Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid: Messi scores as Barca beats Clasico rivals minus Ronaldo
It was quite the entertaining match in Miami
In just the second El Clasico ever held outside of Spain, Barcelona used a winner from Gerard Pique in the second half to beat Real Madrid 3-2 on Saturday night in Miami. With Cristiano Ronaldo not there and doubts as to whether Neymar will be with Barca come next week, fans were treated to a festival of goals in the International Champions Cup showdown, but it was all Barca early.
Barcelona went up 1-0 just three minutes in when Lionel Messi made a nice cut in the box and got a fortunate deflection to beat Keylor Navas:
Messi's goal from another angle. pic.twitter.com/TxW915cvWy
— Barcelona Worldwide (@BarcaWorldwide) July 30, 2017
Then just four minutes after that, Ivan Rakitic left Real stunned with his rocket strike to make it 2-0:
Video: What a start for Barcelona Ivan Rakitić makes it two barely 6 minutes into the game. What a goal pic.twitter.com/roQqMCrDxl
— Big Nothing (@BigNothingPod) July 30, 2017
But Real stormed back. First it was Mateo Kovacic with a golazo low to the far post on 14 minutes:
Beautiful Goal by Kovacic pic.twitter.com/hfNnAf2h3y
— RMadridBabe (@RMadridBabe) July 30, 2017
And then young star Marco Asension got in on the action on the counter with this quality finish near post:
Asensio scores a beautiful counter attacking goal. pic.twitter.com/rwIg4PjXiF
— Football Planet (@FoootballPlanet) July 30, 2017
Level at the break, the chance-filled match was there for the taking in the second half, and Pique stepped up. Neymar delivered a brilliant ball into the box, and the defender got free and did the rest:
3-2 @3gerardpique scores goal
— IranTube (@IranTube) July 30, 2017
Real Madrid Vs Barcelona International Champions Cup 2017#BARCA #BARCA #BARCA #Pique #Messi 😘 pic.twitter.com/5wh4nJ3irV
Now, it may just be a friendly, but there's nothing friendly when these two get together. It's a result that purely produces bragging rights, which Barca will take, but they only last until they meet again in the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, August 13.
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