There will be a new classic this summer. Barça and Real Madrid will face each other on August 3 in New York as part of the tour that both clubs will take through the United States. The Blaugrana will also face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Milan.
The Catalan team will play their first match of the friendly tournament called Soccer Champions Tour against the Cityzens in Orlando on July 30, then they will meet the Whites and close their American journey on August 6 in Baltimore against the Rossonero team. For its part, Ancelotti’s team will also play against Milan in Chicago (July 31) and against Chelsea in Charlotte (August 6).
MetLife Stadium in New York will host the fourth summer match between the two soccer giants. The previous three, also played in the country of the stars and stripes, ended with a Blaugrana victory, the last one held last preseason at the AT
Dembélé, Fermín López and Ferran Torres scored the goals in Barcelona’s comfortable victory in Texas (3-0). In the previous tour, that of 2022, Barça won with a solitary goal from Raphinha at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (0-1), while in 2017, in the first classic beyond Spanish borders, the Catalans won at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami with goals from Messi, Rakitic and Piqué (2-3).
Both Barça and Real Madrid could face the classic without some of their players due to the dispute of the Euro Cup, which is played between June 14 and July 14, and the celebration of the Olympic Games, which will take place in Paris between on July 26 and August 11.