Peep, peep, peep! For the fourth time in 4 Clásicos in the United States, Barcelona won the race.
After a long and resounding deficit in the first half – in fact, there were doubts about the resumption of the game – Pau Víctor was the man of the match.
After also scoring against Manchester City in midweek, the 22-year-old scored the brace that gave the Blaugrana victory. His two shots were hard-fought goals.
Barça faces AC Milan in a friendly this Tuesday in Baltimore. The same day, Madrid faced Chelsea in Charlotte, in their last match before the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta.
Thank you for. . . goodbye!
This foul gave Vinícius to Madrid the opportunity to send one last ball to the mixer. Courtois is ready. . .
But Modric’s ball ends up in Peña’s arms.
Barça head towards Faye on the left, to run towards the signing and bring him down the middle. He hits him in the middle, but the ball is cut off.
When Madrid was falling apart, Fort earned the yellow card for pushing Vinícius.
We’re on the first two-minute drive into New Jersey.
Ramón receives a penalty for a foul on Raphinha.
Ah, it’s the ultimate audacious goal by Almáximo Vinícius.
From the left of the Barça area he tries to pass the ball over Peña and into his left corner, but he cooks it too much. It flies over the crossbar.
On the right, Martín tries to cross into the danger zone, but his shot deflects into the arms of Peña.
Barça are just a few minutes away from winning 4 out of 4 in the Clásicos played on American soil.
Barça looked to respond to Paz’s goal, to Raphinha, who had hectares of area on the right.
He misses the ball the first time and ends up sending his cross straight to Courtois’ throat.
There were some “olès” from the Barça fans a few minutes ago, but Madrid are about to equalize.
It’s confusing to protect Barcelona. From the right, Güler takes a corner that unearths Paz alone at the far post, with no Barça defender less than 10 meters from him.
You have plenty of time to think about your outcome, but it helps you stay calm. He puts his head in the net.
With all the substitutions, there hasn’t been much play to speak of lately. Barça, however, creates a clear possibility here of scoring a third.
Raphinha throws a great ball in Darvich’s wake in the Madrid area, but he can’t beat Courtois! The goalkeeper leaves his line to reduce the angle and Darvich cannot find a way.
Three adjustments for Barça: Vitor Roque, Gündogan and Darvich are present. Lewandowski, Casadó and Bernal give way.
Real Madrid sign Lorenzo Aguado for Lucas Vázquez.
Martín receives a yellow card after attacking Faye. A very heavy challenge.
To be fair to Vinícius, it’s not that he doesn’t look brilliant overall.
He dances back from the left wing and in the Barça area. He drops one shoulder and shows Dominguez a pair of white heels, before passing them to Paz, who fails to connect.
Some more adjustments are coming to the Barça bench.
This is a piece through Ramón. The youngster shows real speed to collect the ball first down the left wing, before rushing towards the Barcelona area.
From the signing, Ramón returned it to Vinícius in the right position on the penalty spot. However, the Brazilian’s first touch knocks him down and he loses control. A more astute Vinícius would have done more with this.
Vinícius runs down the left again, advances towards the area and jumps along the touchline. He tries to reject it, but Ter Stegen is close to the post.
Madrid make a triple substitution: Jacobo Ramón, Rafael Obrador and Nico Paz are present.
Rüdiger, García and Endrick left.
Bernal becomes the first to enter Armando Villarreal’s book, receiving a well-deserved yellow card when he brings back Endrick.
Barcelona made five changes.
In the match are Iñaki Peña, Héctor Fort, Mikayil Faye, Raphinha and Guille Fernández.
Ter Stegen, Martínez, Valle, Víctor and Torre are substituted.
Yes, Vinícius is a boy who makes it happen.
This time Enrick takes a corner from his compatriot, who has deflected in the area at the far post. But the ball can’t.
Madrid Vinícius takes the lead on the left flank, but Sergi Domínguez does a wonderful job crossing and keeping the Brazilian at bay. It mitigates the danger very well.
Vinícius creates an opening for Madrid. Running to the penalty shootout from the left flank, he returns to Ceballos in the most sensitive area of Barça’s dominance.
Ceballos tries to make his way into the shooting space, but misses it. He has shot faster.
