Barcelona drew initially blood against Real Madrid in front of the new season with a 3-2 triumph in a throbbing Clasico well disposed on Saturday in Miami.
The notable opponents will meet again twice in August in the Spanish Super Cup and this International Champions Cup coordinate set the diversion bar high, with Gerard Pique's strike settling a wildly challenged conflict.
Madrid were missing Cristiano Ronaldo, still on vacation, yet the two groups were near full quality. Ernesto Valverde, experiencing Clasico show from the get-go in his vocation as Barcelona director, chose Neymar in spite of hypothesis whirling over the Brazilian's future at the club.
In any case, it was stalwart Lionel Messi who opened the scoring after only three minutes, beating Luka Modric and terminating home, with his strike diverting off Raphael Varane and beating Keylor Navas.
Barcelona were predominant and Ivan Rakitic multiplied their lead with an effective drive when Suarez helped constrain Neymar's low cross to the Croatian midfielder on the edge of the crate.
The offer out group at the Hard Rock Stadium were in for an exciting night and Madrid battled their way over into the diversion with Mateo Kovacic penetrating expertly past Jasper Cillessen from the edge of the region.
Marco Asensio, beginning on the left of Real Madrid's assault set up of Ronaldo, at that point began and completed a lightning break to tie the diversion in the 36th moment.
After a delayed halftime break with music, lights and firecrackers indicates more much the same as the Super Bowl, the diversion restarted at the same furious pace.
Provoke sent Barcelona ahead again in the 50th moment by flicking home Neymar's without twisting kick, before the Brazilian missed from short proximity. Luis Suarez was denied by Navas and Samuel Umtiti had a strike tidied up the line.
Barcelona were overwhelming and decided not to neglect their lead, with Rakitic notwithstanding squaring up to official Jair Marrufo as he dissented a choice, demonstrating the stakes were substantially higher than for a general agreeable.
It was the first run through the groups met in a cordial since 1991 and just the second time outside of Spain. Given its prosperity, the scene is probably going to be rehashed.
