Real Madrid vs Barcelona LIVE! Clasico friendly match result, match stream, latest updates today

Real Madrid vs Barcelona LIVE!

El Clasico heads to New Jersey tonight as the two Spanish giants face off Stateside in a mouthwatering pre-season friendly clash. The reigning champions of Spain and Europe opened their account of the summer with a 1-0 loss to AC Milan and now face their fiercest rivals at the MetLife Stadium.

Barcelona also have just one game under their belt this summer, a 2-2 draw with Manchester City before winning the traditional penalty shootout 4-1. New signing Pau Victor was on the scoresheet and will be pushing to start again for head coach Hansi Flick.

With Kylian Mbappe enjoying a break after Euro 2024, Carlo Ancelotti will be looking for Endrick to make his presence felt up top in his first Clasico game. Luka Modric and Antonio Rudiger the more familiar faces further back. Barcelona hope to call upon Raphinha, Ilkay Gundogan and Jules Kounde during the game, but unlikely from the off. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog.

Real Madrid vs Barcelona Clasico latest updates

• GOAL! Nico Paz sets up thrilling finale

• GOAL! Pau Victor again!

• GOAL! Pau Victor heads home the opener!

• GAME SUSPENDED: Severe weather warning

Match report

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You can read our match report here.

Pau Victor, remember the name.

Full-time!

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94min: Yep, not. That’s full-time!

Almost three hours after it began, Barcelona win the Clasico in New Jersey!

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93min: Courtois is up for a final free kick! Surely not...

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92min: Barcelona the team pushing in the closing stages.

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91min: Pau Victor is named man of the match. Two minutes added on.

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90min: Jacobo booked for a late foul on Raphinha.

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87min: I can’t imagine there will be much time added so we’re in the end game now for Madrid.

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85min: It’s getting very frantic in the Barca defence now, as you can imagine.

Not much experience out on the pitch.

GOAL!

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82min: We have a finale on our hands as Nico Paz powers home a header!

Where was the Barca marking?!

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77min: Lewandowski makes way for Roque.

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74min: If Madrid do get one back, it’ll come through Vini Jr. He gets to the byline, taking three Barca players with him, and cuts it back by Paz can’t convert from close range.

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72min: This game is just getting more and more open as the more changes are made.

More goals in this one, surely.

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68min: Endrick’s game is up. Didn’t get the goal he would have wanted, but he was heavily involved. Nico Paz replaces him.

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65min: Pau Victor’s game is up. He’s surely winning man of the match.

Raphina is on.

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63min: Vinicius Jr looks certain to sweep the ball home at the back post after a corner, but his first touch lets him down and allows Barcelona to smother the ball.

Big change.

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61min: A lovely ball forward sends Vinicius into the area, but Martinez does superbly to get between man and ball and end the threat.

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58min: First changes for Madrid as Militao and Brahim are replaced by Vinicius Jr and Joan Martinez.

Martinez is a 16-year-old defender who is drawing comparisons with Sergio Ramos. High hopes indeed.

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57min: Ooof, a big shout for a Real Madrid penalty as Bernal takes out Endrick.

Referee not interested but you’ve seen them given!

GOAL!

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54min: Pau Victor again!

Valle fizzes in a low cross and Victor slides in to beat Courtois.

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52min: Pau Victor denied by Courtois again!

He fierce drive from 25 yards, pushed behind for a corner.

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51min: Barcelona on top since the break and Torre is the latest to see a shot blocked on the edge of the area.

Vinicius Jnr is warming up.

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49min: Some fans only now returning to their seats, caught out by the short break.

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48min: No changes for Real Madrid but Barcelona replace Christensen and Hernandez for Junyent and Dominguez.

Second half

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46min: They really are wasting no time as we are already back under way for the second half.

There’s been a few substitutions, I’ll go through them now.

Half-time

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46min: That’s your lot for the first half, which started two hours ago.

GOAL!

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42min: Deadlock broken as Pau Victor nods home from close range after Lewandowski fumbles his finish!

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40min: Mario Martin is a busy player, committing a couple of fouls in a couple of minutes.

Lewandowski has a word and then the referee tells the pair to calm down.

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38min: Good news for fans in Spain - where it is almost 3am - and my tired eyes in London, the half-time break will only be five minutes.

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36min: Corner to Real Madrid after Lucas Vazquez’s cross is cut out.

It’s whipped in but easily cleared by Valle.

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33min: Lewandowski tries to shimmy left and then right to carve open a space inside the area but ends up fouling Militao to give away a free kick.

