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Barcelona continued their pre-season tour of the USA with a 3-0 win over Real Madrid in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n
Ousmane Dembele\u2019s early goal was followed up by late strikes from Fermin Lopez and Ferran Torres.<\/p>\n
New signing Jude Bellingham\u00a0played for Barca\u2019s El Clasico rivals Real and the England midfielder\u2019s header was one of five Real efforts that struck the woodwork at the AT&T Stadium.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe result is a bit misleading,\u201d said Barca coach Xavi Hernandez.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be overconfident. The result is very favourable but it doesn\u2019t mean we played a super match.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very even match in which Madrid also had many chances. There are many things to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
New Barca signing Oriel Romeu\u00a0was the first to hit the woodwork at the home of the NFL\u2019s Dallas Cowboys as he rattled the Real crossbar with a thundering drive in the fourth minute.<\/p>\n
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>\n
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>\n
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>\n
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>\n
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>\n
\u201cThe result is the least important thing,\u201d said Real coach Carlo Ancelotti. \u201cIt hurts to lose, but I\u2019ll keep the good things we did.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were good in terms of intensity, we had a lot of chances that didn\u2019t go in. Five [against the woodwork] in a game is quite rare, I don\u2019t think it has ever happened to me. But it\u2019s better if it happens in pre-season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barca complete their trip with a game against AC Milan in Las Vegas on 2 August while Real face Juventus in Orlando the following day.<\/p>\n
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