Real Madrid defeated AC Milan and Manchester United in the first two games of the US Tour in contrasting wins as the Carlo Ancelloti-managed side started the 2023-24 season without their star striker Karim Benzema, who is off to Saudi Arabia in a big-money move.
01:52 AM
Barcelona lin-eup!
Balde starts as left-back for the first time since return from an ankle injury while Gundogan starts for the first time with Frenkie De Jong and Oriol Romeu in the midfield. Lewandowski leads the attack with Pedri and Dembele on the flanks!
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 29, 2023
01:47 AM
Real Madrid Starting Line-up!
The starting line-ups are out! We will go with Real Madrid first. Courtois plays his first pre-season game of the season while Jude Bellingham starts in back-to-back three games. No proper striker in the line-up as Rodrygo, Vini and Valverde are likely the trio up front!
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01:41 AM
El Clasico Live Updates
Hello and welcome to arguably the biggest match of the 2023-24 pre-season so far with Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid colliding for the first time early in the season in the Soccer Champions Tour 2023 in Texas. This is your host Aditya K Halder taking you through all the Live action from the late-night kick off!
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Brace yourselves for the ultimate battle as @realmadriden square off against @FCBarcelona in the #SoccerChampionsTour ⚽
Tune in at 2:30 AM ⏰, LIVE on #SonyLIV! #ChampionsCollide #RMAFCB pic.twitter.com/JlbMijzGNo
— Sony LIV (@SonyLIV) July 29, 2023
The 14-time European champions gained early momentum in the season as they defeated AC Milan 3-2 in a comeback win with Federico Valverde scoring a brace before Vinicius Junior scored the winning goal. The second game against Manchester United saw former Real Madrid Castilla striker Joselu score a stunning bicycle-kick goal late in the game after Jude Bellingham scored his debut goal for Real Madrid early.
FC Barcelona, on the other hand, started the season on a sour note with the opening pre-season game of the Soccer Champions Tour 2023 against Juventus was called after several players suffered from ill-health upon arrival to the USA.
The Xavi Hernandez-managed side lost 3-5 to Arsenal in their eventual opening match of the tour played in California. Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres scored goals but Leandro Trossard’s double strike followed by Fabio Vieira’s late goal sealed the game for the North London side.
As far as injuries are concerned, defender Inigo Martinez debut at Barcelona is likely to wait as the Basque is yet to recover from a foot injury while fellow centre-back Clement Lenglet and Gavi (back injury) are uncertain for the game. Left-back Alejandro Balde may start after playing the second half against Arsenal upon recovery from ankle injury.
On the other hand, new arrival Inigo Martinez is still on the road to recovery from his troublesome foot injury and is still waiting for his Barcelona baptism, while Gavi (back) and Clement Lenglet (unspecified) are also touch-and-go.
For Real Madrid, teenager Arda Guler is yet to make his debut following a thigh niggle while Dani Ceballos is recuperating from a hamstring injury. Thibaut Courtois may start as the keeper for the big pre-season game after Andriy Lunin played the first two games.
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