The Marginal Player of Manchester United joined the Blaugrana as part of an initial loan, with a final purchase option of 30 million euros next summer.
Joining Barcelona was a dream for Rashford, but his dream almost turned into a nightmare, the Liga champions could not recruit the English international before the first match of the season.
Barcelona went to Balearic on Saturday for her first official match of the season. Mallorca welcomed the winners of the national triplet in a meeting that quickly turned in one way.
The Hansi Flick team quickly took the advantage by two goals in advance thanks to goals from Raphinha and Ferran Torres. The result became a formality when Mallorca saw two players expelled six minutes before half-time, while Raphinha himself was fortunate to escape an expulsion. Lamine Yamal marked in additional time to bring the scoring to 3-0.
Verdict on the beginnings of Rashford in Barcelona
Rashford came into play in the 68th minute, but his beginnings in Barcelona were dull, Majorca being naturally relegated to nine to avoid an unbalanced score.
“Rashford did not have more freedom of play because Majorca was very compact in defense”explained Flick after the match, before expressing his disappointment in the face of the lack of dynamism of his team. “” In addition, the team played with less intensity, and I did not appreciate this “, He added.
Mundo Deportivo described the performance of Rashford “frustrating”: “Starting without history, with a fluid game for Barcelona. He was not particularly lively and ended up being frustrated. »»
Supporters, too, were not impressed by the brief appearance of Rashford, a clumsiness having notably toured social networks. The 27 -year -old tried to spend two players, but stumbled on the ball and lost the ball. Rashford certainly let glimpse promising signs of mobility, but its beginnings were ultimately not memorable. Two occasions were created and did not frame a single strike.
