Marcus Rashford impresses in first start for FC Barcelona

Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford had a mixed evening as FC Barcelona thrashed FC Como 5-0 in the Joan Gamper trophy.

You can keep track of all United’s loanees on this page dedicated to United’s stars plying their trade at different clubs this season.

First appearance in Spain

Rashford joined the club last month and played a key role in all of their friendly wins in Asia.

Against FC Seoul he grabbed an assist and against FC Daegu he scored his first goal for the Catalans.

All of his appearances came off the bench but he got the chance to be involved from the start in his first home game.

He will have to wait a little bit before playing in the Camp Nou though, as Barcelona put the finishing touches to their new stadium.

Instead, they played at the Estadi Johan Cruyff.

Great assist

Barcelona’s head coach Hansi Flick has been impressed by Rashford to date and there have even been reports he could be a number nine this season for La Blaugrana.

He continued to link up well with his fellow attackers as he started ahead of Robert Lewandowski with Lamine Yamal and Raphinha either side of him.

His first major involvement came in the 37th minute when he showed great speed to link up with Fermin Lopez and he went racing down the right hand side of the pitch.

After beating the Italian defence for pace, he delivered a pinpoint cross into the box which Raphinha gladly swept into the net to give Barcelona a 3-0 lead.

Incredible miss

It wasn’t all positive for the United loanee however, as he missed a glorious chance to score in front of his new home fans.

Lamine Yamal expertly picked Rashford out with a reverse pass to send him through one on one with the keeper.

Rashford did the hard part by staying onside and rounded the keeper, only to side foot a left-footed effort wide of the post, much to the disbelief of the crowd and his teammates.

He was subbed off at half-time with Ferran Torres taking his place.

Rashford will hope to be in the starting line up once again when FC Barcelona travel to Mallorca this coming Saturday in their first game of the league season.

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