campus.'
Barcelona striker Karim Adeyemi, who moved to Catalonia from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, scores his first goal for his new team. The German shows himself as a polite guest and praises Basel. 'It is always nice to be in my second home,' Adeyemi, who is married to the Swiss rapper Loredana, said. 'The atmosphere was really great. It was nice to be here.'
