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Phil Neville Played His Son And Romeo Beckham In Inter Miami's 'Biggest Match' - With Zero MLS Minutes

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Published 15:21 20 Jul 2022 GMT+1

Phil Neville Played His Son And Romeo Beckham In Inter Miami's 'Biggest Match' - With Zero MLS Minutes

Neville defended the decision in his post-match press conference.

Daniel Marland

Daniel Marland

Inter Miami manager Phil Neville has defended his decision to play son Harvey and Romeo Beckham in Tuesday's 6-0 defeat to Barcelona.

Neville called the pre-season friendly the 'biggest match' in Miami's short history prior to kick-off and that infuriated fans.

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They were then thrashed by the Catalan giants and Neville decided to play his son and the son of co-owner David Beckham, despite the duo never making an appearance in the MLS.

Both players are a part of development squad Inter Miami II and play in MLS Next Pro.

Neville spoke passionately about their performances in his post-match interview and stressed it is a 'learning experience' for his side.

The former Manchester United defender explained: "I was super proud of them both. Romeo only got on for the last five or six minutes, which is difficult, but they’d earned the right to get on.

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"They both showed really good temperament and I think tonight we learned an awful lot. It was a big challenge for us, as you could see. We were playing against world-class players, two world-class teams in each half really.

"So it was a brilliant occasion to play in, you could feel the buzz in the air, the supporters – we’ve now experienced what a sold out Drive Pink (DRV PNK Stadium) feels like.

"I think from a playing point of view, the game was always going to be something for us to really enjoy."

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Barcelona opened the scoring inside 19 minutes through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who was assisted by summer arrival Raphinha.

Six minutes later, the former Leeds United winger was on the scoresheet himself thanks to a lovely volley.

Ansu Fati made it three just before halftime and it was Raphinha who once again turned provider, splitting the Miami defence open with a lovely ball.

Gavi, Memphis Depay and Ousmane Dembele scored in the second half and Depay's effort was the pick of the lot.

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The 28-year-old, who could be leaving the Camp Nou in the coming weeks, sent defender Damion Lowe the wrong way with a bit of skill before coolly slotting home.

Miami are currently ninth in the MLS Eastern Conference and won their last fixture against Charlotte 3-2.

Meanwhile, Barcelona return to action with a friendly against Real Madrid in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy & Harvey Neville/Instagram

Topics: Inter Miami, Phil Neville, Romeo Beckham, Barcelona

Daniel Marland
Daniel Marland

Daniel is a social editor for SPORTbible after moving from the writing team. Nearly scored past Stormzy at Old Trafford once.

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