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Real Madrid 3-2 AC Milan; Bellingham Debuts for Madrid, Valverde Scores Brace

In the latest episode of the ongoing pre-season tours, it was the Spanish giants Real Madrid’s turn to shine as they came from behind to lead a stunning 3-2 victory over AC Milan in the match which was the opening game for both clubs for the USA pre-season tour.

Real Madrid beat AC Milan 3-2 Valverde brace and Vini Jr. goal

The Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, United States saw a full house as both squads battled to find the back of the net in the first 45 minutes of the match itself. However, the Italian club stole the show of first half, as they netted the ball not once but twice before the half time whistle.

The opening goal of the match was scored by Fikayo Tomori at the 25th minute of the match for Milan, later the lead for the Serie A giants was extended to a two-goal difference by Luka Romero at the 42nd minute of the match right before half-time.

Tomori’s stunning goal leapt above stunned Real Madrid defense, fully utilizing the corner taken by Christian Pulisic. Milan obviously was not satisfied with a one-goal difference and aimed at widening the gap as much as possible.

Milan’s second and last moment of celebration for the match came soon after as Luka Romero, the 18-year-old curled in a fantastic shot beating a stunned Lunin from the edge of the box.

Jude Bellingham makes Real Madrid debut against AC Milan

Real Madrid, however, not the kind to take the beat and as a club of their calibre, they completely broke down the opposing AC Milan, who had become rather a little too comfortable with two-goal lead, in the second half.

Milan’s morale utterly collapsed after Fede Valverde’s pedestrian-like effort from outside the box found home beating Marco Sportiello right into the net in the 57th minute of the match. The real demolishing of the Italians happened when just two minutes later Valverde scored another stunner as a consequence of a bad giveaway at the 59th minute.

Now with the equalizer scored by Valverde, both teams were on the same boat looking for a winning goal and it was the 14-times UCL champions, Real Madrid who snatched the final goal of the match with none other than Vinicius Jr. scoring a late goal in the 8s Jr. scoring a late goal in the 84th minute.

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