At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on July 24, Barcelona and Real Madrid will usher in a national derby in Las Vegas, USA! This is the fourth time that Real Madrid and Barcelona have held a national derby in a city outside Spain, after three previously with 2 wins and 1 loss. Although it is a friendly match for the new season, the appearance of Barca's new signings and the return of Real Madrid Hazard make this game somewhat different!
Barca have made frequent moves in this transfer period, signing Casey, Christensen, Rafinha and Levan four strong reinforcements, except for Levan, the other three have already made their debuts for Barca! However, the reinforcements are not over, and the pursuit of Comte is entering a white-hot stage. Judging from the activity of Barca in this summer window, the new season has a lot of momentum under the leadership of Xavi!
Compared with Barca's "batch" reinforcements, Real Madrid is much more "low-key" in this offseason. So far, the two new signings have produced this summer's champion - Monaco midfielder Chuamenos (80 million), and the other is Chelsea defender Rudiger. After winning the Champions League and La Liga titles last season, what Real Madrid have to do is to keep the team's lineup framework unchanged, while reinforcing in individual positions.
This national derby is Barca's third friendly of the new season, the first two games are 1-1 draw with Olot, 6-0 victory over Miami International, and Real Madrid is the first friendly match of the preparation period! In terms of preparation period, Barca players will definitely enter the state faster than Real Madrid players. But after all, the game is a friendly, and the result doesn't seem to matter that much! The outside world is more concerned about the appearance of several new signings!
Levan of Barcelona! The Pole left Bayern Munich, where he played for eight seasons, this summer to move from the Bundesliga to La Liga, which is not easy for a veteran striker. It is precisely because of his super scoring ability at Bayern that the outside world expects the shooter to show how much "firepower" he can show on the La Liga stage.
Real Madrid's Chuamini! The 22-year-old French teenager who made Real Madrid pay a transfer fee of 80 million yuan to bring in, naturally has its own outstanding place. During his time at Monaco last season, he played in 35 games with 86 steals and 101 interceptions, becoming the only player in the five major leagues to do so, and his defensive prowess has been proven in Ligue 1. Paris midfielder Herrera praised Chuamini as a combination of Casemiro, Modric and Kroos.
Levan and Chuameni are the two new signings who are the most concerned by the outside world in this game, in addition to a "newcomer" to the national derby in this game - Hazard! Since joining Real Madrid in the 2019 season, Hazard has never played in a national derby before. The appearance rate in these three seasons is not high, but can he "bloom" once this season after showing his ability at Chelsea?