FC Barcelona easily disposed of Real Madrid 3-0 on Saturday in a friendly, including a goal from Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé in the first quarter of an hour of this “Clasico” disputed near Dallas, Texas.
The Barça winger opened the scoring in the 15th minute in front of the 82,026 spectators massed in Arlington at the Cowboys stadium, Texas NFL franchise.
It was then necessary to wait for the last minutes to see the score evolve in favor of the Blaugranas, since the young Fermin Lopez doubled the bet in the 85th, before Ferran Lopez added a third goal in stoppage time (90th 1) .
And this, against a Real which aligned a beautiful diamond in the middle, with its expensive English recruit Jude Bellingham, bought this summer, Federico Valverde, as well as the two Frenchmen Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouameni.
The result of this “Clasico” raises the thorny question of the replacement in attack of the Ballon d’Or Karim Benzema, who left for Al-Ittihad in the Saudi league: the people of Madrid fired no less than 29 times, framing only five strikes for no goal , with Vinicius and Rodrygo up front.
Vini notably missed a penalty (20th), and the “White House” touched Ter Stegen’s amounts four times during this intense meeting despite the absence of a stake.
On the Barcelona side, Dembélé has shown himself to be in good shape, he who, according to several media, arouses the interest of Paris Saint-Germain, the champion of France being still in uncertainty as to the future of his star Kylian Mbappé. The club gave his prodigy until July 31 to decide.
Moreover, the game took place in the heat, the roof of the enclosure having been deployed to protect itself as much as possible from the outside temperature which was around 40°C.
Real, semi-finalists of the last Champions League, seemed well disposed after two friendly victories against AC Milan (3-2) and Manchester United (2-0) on American soil. FC Barcelona advanced after conceding five goals and losing (5-3) against Arsenal on Wednesday.
