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Speaker 1: English Championship side Birmingham City rounded off their pre season

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campaign in dramatic fashion by defeating Spanish Titans FC Barcelona

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three to two in a penalty shootout following a posset

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pounding two to two draw at a sold out Saint

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Andrew's Nighthead Park. The match carried extra magic in the

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stands as Real Madrid midfielder and former Birmingham Academy graduate

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Jude Bellingham returned to his boyhood club donning of blues jersey.

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The twenty three year old superstar watched enthusiastically alongside co

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owner Tom Brady, joining thirty thousand passionate supporters as Chris

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Davies side produced an unforgettable performance against Hungxy Flick's Catalan Giants.

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Birmingham broke the deadlock in the thirty first minute when

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striker August Prisk rose above Barcelona defender Joffer Torrents to

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turn home Alex Cochrane's curling delivery. Barcelona responded ten minutes

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later as eighteen year old Egyptian international Hamsat abdol Kareem

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one and converted a penalty kick to send the sides

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into halftime level at one to one. ABDA Kareem struck

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again on the hour mark, capitalizing on a loose rebound

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inside the box to put Barcelona ahead. However, Birmingham showed

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immense resilience as new six million pounds signing Han Soli's

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fired past substitute keeper Aaron Jakobishfieli from Christoph Clara's knockdown

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to restore parody at two to two. With neither side

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able to break the deadlock late in regulation, despite Cochrane

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rattling the crossbar for the Blues, the exhibition proceeded directly

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to a penalty shootout. Online goalkeeper James Beadle proved to

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be the hero of the evening, denying Rooney Bargie and

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Brian Farinas from twelve yards out to secure a three

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to two shootout triumph for Birmingham. The victory marks Birmingham's

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sixth win of their summer schedule, delivering an immense wave

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of momentum ahead of their upcoming EFL Cup match against

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Swansea City and their Championship season opener, while giving Ellingham

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plenty to celebrate from the stands.