Catalonia 2-1 Venezuela: Bojan and Puado help Gerard Lopez's side triumph at Montilivi
The Catalan national team were triumphant at a sold out Montilivi
Gerard Lopez’s Catalonia beat Venezuela 2-1 at a packed Montilivi on Monday with Bojan and Javi Puado scoring on a night to remember.
Catalunya
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Venezuela
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Catalunya
Edgar Badia; Aleix Vidal, Piqué, Bartra, Didac Vilà; Jordan, Granell, Pere Pons, Melendo; Sergio García y Bojan. También jugaron: Becerra, Montoya, Víctor Sánchez, Cardona, Cucurella, Romeu, Puado, Muniesa, Aleix García, Pere Milla y Riqui Puig
Venezuela
Faríñez; González, Osorio, Chancellor, Rosales; Junior, Yeferson, Yangel, Rincón, Murillo y Josef Martínez.
Goles
1-0, Bojan, min 53. 1-1, Rosales, min 59. 2-1 Javi Puado, min 88
Árbitro
Xavier Estrada Fernández, del colegio catalán.
Incidencias
Amistoso celebrado en el Estadio de Montilivi con 12.671 espectadores.
Gerard Pique played and Riqui Puig came on from the bench, while former Barca players Aleix Vidal and Marc Bartra were also involved.
Catalonia started at a good tempo in an entertaining clash in which the woodwork was hit four times in the first half, including by Pique from a free-kick.
Catalonia took the lead in the 53rd minute through Bojan. Rosales equalised for the visitors just six minutes later, but Puado bagged an 88th minute winner.
Venezuela had beaten Leo Messi’s Argentina 3-1 in Madrid on Friday.
Some Catalan players were missing because clubs didn’t want to release them in case they got injured in the game.
