Thierry Henry scored the winner on his Barcelona debut on Thursday
when the Spanish side beat Dundee United 1-0 in a pre-season
friendly at Tannadice.
The French international, who joined Barca from Arsenal last
month, had a last minute penalty parried by United's Polish keeper
Grzegorz Szamotulski, but slammed in the rebound.
Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard revealed it was Henry's
decision to rule himself ready to make his debut. The Frenchman
came on for Samuel Eto'o for the second half.
"We have seen he is an intelligent player and we have seen some
good passes," Rijkaard told reporters. "We have to take into
account he has not played for a long time and it was his decision
to go and play. He played well."
Henry had only been on the pitch for 25 seconds when he fired a
16-metre shot narrowly beyond the right post.
Barca came close to a first half opener with a 25-metre free
kick from Ronaldinho which slammed high against the far post in the
18th minute.
(China Daily via Reuters July 27, 2007)