Real Madrid made their first two substitutions, bringing on Vinícius Júnior and Joan Martínez in place of Militao and Brahim.
How can Real Madrid react?
Upon receiving the ball from Güler, Endrick fell to the grass of the Barça area before Bernal entered. He needs a penalty. . . but it will download it.
Barcelona doubles its lead and a Lewandowski-Valle-Victor co-production returns.
Turning in the most sensitive part of the area, Lewandowski sends the ball to Valle on the right. He sends a low cross into the area, where Víctor sends the ball past Courtois and into the net!
Barcelona the moment starts off on the right foot and the moment in the same way.
Víctor fired a shot close to the box and forced Courtois to make another clever save.
It seems that there are no adjustments at halftime for Real Madrid.
By the way, Barcelona made some changes at half-time.
Sergi Domínguez, Gerard Martín and Quim Junyent replace Christensen, Balde and Unai.
The players had a long rest period midway through the first half, so it makes perfect sense that they would have achieved the forty-five seconds so quickly. I don’t know if that halftime break even lasted 10 minutes.
Urinate! After the shortest part of the story, we are back.
Here’s a view of the pitch from Pau Victor’s opening match with Barcelona.
It was the crossing of the Valley.
Pee, pee!
Madrid had taken the lead from the restart, but Barça led thanks to a very well-worked goal.
Barça now has its tail held high.
Recovering the ball on the halfway line, Unai Güler, before Martín had to bring him down.
From the right, he sends a left-footed ball to Lewandowski at the far post, where the Pole passes it into Victor’s goal.
He can’t miss: from six meters away, he shoots into an empty net!
Once again, Madrid in Barça’s half.
Finally, Modric slid a sumptuous little ball into the path of Endrick in a pocket of space at the top of the area.
After casting a spell on the ball, Endrick wastes no time shooting, but sends his feeble effort just past the post.
Madrid returns. On the right, Güler frees Vázquez on the right line, where Vázquez wins a corner.
It was Güler who took the corner, sending a ball to the far post. Ceballos fails to connect.
Upon receiving the ball from Garcia, Brahim intervened from the left flank, before asking for a loose shot to shoot. You don’t understand.
As I say this, Lewandowski almost put Unai on Courtois. His first well-directed ball, but Militao – I think he – was aware of the danger.
Modric loose shot in the Barça area. It is directed at Güler, who receives a snapshot, but it is blocked.
A moment later, Brahim slides García through the center back on the left wing and Barça has to machete him from behind.
Madrid has the lead at the moment.
Endrick pushed Íñigo Martínez right inside the Barça half and the defender responded with a push. He is impressed.
You can’t take your eyes off this game. This prolonged pause does not seem to have slowed the advance of either side.
From the left, Balde crossed for Barcelona and his ball reached Víctor’s post. Víctor controls and shoots, but his shot goes just wide of Courtois’ post!
Now Brahim shoots from 25 meters, but that probably wouldn’t bother Ter Stegen.
Güler has the ball in the net, but the ball is disallowed!
Brahim hits a great ball that splits the Barça defense in two, leaving Güler on top of Ter Stegen.
Güler ends up under. . . but the flag is raised. He signaled just offside.
Madrid paused for about a minute, before Ceballos tried to deflect a ball around the corner on Endrick’s run down the left channel. Ceballos locates the Brazilian.
If Unai had that pass, he would have been there.
Víctor uncovers it with a great ball from right to left, with the area opening up for the recipient of the pass. Unai let the ball pass under his foot and the opportunity was lost.
Lewandowski is furious with Armando Villarreal. On the outskirts of the Madrid area, the Pole tries to place the ball in the path of Pau Víctor, but Militao blocks it.
Lewandowski is convinced that Militao blocked with his hand and repeats that this was the case. However, no loose shots were awarded.
Return to Barcelona through the left rear.
Balde tries to beat Güler and break into the central space, but the young Madrid player shows a desire to stomp and take the ball out of the field.
Madrid fans at MetLife Stadium express their gratitude.
On the left, Barcelona advances thanks to Pablo Torre.
He enters the Madrid area, fails to shoot.
So where are we?
In a deep position on the right wing, Güler tries to place a long ball into the Barcelona area, behind Brahim. It was too long, but Brahim gave the Turk a push.