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31min: What next?! The ball has burst after Endrick shot at a Barcelona defender.

Action quickly restarts but deary me.

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30min: Endrick tries to get the better Martinez, and does by nutmegging him but gets shoved over for his troubles. Free kick.

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27min: This is end to end!

Balde brings the ball down the left, stands a cross to the back post which is cleared as far as Valle to fizz a shot wide of the far post.

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27min: This is end to end!

Balde brings the ball down the left, stands a cross to the back post which is cleared as far as Valle to fizz a shot wide of the far post.

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25min: Y’know what, that Guler decision was not as clear as I first though. He is offside, but it is very tight.

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24min: Arda Guler thinks he has scored a brilliant opener, bringing down a high ball before firing low past Ter Stegen in the area, but he is clearly offside and the flag is quickly raised.

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21min: Oh, Unai!

Hernandez is storming through the centre, screaming for the ball and duly gets it in acres from Torre... but his first touch is poor and the whole move breaks down.

A decent touch there and that was likely 1-0.

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19min: Huge cries for a Barcelona penalty as the ball smacks Militao’s arm, but the defender physically could not get his hand out of the way so the referee waves play on.

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17min: First half sight of goal for Barcelona Bernal jinks into the area and onto his right foot, but is quickly crowded out.

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14min: Real Madrid with the early possession after the restart.

Back underway

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13min: Right, shall we do this again?

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The players are back out and warming up. The game will restart with around 13 minutes on the clock.

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The match is set to restart at 8.30pm local time, which is 1.30am UK time.

Fans have been told to retake their seats.

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We are approaching an hour since the game was suspended. No update on the status of the game for 30 minutes.

01:02

The latest update from the MetLife Stadium says the weather remains too severe for play to continue.

Sunday 4 August 2024 00:55 , Alex Young

It has been over half an hour since the game was suspended. No word on a restart time yet, but surely it can’t be too much longer.

You’d imagine the players will need to warm up again, too.

Sunday 4 August 2024 00:42 , Alex Young

Every fan in the stadium has now left their seat and the rain continues to fall.

Still no update on a possible restart time.

Sunday 4 August 2024 00:37 , Alex Young

The players are back in their respective dressing rooms.

Real Madrid report that the game is suspended until further notice.

Sunday 4 August 2024 00:31 , Alex Young

Still no update on the game. We’ll let you know as soon as there is.

Sunday 4 August 2024 00:25 , Alex Young

It is still raining, and quite hard.

No idea yet how long this delay will go on for.

Match suspended

Sunday 4 August 2024 00:23 , Alex Young

Severe adverse weather means fans inside the stadium have also been told to get indoors. Plenty have, others have put on rain coats.

Sunday 4 August 2024 00:19 , Alex Young

13min: Play has been stopped due to the threat of lightning!

The players are being called off the pitch.

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11min: Bernal wants a freekick for a tough tackle from Endrick, but the referee isn’t interested.

Look hard but fair, and Endrick then sends Guler running into the area before Barca mop up.,

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10min: Barcelona back on the ball, calmly passing between defence and midfield.

Valle tries to make some headway down the left but only finds Brahim.

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8min: Barcelona should score!

The corner is whipped in and Pau Victor meets it at the corner of the six-yard box, and Courtois pulls off a brilliant save.

Super header, even better stop.

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7min: Quite a lively start as Barcelona win a corner. Both sets of players seem up for this.

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5min: Modric now pings a ball out to the right for Lucas Vazquez to drill into the area towards Endrick, but again Christensen with a vital touch.

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4min: Modric sends Endrick scampering down the left, but Christensen has things under control.

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2min: Barcelona with the early possession, as a long ball over the top looks for Unai Hernandez, but Lucas Vazquez shepherds the ball out of play.

Kick-off

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1min: We’re underway in New Jersey!

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Modric leads out Madrid, Ter Stegen leads out Barca.

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Here come the players!

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No sign of the players just yet. Shouldn’t be too long.

Saturday 3 August 2024 23:50 , Alex Young

FInal preparations almost done at the MetLife.

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Not long now. Fans out in force in NJ.

Hansi Flick on his start at Barcelona

Saturday 3 August 2024 23:31

“The circumstances have not been the best, for the time, but in the end we are happy to see so many fans happy to see the team, it is important for us.

“Next week we will all be together. I'll be happy to have all the players back.

“I am proud of the young players. We also had a fantastic goalkeeper. We were a team and Ander was also important on penalties.

