It does not matter the reason, the tournament or the place where it is played. Real Madrid and Barcelona arouse the interest of the entire football world, plus that of the fans who come to have the opportunity to see them in action, so close, after seeing them in the football elite.
The place was in Las Vegas, with its magic and touch, the North American city received two of the squads that promise in European football. Intensity, where the word friendly has no place. Triumph of Barcelona by the minimum difference against Real Madrid.
The expectation was all, in the classic that was played in Las Vegas, in the middle of summer. The culé team that began to press and gain possession of the ball. Rapinha was the most insistent, trying to win 1-1 with a lot of dynamics and dribbling. The Brazilian gave the first notice of the game, finishing from outside.
The fans were waiting for the long-awaited debut of Lewandowski, who always showed himself with an attitude of going to the goal. He had an action, on a counterattack, gaining position from Alaba and shooting from outside the area, Courtois contained the ball, sending it to the corner kick.
The actions, for the most part, went to Barcelona in the first half. At minute 26, Rapinha took a great shot from outside the area, which ended up in the corner, scoring the first of the commitment in the United States.
About the end of the first half, there was an attempt to fight. Alba crossed Vinicius, later, Busquets came into conflict, Araujo and Rudiger joined, who had another strong cross. In addition to Busquets with Rodrygo.
For the second half, Madrid gave entry to players like Modric, Asensio, Kroos, Casemiro and Nacho. While Barcelona did the same with Dembelé, Aubameyang, Balde, Kessie and De Jong.
The clearest for Madrid came at the feet of Asensio, who finished off a ball, after a good pass from Vásquez, which barely went wide of Peña’s post, who entered instead of Ter Stegen. At minute 71′ came the response from Barcelona; Kessie was hand in hand with Courtois, the Belgian guessed the trajectory of the ball.
The Madrid goalkeeper was once again a figure in the 85th minute, a great move by Dembelé, who gained speed and finished off, with Courtois avoiding the fall of his goal. Two minutes later, the Frenchman finished off the goal, with the goalkeeper as a figure, taking the ball.
Courtois took out another ball again, one of those that go spicy. Sergiño Dest finished off and the goalkeeper deflected it, with a changed hand.
