Raphiha nailed the corner and Barcelona celebrated in the classic against Real Madrid in Las Vegas

rapinha seems ready to quickly prove that Barcelona were not wrong to hire him, after his experience at Leeds United, where he was coached by Marcelo Bielsa. the Brazilian come backthis time thanks to a bomb from the mid-range, and allowed the culé team to win 1-0 against Real Madrid, in a pre-season friendly played in Las Vegas.

The stats of the 25-year-old Rio de Janeiro striker in the team led by Xavi are fantastic right now. After the classic Spanish, not only Accumulate two goals in the same number of games (the previous one in 6-0 against Inter Miami, in another preparation match), but he also added two assists.

The goal at the Allegiant Stadium came after a flagrant mistake by Eder Militao. 27 minutes had passed since the start of the first half when Raphinha took dangerous loan in the center of his compatriot, when he was in the defensive position, and beat Thibaut Courtois with a bomb that hit the corner.

It was the only time that Barcelona managed to beat the Belgian goalkeeper, who had an evening with notable interventions, including a protagonist at 11 minutes of play against the Polish Robert Lewandowski, a Blaugrana champion who He made his debut with the Blaugrana shirt.

Xavi Hernández is the owner of the Polish forward, coming from Bayern Munich and who will face Argentina at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Lewandowski tried hard to score in the 45 minutes he was on the pitch, but he couldn’t.

For their part, Real Madrid, who were playing their first pre-season match, also saw his two signings of the season as a starter: German central defender Antonio Rüdiger and French midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni.

The pupils of Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, exhibited the lack of shooting and offensive gunpowder, with the Belgian Eden Hazard as the gray substitute for the absent Karim Benzema.

This classic between Real Madrid, new Spanish Liga and Champions League winner, and FC Barcelona was the fourth played outside Spain and the second in the United States. The previous meeting, in July 2017 in Miami, also ended with a 3-2 win for Barça.

The highlights of the classic Barcelona-Real Madrid in Las Vegas

Lewandowski, who missed the first friendly match of the preseason against Inter Miami (6-0), wanted to make his debut as a Barça player as soon as possible and was the first to test Courtois’ reflexes with a powerful shot.

In 18, the Uruguayan Federico Valverde had the best chance of the match for the Juventus teamwith an attempt from outside the box that crashes with power on the right post of Ter Stegen’s goal.

The first gift of the white defense arrives in the 20 ‘when the young Camavinga gets the ball torn inside the area by the astute Pedri, who puts Ansu Fati in an unbeatable position, but the young Spanish striker nationalized Bisauguinano shoots too much cross.

At 27 ‘Barça took advantage of another error by defender Militao, who handed the ball to Raphiha on the edge of the area who made a precise and effective left foot that brought the 1-0.

Just five minutes later, the winger kicks a cross from the left that catches Lewandowski, but his shot is blocked by David Alaba from the ground.

Despite the friendly category, the clash also experienced a moment of tension before the break, due to a strong foul by Jordi Alba on Vinicius Jr., in one of the few actions in which the Brazilian winger managed to surprise the Barça defense with speed.

At half-time, both coaches started their exchange carousel (Courtois was the only starter to finish the match) and the duel lost intensity.

Marco Asensio, after a block with Lucas Vázquez, had the best chance of equalizing for the merengue, but his low shot went slightly off target.

In the last 20 minutes it was Barcelona who had several clear options to increase the score on the counterattack, first in the one-on-one between Franck Kessié and Courtois and then with two free-kicks from Ousmane Dembélé.

Both teams will resume their friendly in the United States on Tuesday, Real Madrid against América de México in San Francisco (California) and Barcelona against Juventus in Dallas (Texas).

With information from AFP.

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