On the right side of Real Madrid there are wetlands.
Teams Reminder:
Real Madrid
Courtois, Vázquez, Militao, Rüdiger, García, Martín, Modric, Ceballos, Güler, Díaz, Endrick
Barcelona
Ter Stegen, Valle, Christensen, Martínez, Balde, Bernal, Casadó, Hernández, Torre, Víctor, Lewandowski
Now he is recovering.
MetLife Stadium now says play will resume “shortly. ”
Oh, and the players are already out and ready to go!
They are back in the box and warming up.
“Incredibly, we think there is no chance [of resuming play],” Manu said of Juan d’AS.
An update from MetLife Stadium just announced that fans will be required to return to their seats and play will resume at 8:30 p. m. local time. It’s in 10 minutes.
AS’s Manu de Juan has this update from MetLife Stadium:
“The rain has stopped. Field officers. And some fans return to their positions in the stands, although there are still glimpses from time to time.
Continuous lightning strikes appear to be a problem, although the rulebook states that the game will resume until an hour passes without lightning strikes.
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP
Spectators sheltered from the rain after the Classic was stopped due to unfavorable weather conditions.
If anyone is looking for a way to generate 1. 21 gigawatts, New Jersey is the right position right right now.
Manu de Juan d’AS has just published this video of lightning.
“Every time this happens, the timer goes back to zero: part of an hour [until the game can be restarted]. “
In a post a few minutes ago, Manu shared photographs of the field, now full of puddles. “It is very unlikely that this adjustment will take place,” he concluded.
In the United States, the regulation states that play must be stopped for at least part of an hour and that play cannot be resumed until 30 minutes have passed without lightning within a 13-mile radius of the stadium.
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP
The state police officers themselves entered the MetLife stadium in the rain after Real Madrid’s suspension against Barcelona.
Before play was stopped, that’s the closest we got to the goal.
Pau Víctor took advantage of Pablo Torre’s corner with a fierce header, but Thibaut Courtois is smart enough to avoid the shots. He overtook the latter before he could find his way into Madrid’s net.
It’s an entertaining game opening; Everything turns out as it was a long time ago.
We have video courtesy of our AS teammate Manu de Juan.
“Now it rains much more heavily,” Manu reports. It’s something, what it’s like to fall. “
Real Madrid TV said it had been informed through a local official that the risk of lightning would continue over MetLife Stadium until at least 8:10 p. m. local time.
No more Manu de Juan, and that is not a positive verdict. It is not certain that we will see more play.
“This is the amount of rain that is falling at MetLife Stadium,” Manu says. “Serious doubts are going to be played about this [match]. “
On MetLife Stadium’s official X account, spectators are told: “We will let you know when it is transparent to return to your seats. “
There are also no indications from Barcelona as to when the match can be resumed.
We don’t know how long we’ll have to wait.
Real Madrid has just published in X that the match is suspended “until further notice”.
“If this match had been played at the Bernabéu with the roof closed, perhaps we would have continued playing,” complains Tomás Roncero, a journalist for AS and Real Madrid’s number one supporter.
More from Manu de Juan from AS, who shares this photo from one of the screens at MetLife Stadium.
“The screens emphasize that EVERYONE wants to take shelter,” he says.
If you were watching the European Championship this summer, this situation might be familiar to you.
During the organisational phase, the match between Germany and Denmark was interrupted in the first half, after a storm at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund.
In this case, the game may resume after about 25 minutes.
Manu adds that other people inside the stadium earned this alert, in English and Spanish, from the New Jersey State Police. He urges fans to leave their seats and hide inside the stadium.
From MetLife Stadium, AS reporter Manu de Juan has this update:
“This is how things look at the stadium now. The stands are almost empty. At least an hour of waiting. “
The Real Madrid vs Barcelona match is scheduled to resume at 8:30 p. m. ET, after play was stopped due to inclement weather in New Jersey.
Read Oliver Povey’s full article on lightning delay.
It’s raining on the stadium MetLife. No there’s lightning for now, but it’s clear that there’s an imminent possibility.
Ah. Armando Villarreal takes the players off the field; This can be assumed to be similar to the storm.
