2019 La Liga-Serie A Cup

2019 International Leagues Cup

La Liga-Serie A Cup
Barcelona Napoli 6 1
on aggregate
First leg
Barcelona Napoli 2 1
Date	August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)
Venue	Hard Rock Stadium, Miami
Referee	Ted Unkel (United States)
Attendance	57,062
Second leg
Napoli Barcelona 0 4
Date	August 10, 2019 (2019-08-10)
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 (2019-08-07)

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 (2019-08-10)

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

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.