The El Clásico in New Jersey Comes To An End And It’s Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona. La Masia Talent, Pau Victor, Scored A Brace To Secure The Win For The Blaugranas.
Real Madrid and Barcelona played their first El Clásico of the season in New Jersey at the MetLife Stadium on Saturday evening. The game was delayed over an hour due to weather conditions and constant thunder lightning.
A lively and entertaining pre-season El Clásico from the two Spanish giants. The game was paused at the 11th minute due to severe rains and lightning but was resumed an hour later.
Real Madrid started the game with about 6 first team players, whereas Barcelona had 5 in their starting line up. Luka Modrić started in the midfield alongside Dani Ceballos and Mario Martin. Hansi Flick started with Marc Casado, Marc Bernal, and Unai Hernandez as the midfield players.
FC Barcelona took the lead at the 42nd minute through a header from Pau Victor after a soft touch from Robert Lewandowski. The scoreline was 1-0 at the end of the first half. 8 minutes into the second half, Pau Victor doubled the lead through a sensational outside the boot assist from Alex Valle.
Carlo Ancelotti substituted Brahim Diaz and Eder Militao for Joan Martinez and Vinícius Júnior. Players like Raphinha, Inaki Pena, Guille Fernandez, Hector Fort, Mikayil Faye, Vitor Roque, İlkay Gündoğan, and Noah Darvich featured for Barcelona.
Substitute, Nico Paz, pulled one back for Real Madrid at the 81st minute after a wonderful cross from Arda Güler. Real Madrid, have suffered a back-to-back defeat in this pre-season after a 1-0 loss to AC Milan and a 2-1 loss to rivals, FC Barcelona.
Real Madrid will play their last pre-season game against Chelsea on August 6 then proceed to play the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta on August 14.
Real Madrid’s new signing Kylian Mbappé did not feature in the El Clásico. Mbappé, who featured in the Euro last month, is still on holiday and expected to return to camp before the super cup final. Jude Bellingham and Mbappé is expected to feature in the Super Cup.
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