Barcelona (dpa)
The Spanish club Real Madrid announced the program of its American tour as part of the team’s preparations for the football season, noting that it will include three matches, starting with the confrontation with its traditional stubborn rival Barcelona in Las Vegas.
The visit of the two teams to the United States of America this summer comes as part of the “Friendly Champions Tour”, where Barcelona will play four matches during this tour, which will also meet the Italian Juventus in Dallas.
Real and Barcelona will meet in the “Classico” and D in Las Vegas on July 23, as part of the “Champions Tour” activities, which will witness the confrontation between Barcelona and Juventus in Dallas on the 26th of the same month.
During the same round, Barcelona will meet Inter Miami on July 19, while it will conclude its tour with a meeting with the New York Red Bulls on the 30th of the same month.
In addition to its match with Barcelona, Real will also meet the Mexican club America in San Francisco and Juventus in Los Angeles on the 26th and 30th of the same month.
The El Clasico match between Real and Barcelona is the second confrontation between the two teams in American stadiums.
The two teams meet at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which has a capacity of 65,000 fans, and is the stronghold of the Las Vegas Raiders, which is active in the American Football League.
The only El Clásico match between the two teams in the United States, ended with Barcelona winning 3/2 on July 30, 2017, at the “Hard Rock” stadium in Miami, in front of more than 64,000 fans, which means that the new match between them in Las Vegas may hit this number in Public attendance, if the stands were full.
