The American tours continue.
The championships will soon resume, but some big clubs continue their little visit to the United States with several friendlies, and this was once again the case for the two big Spanish clubs, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. A few days after the victory of the Blaugranas against the You meringues On August 4 (2-1), this time it was against big foreign teams that they were up against.
Real Madrid easily disposed of Chelsea (2-1) thanks to a lucky goal from Lucas Vázquez (19th, 1-0) before Brahim Díaz, magnificently served in depth by Vinicius Júnior doubled the lead for the Madrilenians (27th, 2-0). Nordi Madueke reduced the score for Chelsea, but the Blues could not avoid defeat, and now have a more than mediocre record of just one win after 5 friendlies.
Barça, for their part, faced AC Milan with a team that was once again hybrid, but lost on penalties after conceding a draw at the end of regulation time. Trailing 2-0 after quick goals from Luka Jovic (10th) and Christian Pulisic (15th), the Catalans were able to count on a very good Robert Lewandowski, who scored twice, to bring the two teams back to level. During the penalty shootout, Jules Koundé, Quim Junyent and Mikayil Faye missed their attempts, while for the Italians only Ismaël Bennacer and Pierre Kalulu failed in their task to seal FC Barcelona’s first defeat of this preparation campaign.
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