Marcus Rashford scored his first goal for Barcelona while the Spanish champions concluded their pre-season tour in the Far East with a resounding 5-0 victory against Daegu.
The English international was one of the 11 players introduced by Hansi Flick at halftime and made another positive impression with an animated display capped by its goal of the 65th minute while Barça sailed in South Korea.
Gavi scored twice for the first half with Robert Lewandowski also on the target.
The second half XI was just as dominant, marking through Toni Fernández and Rashford, although they did not have the Yamal blade witch, which shone in the first 45 minutes.
Yamal creates the first of Gavi
It was the 18-year-old who created the opener for Gavi after 21 minutes, basting his marker before sliding the ball in the inner field for Gavi, who took a touch before pulling the left foot after the housekeeper, Oh Seung-Hoon.
Lewandowski succeeded 2-0 six minutes later, the rotation of the distant post after another smooth movement ended with Gerard Martin escaping on the left and whisking in a cross cross so that the veteran post can convert.
Barça looked above their hosts and could have opened the scoring after five minutes – Yamal playing Lewandowski that her effort is clearly smuggled.
Yamal got closer to three minutes later, beating several players with a brilliant race that ended with a push shot that derived.
Despite little possession, Daegu almost opened the scoring after 20 minutes with the goalkeeper of Barça Joan Garcia by chopping a routine cross only so that Cesinha pulls on the bar with the gaping goal.
He had to prove an expensive miss when Barça scored twice, then added a third before the break. Jules Kounde played in a beautiful pass in the right channel and Gavi did the rest with a smart chip on the goalkeeper in advance.
Rashford makes his mark
The raft of changes at the break did nothing to stem the flow and Barça marked their fourth in the nine minutes after restarting, another wonderful movement ending with Dani Olmo sliding the ball for the young striker Fernández and he finished coldly.
Fernandez exchanged with Rashford and Manchester United man on the accommodation obtained his goal with a good finish. Eric Garcia was the creator with a low cross of the right and Rashford perfectly executed a clear right foot to do it 5-0.
Rashford almost marked shortly after, but his long-term effort was saved by the goalkeeper of Daegu’s substitute, Han Tae-Hui.
A perfect evening for Barça was slightly darkened by a late injury from the central defender Pau Cubarsi who prevented him from finishing the game.
Barça now returns to Europe to face the Como in the Joan Gamper trophy on Sunday before opening the defense of their crown La Liga against Real Mallorca the following weekend.
