What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas, Ancelotti will think after the defeat of Real Madrid in this preseason classic played this morning. For his part, Xavi has many good things to salvage from this game in which it was confirmed that Barcelona is back. An intense, excellent team must continue to grease its automatisms to maintain the optimism of its fans while the club continues its journey through the desert.
Barça, playing their third preseason game, began with suffocating pressure against a Madrid team making its debut this season. A defensive hunger that did not let the whites think, who came out with their young midfield ( Tchouameni, Camavinga, and Valverde ), placing Hazard as a false 9 in the absence of Benzema, who joined later. The first brushstrokes for Barça were by Raphinha, who ran into Rudiger in his lane, whom Ancelotti placed as a left-back. The Brazilian showed personality and looked for Lewandowski, who after ten minutes won the action against Alabaand and made Courtois work on his first occasion.
Madrid, who came out with long balls to Vinicius and Rodrygo to overcome rival pressure, had an obvious opportunity in the 17th minute when Valverde took splinters off the post with a whip from 25 meters. Barça responded with a chance from Ansu after stealing an intense Pedri from Camavinga. The match continued to show a vigor unbecoming of the preseason, and Xavi and Ancelotti were screaming their heads off on the sidelines.
At 27 minutes, the pressure Barça won a prize. A usual suspect in the Real Madrid defense like Militao gave away a cross pass that Raphinha caught, who did not think about it and nailed the left-footed shot into Courtois's squad. The Brazilian already has two goals and two assists this preseason. After half an hour, the second could have arrived, but an assist from the Brazilian from the left this time was cleared by Alaba from the ground when Lewandowski's shot was looking for the goal.
The pressure from Gavi and Pedri caused many problems for the young White midfielder. And the presence of LewandowskiHe also released a very active Ansu entering from the left. Xavi liked what he saw, a fierce Barça in pressure and with personality in possession.
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