Modric leads the players’ protests against the decision to prevent the match, but they withdraw.
I consider preseason games to be a real snooze fest, if I’m honest, but it’s been a great opener.
Madrid make way for Brahim, who drops a shoulder and crosses into the Barcelona area. However, his ball was too long and no one in a white blouse controlled to do so.
Magnificent save from Courtois! The first transparent possibility went in favor of Barça.
Torre passes the corner on the right, his delivery goes straight to the head of Pau Víctor.
Victor makes a good effort, but Courtois beats him!
On the flank, Lewandowski slides the ball to the right for Valle, who collects a cross.
His ball was deflected for a corner, which Pablo Torre would shoot.
This match is played at a very lively pace, unrelated to the preseason, it must be said.
Madrid pushed Barca back, with Modric directing the game. He sends a low ball to Vázquez, who sends the ball to the center.
Endrick is the target of Vázquez’s shot, who fails to connect well with his shot.
For the first time, Madrid crossed the halfway line and created a deep attack.
The Whites relied on Endrick, who tried and ran in front of a retreating Blaugrana defense. Valle passes momentarily to take the ball from Endrick’s feet and Barça clear.
Once again Barça appears at the top, under the increasing decibels of the MetLife Stadium.
Balde dived to the left and tried to send a ball to Unai, but once again the youngster was unable to put a spell on the ball.
Barcelona started the game with possession, forcing Christensen to come out and lift a ball high forward.
Too much time for Unai Hernández, and Lucas Vázquez in front to consult him behind.
Urinate! We are on our way.
The referee of the match will be the American referee Armando Villarreal, 38 years old.
We were supposed to start a few minutes ago. . . but the groups, despite everything, go out to MetLife Stadium, where Guns n Roses scream and the fans make a lot of noise.
It’s time to get started!
It’s almost time to move on to New Jersey, where we can see Ancelotti and Flick enjoying a very jovial little chat before the game. Here’s one last reminder from the teams:
real Madrid
Courtois, Vázquez, Militao, Rüdiger, García, Martín, Modric, Ceballos, Güler, Díaz, Endrick
Barcelona
Ter Stegen, Valle, Christensen, Martínez, Balde, Bernal, Casadó, Hernández, Torre, Víctor, Lewandowski
AS journalist Manu de Juan gave an update on the weather a few moments ago, but is less positive about the state of the game.
The grass at MetLife Stadium is “in a deplorable state,” Manu says.
Fans walk through the entrances to MetLife Stadium / Ángel Colmenares / EFE
In fact, rain fell heavily on East Rutherford a little earlier.
In this photo, soaking wet enthusiasts can be seen running toward the entrances of MetLife Stadium in rainy weather.
Alejandro Balde of Barcelona, warming up before the Blaugrana match.
Manu de Juan, the AS guy from MetLife, sent this update:
“This is the sky above MetLife Stadium,” Manu says in a post on
It is said that Real Madrid enthusiasts vastly outnumber Barcelona enthusiasts at MetLife Stadium.
It must be recognized that this “word” is courtesy of Real Madrid TV, so it is not necessarily the maximum assumed objective.
As they stand, Barça enthusiasts seem to have an intelligent voice.
Regardless of when the match starts, one thing is for sure: Real Madrid and Barcelona will triumph in their last Clasico on American soil.
We take a look at how close the La Liga giants are to winning with their play.
On Real Madrid TV, optimism reigns that the Clasico will start at the right time.
“Okay,” is the verdict.
Now the kiss of death if I have heard it before.
Both teams of players are already out and their rhythms on the MetLife field.
If it has to go according to plan, we have 25 minutes before the start.
The players are already in the MetLife area warming up: goalkeepers Thibaut Courtois and Marc André ter Stegen entered the area to start warming up.
If you’re wondering how to watch the Clasico, let me tell you where to watch it in our guide.
Here are the complete benches of the two substitutes:
Real Madrid:
Lunin, Fran, Jacobo Ramón, Vallejo, Obrador, Joan Martínez, Lorenzo, Jeremy de León, Asencio, Nico Paz, Latasa, Rodrygo and Vinicius.
