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After winning the weekend’s Clasico 1-0, FC Barcelona faced a new big fish tonight. A duel against Juventus for which Xavi was still turning his team, with an Aubameyang-Lewandowski-Dembélé trio in front, while Kessié accompanied Busquets and Nico in the midfield. And if there is a man who comes out of this match, it is Dembouz. Untenable on his side, the French led the Catalan attack. A first golazo shortly after half an hour of play, mystifying many defenders before appearing in the area and concluding wonderfully (1-0, 34th).
Meanwhile, Moise Kean had reduced the gap, but the Frenchman did it again in stride with a new goal similar to the first (2-1, 40th), small bridge on Cuadrado included, before triggering a shot from the left. In the second half, the pace dropped a bit, as is usual in these games because of the many changes. Opposite, Kean also formidable and equalized, also offering himself a double, taking advantage of Barcelona’s defensive mistakes. Nuggets Gavi and Pablo Torre were showing great things, while Frenkie de Jong was still lined up as a centre-back. The two coaches can at least be satisfied with the offensive production of their team.
Good second half for Hazard
For its part, Real Madrid faced the Mexicans of Club América with a more or less starting eleven, with the return of Karim Benzema in front in particular for his first preseason match, he who had been absent for Barça. Vinicius Junior and Asensio completed the attack, while we were entitled to the Casemiro-Kroos-Modric trio in the middle. And it started quite badly for the people of Madrid since after only five minutes of play, Martin shook the nets of Lunin, at the level of the penalty spot after a missed strike from Layun.
But Benzema was in good form, and he would quickly equalize. A superb curled low to the ground from outside the area; here is the small gift offered by the Frenchman to the 40,000 spectators at Oracle Park in San Francisco (1-1, 22nd). Upon returning from the locker room, Ancelotti changed practically his entire team and Eden Hazard, freshly entered the game, went there with his small goal, on a penalty caused by Vazquez (2-1, 51st). The people of Madrid dominated, with a fairly good Belgian in front, as did Ceballos and Tchouaméni in the middle. But at the end of the game, the beginner Vinicius Tobias mowed down the former Madrid player Fidalgo in the box, who also transformed his penalty (2-2, 82nd). Still no victory for the Merengues this summer.
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