2024-08-04 14:45:35
El Clásico means the historic battle of Spanish football. That fight has now reached beyond Spain to the United States. But the rust has not decreased anywhere. Barcelona continued their winning streak by defeating Real Madrid 2-1 in the United States. The Catalan club defeated Real in four of the four matches on the soil of the United States.
Pau Victor scored a pair of goals for Barca in the 42nd and 54th minutes of the first half and 54 minutes of the second half at MetLife Stadium in the United States on Sunday (August 4) Bangladesh time. Nico Paz scored the goal in the 82nd minute for Real. After that, Real did not return to parity due to the strength of Barcelona’s defense.
In the match, the Barcelona coach arranged the eleven with the emphasis on youth. On the contrary, Real has mixed experience with youth. Veterans for Barca included goalkeeper Andre ter Stegan, defender Andres Christensen and striker Robert Lewandowski. Real also had Thibaut Courtois, Luka Modric and Eder Militao.
The two teams were almost close in terms of statistics in the field fight. In the match, Real had 51 percent of the ball and Barca had 49 percent. Real took 11 shots and put 3 on target, scoring 1. Barca had 6 of 11 shots on target and scored 2 goals.
Barcelona had a chance at the beginning of the match. However, Thibaut Courtois became the savior of Real. He blocked Victor’s head very well. In this way, Barca got the result of one attack after another in the 42nd minute. Spanish youngster Victor found the net with a header from Lewandowski’s cross.
Then in the 54th minute, Victor scored a great pass from Val to give the team a 2-0 lead. In the 82nd minute, an unguarded Paz made it 2-1 with a great header from a corner. However, despite reducing the gap, Carlo Ancelotti’s team did not equalize.
With this win, Barca has won all four El Clasicos in the United States so far. Real-Barca met for the first time in Miami in 2017. Barca won that match 3-2. Then came a 1-0 win in Las Vegas in 2022. Last year, Real flew past Barca 3-0 in Dallas.