Barca beat Madrid 3-2
LEAPYGUIDE.COM - Barcelona overcome the resistance of his eternal rival, Real Madrid, in the arena International Champions Cup 2017. Blaugrana won 3-2 thin over Los Blancos.
At the match at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States, Sunday (30/7/2017) morning local time, both teams play almost all of his best players. In the camp Barca, who missed only goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Meanwhile, Madrid is not reinforced by its main star, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Barca did not take long to break down Madrid goalkeeper. When the game has not even run three minutes, they lead 1-0 through goals Lionel Messi.
After getting feedback from Sergio Busquets, Messi penetrate into the penalty box Madrid. The Argentine striker then outwitted Luka Modric and fired a shot. Messi shot about Raphael Varane's leg before penetrating Keylor Navas goal.
Just four minutes after Messi's goal, Barca enlarge the advantage to 2-0 through Ivan Rakitic goal. This goal originated from carelessness Dani Carvajal in a pass that makes Madrid lost the ball.
Barca then launched a counterattack led by Neymar. Horizontal bait from Neymar struck by Rakitic with hard shots that can not be stopped Navas.
Madrid thinned back to 1-2 in the 14th minute thanks to a goal Mateo Kovacic. Kovacic played a one-two pass with Casemiro before passing through Gerard Pique and fired hard into the bottom corner of Barca's goal.
Madrid managed to equalize when the game entered the 36th minute through Marco Asensio. In a quick counterattack, Asensio takes the ball from his own territory and then passes it on to Kovacic. Kovacic then returned the ball to Asensio, who was in the penalty box and directly faced with goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen. Asensio did not waste the opportunity and his shot changed the score to 2-2. The position lasted until the break.
In the second half, Madrid included new players such as Isco, Theo Hernandez, Lucas Vazquez, Dani Ceballos, and Borja Mayoral. Meanwhile, Barca gave a chance to play to Nelson Semedo, Javier Mascherano, Sergi Roberto, Denis Suarez, and Paco Alcacer.
Although many chances are created in the second half, there is only one additional goal and it belongs to Barca. Gerard Pique's goal in the 50th minute can not be returned to Madrid until the fight was over.
Pique's goal was kicked off Neymar's free kick on the right side of Madrid's defense. Pique escaped from the opposition defender's escort and freely cheated the ball that Neymar sent to break the Madrid goalkeeper from close range.
After this, Madrid will be challenged MLS All-Stars on 2 August. Meanwhile, Barca will face Chapecoense in Trofeo Joan Gamper on 7 August.
Composition of Players
Real Madrid: Navas; Carvajal (Achraf 74 '), Ramos (Nacho 46'), Varane (Jesus Vallejo 46 '), Marcelo (Theo Hernandez 74'); Modric (Isco 46 '), Casemiro (M. Llorente 74'), Kovacic (Ceballos 74 '); Bale (Oscar 76 '), Benzema (Mayoral 75'), Asensio (Vazquez 46 ')
Barcelona: Cillessen; Vidal (Semedo 63 '), Pique (Mascherano 73') Umtiti (Vermaelen 63 '), Alba (Digne 74'); Rakitic (Alena 73 '), Busquets (Sergi Samper 74'), Iniesta (Sergi Roberto 46 '); Messi (D. Suarez 63 '), L. Suarez (Alcacer 63'), Neymar (Arda Turan 73 ')