El clasico friendly: Barcelona thrash Real Madrid 3-0

<p>Barcelona continued their pre-season tour of the USA with a 3-0 win over Real Madrid on Saturday, in Arlington, Texas.</p>, <p>Ousmane Dembele’s early goal was followed up by late strikes from Fermin Lopez and Ferran Torres.</p>, <p>New signing Jude Bellingham played for Barca’s El Clasico rivals Real and the England midfielder’s header was one of five Real efforts that struck the woodwork at the AT&T Stadium.</p>, <p>“The result is a bit misleading,” Barca coach Xavi Hernandez said.</p>, <p>“We shouldn’t be overconfident. The result is very favourable but it doesn’t mean we played a super match.</p>, <p>“It was a very even match in which Madrid also had many chances. There are many things to improve.”</p>, <p>New Barca signing Oriel Romeu was the first to hit the woodwork at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys as he rattled the Real crossbar with a thundering drive in the fourth minute.</p>, <p>But Barca took the lead shortly after as a cleverly worked free-kick resulted in Pedri sliding a diagonal pass into the path of Dembele, who drilled the ball inside the far corner from a tight angle.</p>, <p>Real were awarded a penalty just five minutes later after Barca defender Ronald Araujo handled in the box but Vinicius Junior blasted the spot-kick against the bar.</p>, <p>The Brazil forward then fired against the underside of the bar and although Bellingham outjumped Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen from the rebound, his header came back off a post before being scrambled behind.</p>, <p>Aurelien Tchouameni fired a long-range strike against the bar after half-time and as Real pushed for an equaliser, Barca substitute Lopez, 20, beat Thibuat Courtois on 85 minutes with a 20-yard strike after Toni Kroos had given away possession.</p>, <p>Vinicius fired against the bar for a third time from a tight angle yet Torres sealed the win as he ran on to a Lopez pass before lifting the ball over the advancing Courtois and tapping it into the empty net.</p>, <p>“The result is the least important thing,” Real coach C