Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 in Saturday's pre-season match in the United States. the classic at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, thanks to two goals from Pau Victor.
The clash between the two LaLiga clubs was delayed for more than an hour due to a lightning strike in the area that forced the players to retreat to the locker room after 11 minutes of the first half.
Upon their return, Victor continued his impressive pre-season to promote his candidacy for a role in new manager Hansi Flick's plans for next season.
After scoring the opener against Manchester City on Tuesday, the 22-year-old once again demonstrated his clinical eye for goal and scored either side of half-time.
As rain continued to fall in the area, Victor opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Following a cross from the right by the impressive Álex Valle, Robert Lewandowski got a touch to the ball with his foot and placed it perfectly into the path of the attentive Victor to head home from point-blank range.
After just a five-minute break due to the weather delay, Victor repeated the feat to double Barcelona's lead in the 54th minute. Once again Valle provided the cross and Victor was in the right place to stretch and take the ball just enough to beat Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Madrid came off the bench with Vinícius Júnior making his first appearance of pre-season and got back into the game when Nico Paz took advantage of the absence of the Barça defence to head in a corner taken by Arda Güler eight minutes from time.
But Barcelona held on and managed to win four games in four. Classics They played on American soil and sent a message as they look to dethrone the Spanish and European champions next season.
Both teams were without several of their star players following international summer tournaments. Barcelona have yet to recover Spanish Euro 2024 champions Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres, while Ronald Araújo, Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Ansu Fati all missed the trip to the United States due to injuries.
Real Madrid, for its part, is still waiting for its first appearance in a The whites Kylian Mbappé's jersey. England star Jude Bellingham was another notable name to miss the tour.
Both teams will finish their US tour on Friday, with Barcelona taking on AC Milan in Baltimore and Real Madrid taking on Chelsea in Charlotte. The La Liga season starts in two weeks.
