Haaland scored twice in Man City's win
Scores: Lopes 27, Matsubara 37, Inoue 86 - Stones 40, Alvarez 43, Haaland 52, 90, Rodri 72
Man City received cold water when the defending champion J League conceded two goals in the first half, in which defender Ken Matsubara's goal was scored when no player was attached. However, the level of last season's treble-winning team spoke at the right time, when John Stones and Julian Alvarez scored twice to equalize in the first half.
After the break, coach Pep Guardiola changed 10 positions on the field, only goalkeeper Stefan Ortega played the full 90 minutes. However, Man City still has pillars like Haaland, Rodri or Bernardo Silva on the field. Haaland put Man City ahead in the 52nd minute with a block in the penalty area and turned to shoot a dangerous angle. Coach Guardiola was happy and smiling with this goal, more than the previous two goals of the home team. The two teams also scored one more goal, but Yokohama could not create any more surprises.
Haaland also scored the winning goal 5-3 in the second minute of added time, with the ball in the empty net in the second column after Joao Cancelo's cross from the right. After the ball hit the net, Cancelo turned away and was not happy with his teammates, but Haaland still ran to congratulate the Portuguese defender.
Cancelo's future at Man City is still a question mark because he fell out with Guardiola in the middle of last season and was then pushed to Bayern Munich on loan. The 29-year-old defender has also failed to impress in Germany, so Bayern have no intention of sticking with him any longer. Witnessing Cancelo's assist, a Man City fan wrote on Twitter: "Cancelo, please apologize to Guardiola and invite him to dinner."
Haaland was selected as the man of the match, while midfielder Mateo Kovacic also played his first game for Man City. However, Guardiola said that Kovacic still needs more time to understand the new team.
Man City will meet a more difficult opponent in the second match against Bayern also in Tokyo on July 26. Then they went to Korea to play a friendly with Atletico Madrid, then returned to London to meet Arsenal in the English Super Cup.
