The home side had a strong penalty shout inside four minutes when Jerome Boateng seemed to trip Luis Suarez inside the box, but the referee was not interested. Suarez was again involved after seven minutes following a quick counter from the hosts, but the Argentine’s effort was straight at Neuer during what was an open start to proceedings
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Three of those goals were scored by Luis Suarez, who seems to have now found his feet following his big-money summer switch from Liverpool. The Uruguayan international has scored five goals in his last two outings and 10 in eight appearances
On the receiving end of the thrashing, which was about to be dished out was the hapless Amazing Blues FC, made up of five Chelsea fans namely: Chigbogu Paulinus, Agbowa Ugochukwu, Okwudili Okafor, Akinmosu Ibrahim and the interestingly named Owhofactor Esere
“After this month’s Manchester derby broke records to become the most-watched Premier League match in US cable television history, the club is excited to be returning to the United States at a time when the appetite for football is greater than ever,” Managing Director, Richard Arnold, told the club’s official website
Barcelona have been in impressive form of late, with forward trio Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez all finding their shooting boots, while Bayern, who have won the European title five times, are in prolific form themselves following Tuesday’s 6-1 thrashing of Porto in the quarter-finals
The lead should have been doubled on the half hour mark, but Neymar somehow managed to miscue an effort into the hands of Iker Casillas after a cross had been deflected into his path six yards out
Lionel Messi picked up a hamstring strain in Barcelona’s 1-0 victory over Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday, the club said.
Vermaelen had been at Arsenal for five years, and captain for the past two seasons, but found himself spending most of last season on the bench behind Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker
Martino leaves based on a mutual consent with the club