Watch: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Caps Off Brilliant Barcelona Team Move With A Cheeky Chip
Barcelona kicked off their preseason with an emphatic 6-0 win over MLS side Inter Miami at the DRV PNK Stadium in Florida. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring for Xavi Hernandez's side as new signing Robert Lewandowski, who joined the club from Bayern Munich earlier this week, was sitting on the bench. The former Gabon skipper rounded off a brilliant team move, which was started by another summer recruit Raphinha, with a delicate dink over Miami's goalkeeper Nick Marsman in the 19th minute of the match to make it 1-0.
GOOOOOOOOOAL, @Auba! 0-1! A thing of beauty! pic.twitter.com/YkmOVzdkl7
Raphinha marked his Barcelona debut with a goal and two assists, having signed from Leeds United for around $60 million, earlier this month.
With fellow new signing Lewandowski not involved ahead of his official unveiling in Miami on Wednesday -- following his move from Bayern Munich -- it was left to Raphinha, 25, to get the thousands of Barcelona fans in attendance excited about the future.
"I was very happy to score my first goal and to play well and I hope that continues," Raphinha said. "This is a system which favors me and I think I can really help the team moving forward."
The Brazilian was making his debut alongside fellow newcomer Andreas Christensen, who left Chelsea at the end of the season, and both were impressive against Phil Neville's side.
Predictably, Barcelona dominated possession against the MLS team and former Arsenal forward Aubameyang went closest on 15 minutes to opening the deadlock when his close range effort flashed past the post.
There was no denying him soon after when he coolly chipped the ball past Inter Miami keeper Nick Marsman following good work from Pedri and then Raphinha.
And on 25 minutes