{"id":867255,"date":"2025-08-22T23:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/marcus-rashford-makes-an-impact-in-latest-barcelona-friendly-as-joan-laporta-reacts\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T23:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:14:22","slug":"marcus-rashford-makes-an-impact-in-latest-barcelona-friendly-as-joan-laporta-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/marcus-rashford-makes-an-impact-in-latest-barcelona-friendly-as-joan-laporta-reacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford makes an impact in latest Barcelona friendly as Joan Laporta reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"post-2472137\">\n<p><strong>Marcus Rashford is settling in quickly at Barcelona, making a strong impression during the club\u2019s pre-season tour of South Korea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rashford started out with a 34-minute debut and followed that up with another solid outing in a 7-3 win.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Even so, after two appearances, he still hadn\u2019t quite synced up with the rest of the squad. That seems to be changing now.<\/p>\n<p>Against Daegu FC, Rashford got his first goal for Barcelona, and it was clear what it meant from Joan Laporta\u2019s reaction on the sideline<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"marcus-rashford-finds-the-net-for-the-first-time-as-a-barcelona-player\">Marcus Rashford finds the net for the first time as a Barcelona player<\/h2>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.hitc.com\/uploads\/1\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227235047-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Vissel Kobe v FC Barcelona - Preseason Friendly\" ><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption title=\"KOBE, JAPAN - JULY 27: Marcus Rashford #14 of Barcelona looks on during the preseason friendly between Vissel Kobe and FC Barcelona at Noevir Stadium Kobe on July 27, 2025 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. (Photo by Koji Watanabe\/Getty Images)\">Photo by Koji Watanabe\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barcelona maintained their excellent tour form in South Korea and Japan, securing a 5-0 win against Daegu FC after a commanding 7-3 victory over Jesse Lingard\u2019s FC Seoul. <\/p>\n<p>Rashford was subbed on for Robert Lewandowski after half-time, with the Catalan side already three goals ahead.<\/p>\n<p>This time he played out wide on the left and frequently dropped deep to connect play before making runs in behind the defence.<\/p>\n<p>His movement paid off when he got on the end of a cross inside the box, firing home past the keeper, who was wrong-footed by his strike.<\/p>\n<p>The goal capped off Barcelona\u2019s dominant performance and gave Rashford his first goal since joining on loan from Manchester United.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MORE MANCHESTER UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After scoring, Rashford seemed to grow in confidence. His direct running and trademark dribbling became more apparent as he settled into the game and enjoyed his time on the pitch.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use href=\"http:\/\/www.hitc.com\/#list-arrow-svg\" \/><\/svg><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/ruben-amorim-explains-a-new-key-trait-man-united-are-monitoring-to-choose-new-signings\/\">Ruben Amorim explains a new key trait Man United are monitoring to choose new signings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"joan-laportas-bet-on-marcus-rashford-starts-to-seem-smart\">Joan Laporta\u2019s bet on Marcus Rashford starts to seem smart<\/h2>\n<p>After Rashford scored, cameras quickly found Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president, and his reaction said everything.<\/p>\n<p>Laporta couldn\u2019t hide his satisfaction, seeing his early bet on Rashford starting to look like a smart one.<\/p>\n<p>The real tests are still to come as the season hasn\u2019t even started yet. But confidence has always been key for Rashford, no matter who he\u2019s facing.<\/p>\n<p>This version of Rashford seems willing to take more risks. He looks empowered by those around him, showing more freedom in his play.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of those rare deals where everyone seems to be benefiting. And after missing out on Luis Diaz, Laporta may have found a good alternative for half the price. No wonder he\u2019s happy with what he\u2019s seen so far from Rashford.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Vatsal Gupta<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/marcus-rashford-makes-an-impact-in-latest-barcelona-friendly-as-joan-laporta-reacts\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Rashford is settling in quickly at Barcelona, making a strong impression during the club\u2019s pre-season tour of South Korea. Rashford started out with a 34-minute debut and followed that up with another solid outing in a 7-3 win. Even so, after two appearances, he still hadn\u2019t quite synced up with the rest of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24881,29782],"tags":[20600,43885],"class_list":["post-867255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-marcus","category-rashford","tag-marcus","tag-rashford"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}