Sunday's warm-up match for the "American Tour" culminated in a narrow 2-1 victory for Barcelona over Real Madrid. Rising star Joaquín Pavillon scored a crucial goal to turn the game into a whitewash in the opening minutes, and the 22-year-old striker looks set to make a big impact in the upcoming season.
Just 13 minutes into the game, a sudden thunderstorm caused the game to be suspended for a full hour. Despite this, the 82,154 fans in attendance remained enthusiastic. After the rain cleared, the two sides resumed their battle, with Real Madrid's newest star Aydar Guna scoring in the 24th minute, but the goal was ruled out for offside. The Turkish international also went close with a long-range shot that was saved by Barcelona goalkeeper Dustin Stegen, while newcomer Andy Lilley's shot went just over the crossbar.
Barcelona didn't give up and the battle escalated again in the 42nd minute. Robert Ljungovski and his teammates had a great match on the right, and he was the first to put the ball into the net with an overhead kick.
On the stroke of halftime, Pao Vuitton made it 2-0 with a scooped shot at the near post, giving him three goals in his last two warm-up matches. The Spanish starlet comes from the Quirona youth training system and was loaned to Barcelona B last summer. Last season, he played 35 league matches for Barcelona B, scoring 18 goals, before officially moving to Barcelona this summer.
Berwick is a versatile player who can play both as a striker and a right wing, and his excellent performance in the recent warm-up matches has made coach Felix favor him, and he is expected to get more chances to play in the new season.
For Real Madrid, they waited for 82 minutes before Ada Guna finally broke the deadlock with the help of two young players to bring the score to 1-2, but unfortunately they couldn't turn the game around.
After this win for Barcelona, the next warm-up match will be against Chelsea on Wednesday morning, while Real Madrid will also face AC Milan on this day.