Barcelona:
Iñaki Peña, Astralaga, Kochen, Fort, Julián Araújo, Lenglet, Gerard Martín, Faye, Sergi Domínguez, Olmedo, Cuenca, Guille Fernández, Junyent, Gündogan, Darvich, Toni Fernández, Raphinha and Vitor Roque.
While Barcelona have won each and every American friendly so far, it is Real Madrid who have had the advantage in recent competitive Clásicos.
In fact, the champions of Spain and Europe have already won four games in a row against Barca, all three of them last season.
In particular, Madrid beat arch-rivals 4-1 in the final of the Spain Super Cup in January.
Hansi Flick makes seven adjustments to the team undercover against Manchester City a few days ago.
Marc Bernal, Marc Casadó, Pablo Torre and Pau Víctor are the players who maintain their places.
First team players Marc André ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, Alejandro Balde and Robert Lewandowski will play the first of the preseason.
Hansi Flick, who is in his second game as Barça coach, has already named his team.
The Catalans will line up as follows: Ter Stegen; Valle, Christensen, Martínez, Balde; Bernal, Casadó; Hernández, Torre, Víctor; Lewandowski.
Real Madrid expert Kiyan Sobhani reports that the Clasico has been delayed.
Vinícius Júnior is once again at Carlo Ancelotti’s disposal, on the Real Madrid bench.
Like Éder Militao and Rodrygo Goes, Vinícius participated in Madrid’s preparation after Milan’s defeat. Rodrygo will also have to wait for his at MetLife Stadium.
Here, courtesy of Barcelona’s social media team, find images of the Blaugrana team’s arrival at MetLife Stadium.
It is unclear if there will be a delay in kickoff.
In the first Clásico played in the United States, Barça won 3-2 in Miami Gardens in 2017.
The clubs met on American soil in 2022, when Raphinha’s goal gave the Blaugrana a 1-0 victory in Las Vegas.
A year later, Barça won 3-0 in Dallas, thanks to goals from Ousmane Dembélé, Fermín López and Ferran Torres.
This will be the fourth time that Real Madrid and Barcelona play a Clásico in the United States.
SoArray Barça have enjoyed themselves more than their main rivals: they have won 3 out of 3.
Both Real Madrid and Barcelona will play their second preseason match.
Madrid kicked off Wednesday against Chicago, losing 1-0 to AC Milan at Soldier Field. Former Villarreal winger Samu Chukwueze scored the winning goal for the Rossoneri.
Meanwhile, Barca drew 2-2 with Manchester City in Orlando on Tuesday, before beating the Premier League champions on penalties. Youngsters Pau Víctor and Pablo Torre scored the goal for the Blaugrana.
It should be noted that it is conceivable that today’s adjustment will be delayed.
In fact, forecasts imply that there is a 70% chance of a storm hitting New Jersey at the time of onset.
No resolution has been made on the matter, but it is understood that the game will be postponed for two hours, until nine o’clock at night. ET, if the organizers opted for a postponement.
Kylian Mbappé, at his presentation as a new Real Madrid player next July at the Santiago Bernabéu. / Chema Moya / EFE
Presentation of Mbappé as a new Real Madrid player
Many names are absent from Real Madrid today.
In particular, summer star Kylian Mbappe will not play any role in the Clasico, not even in any of Madrid’s American matches. He will sign up for the white preseason after the club’s return to Spain.
The same goes for Jude Bellingham and several other players. Ferland Mendy, Eduardo Camavinga, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Federico Valverde and Dani Carvajal are also missing from the Madrid tour of the United States.
There is still no news from the Barça squad, on whose social networks this was shared prior to the match at MetLife Stadium.
The 82,000-seat venue is home to two NFL franchises, the New York Giants and the New York Jets.
Ancelotti makes only one replacement in the team that faced AC Milan in midweek.
Éder Militao, back after his return from the summer break, replaces Jesús Vallejo in Madrid’s central defense.
We already have news from MetLife Stadium.
Carlo Ancelotti named his lineup, which is as follows: Courtois, Vázquez, Militao, Rüdiger, García, Martín, Modric, Ceballos, Güler, Díaz, Endrick.
Hello! For the third consecutive year, Real Madrid and Barcelona face each other in a pre-season Clásico on American soil.
Kickoff in New Jersey is at 7 p. m. ET, which is about an hour and a half away.
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