“I don't like to talk about individual players, it's a team, not individual players. If they play hard, it's what we want. We want to be a team that fights. There are situations where they fought, worked and wanted to work for the team."

“We defend too far back. It's not what I like the most. We have to improve on that."

Barcelona team news

Saturday 3 August 2024 23:20 , Alex Young

So, Barcelona are able to call upon Lewandowski again in an otherwise fairly weak lineup. Ter Stegen gets the nod in goal.

Gundogan and Raphinha are on the bench, Kounde gets the night off.

Barcelona team news in full

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Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Alex Valle, Christensen, Inigo, Balde; Bernal, Casado, Pablo Torre; Pau Víctor, Lewandowski, Unai Hernandez

Subs: Julian Araujo, Lenglet, Guille Fernandez, Noah Darvich, Raphinha, Inaki Pena, Vitor Roque, Quim Junyent, Fort, Sergio Dominguez, Gundogan, Gerard Martin, Mika Faye, Astralaga, Toni Fernandez, Alexis Olmedo, Andres Cuenca, Kochen

Barcelona XI

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Here’s how Barcelona line up!

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Just under an hour until kick-off in New Jersey.

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Some stadium. Let’s hope fans turn up.

Saturday 3 August 2024 22:40 , Alex Young

No team news yet for Barcelona. They are keeping their powder dry for now.

Endrick starts

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So, new Brazilian wonder signing Endrick does start in his first Clasico.

It’s a first start for the summer signing, and he is joined in attack by Turkish star Arda Guler.

The likes of Vini Jr and Rodrygo are on the bench.

Stage set

Saturday 3 August 2024 22:30

It doesn’t get much better than this.

Real Madrid XI

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Here’s how Los Blancos look tonight!

Real Madrid team news in full

Saturday 3 August 2024 22:21 , Alex Young

Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Lucas Vazquez, E. Militao, Rudiger, Fran Garcia, Mario Martin, Modric, Ceballos, Arda Guler, Brahim, Endrick

Subs: Lunin, Fran, Vinicius Jr, Rodryo, Vallejo, Nico Paz, Latasa, Jacobo Ramon, Lorenzo, Obrador, Asensio, Jeremy De Leon, Joan Martinez

Carlo Ancelotti talks retirement

Saturday 3 August 2024 22:20 , Alex Young

Carlo Ancelotti expects Real Madrid to be his last club job but he is "not so excited" about coaching a national team.

The Italian has a contract at the Bernabeu for another two years but last season was linked with the then vacant Brazil job.

However, the 65-year-old is not enamoured with the thought of swapping club for country.

"My idea is that Real Madrid will be my last club," he told former Chelsea midfielder Jon Obi Mikel's Obi One podcast.

"If there is an opportunity for a national team, I don't know.

"I'm not so excited at coaching a national team because I would lose what I like most, the day-to-day. I really enjoy what I'm doing.

"This is my season number 29 as a coach. It's true that I have won a lot but imagine the number of titles I lost."

Head to head (h2h) history and results

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Real Madrid wins: 105

Draws: 52

Barcelona wins: 100

Score prediction

Saturday 3 August 2024 22:03 , Alex Young

These pre-season predictions are usually fairly simply, and entirely pointless, so with neither side at their very best, goals are surely on the cards.

Draw, 2-2.

Barcelona team news

Saturday 3 August 2024 21:55 , Alex Young

All of Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Ronald Araujo and Ansu Fati are missing for Barca but Raphinha, Ilkay Gundogan and Jules Kounde could all return.

Real Madrid team news

Saturday 3 August 2024 21:47 , Alex Young

Endrick made his Madrid debut in the defeat to Milan and looks likely to continue working ahead to his first season with the club.

Arda Guler, Luka Modric and Antonio Rudiger should all start, though Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe and the club’s Spanish Euro 2024 contingent will not feature.

Where to watch Real Madrid vs Barcelona

Saturday 3 August 2024 21:40 , Alex Young

TV channel: The game will be broadcast on Premier Sports 1. Coverage starts at 12am.

Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on the Premier Sports Player.

Welcome

Saturday 3 August 2024 21:36 , Alex Young

Good evening and welcome to the Standard’s LIVE coverage of a Clasico clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona in New Jersey!

Both Spanish giants are taking in just their second match of the summer, about two weeks out from the new Liga season.

New Real Madrid signing Endrick is set to feature in his first El Clasico, while Barcelona have a few of their big guns back.