Real Madrid 2-3 Barcelona
If this happens when bitter rivals clash abroad for the first time in a quarter of a century then bring it on sports betting fans!
For this was live betting at its very best.
El Clasico in Miami swung one way then the other in a historic encounter.
Yes, the result of football games like this doesn’t actually matter, but try telling Barca fans this won’t give their heroes a big boost before the real action begins in a month’s time.
It didn’t look like being a good night for Barcelona in truth.
Not early on when Neymar had to leave the fray with an injury, yet he returned with aplomb setting up two goals, including the winner for Gerard Pique.
With Cristiano Ronaldo not involved, Lionel Messi had star billing in this Miami playground all to himself and opened the scoring with a deflected shot which looped over Keylor Navas.
A powerful drive from the unsung Ivan Rakitic doubled the lead, but Madrid aren’t the top club side in the world without foundation and reduced the arrears when Mateo Kovacic drilled in a fine shot from the edge of the box.
A packed Hard Rock Stadium loved this keenly contested encounter, proving again that the pre-season International Champions Cup is quite a boon for football supporters the world over.
Marco Asensio had drawn the European champions level before the break and it was very much game-on!
After the half-time fireworks, music and lights show, the second period continued at the same frenetic pace and Pique had the final word within five minutes, expertly flicking home Neymar’s curling free-kick.
So a winning El Clasico debut for new Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde and goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen and a mouth-watering precursor to their Spanish Super Cup clash next month.
These two rivals simply don’t know the meaning of the phrase pre-season friendly!
And weren’t we the lucky ones!
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