2019 La Liga-Serie A Cup

2019 International Leagues Cup
La Liga-Serie A Cup
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	August 7, 2019
Venue	Hard Rock Stadium, Miami
Referee	Ted Unkel (United States)
Attendance	57,062
Second leg
Date	August 10, 2019
Venue	Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor
Referee	Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
Attendance	60,043
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The 2019 La Liga-Serie A Cup was the inaugural edition of a competition between two teams from La Liga and Serie A. Barcelona from La Liga and Napoli from Serie A respectively, were the inaugural participants of this event, and played a two-legged series in the United States with the first leg held on August 7 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida and the second leg held on August 10 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.^[1]

Teams

Two teams participated in this tournament:

Nation	Team	Home venue for
Italy	Napoli	Second leg
Spain	Barcelona	First leg

Venues

This tournament was hosted by two venues:

United States
Miami	Ann Arbor Miami	Ann Arbor
Hard Rock Stadium		Michigan Stadium
Capacity: 64,767		Capacity: 107,601

Format

There was no away goals rule since both matches were played at neutral venues; in case of a draw after 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out would take place.

Matches

First leg

August 7, 2019

7:00 PM EDT

Barcelona	2–1	Napoli
Busquets 38' Rakitić 79'	Report	Umtiti 42' (o.g.)

Hard Rock Stadium, Miami

Attendance: 57,062

Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Barcelona

Napoli

Second leg

August 10, 2019

5:00 PM EDT

Napoli	0–4	Barcelona
	Report	Suárez 48', 58' Griezmann 56' Dembélé 63'

Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor

Attendance: 60,043

Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

Napoli

Barcelona


GK	1	Alex Meret
DF	23	Elseid Hysaj	62'
DF	44	Kostas Manolas
DF	21	Vlad Chiricheș	46'
DF	31	Faouzi Ghoulam
MF	7	José Callejón
MF	5	Allan	46'
MF	8	Fabián Ruiz
MF	12	Eljif Elmas	46'
FW	9	Simone Verdi
FW	14	Dries Mertens
Substitutes:
DF	13	Sebastiano Luperto	46'
MF	20	Piotr Zieliński	46'
FW	24	Lorenzo Insigne	46'
DF	22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	62'
Manager:
Carlo Ancelotti


GK	1	Marc-André ter Stegen
DF	2	Nélson Semedo	53'	67'
DF	3	Gerard Piqué		67'
DF	15	Clément Lenglet
DF	18	Jordi Alba
MF	20	Sergi Roberto
MF	21	Frenkie de Jong
MF	19	Carles Aleñá
MF	11	Ousmane Dembélé		74'
FW	9	Luis Suárez		67'
FW	17	Antoine Griezmann
Substitutes:
MF	22	Arturo Vidal		67'
DF	23	Samuel Umtiti		67'
MF	12	Rafinha		67'
FW	29	Abel Ruiz		74'
Manager:
Ernesto Valverde

References

^ "FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli to Play in Inaugural LaLiga-Serie A Cup This Summer". Relevant Sports. June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

[1] "FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli to Play in Inaugural LaLiga-Serie A Cup This Summer". Relevant Sports. June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

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