In a first part to forget, there was hardly anything of the Selection to rescue. Just an opportunity and a goal against that foreshadowed the worst. But there was a flash between those lousy 45 minutes. Pedri put it.
The Barcelona footballer invented himself an amazing pass to Ferran Torres that it was only not a goal because the City team made a mistake when controlling. But the spin, the direction and the force with which the ball went out and broke the defensive line was a genius of a footballer called to do great things in football.