Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

El Clasico teams will hold open practices

- By Ian Cohen Staff writer

Don’t have a ticket to El Clasico Miami?

You still have a chance to see FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in person.

The two Spanish soccer clubs will hold open practices at Hard Rock Stadium on July 28 ahead of their July 29 exhibition match in Miami. Tickets will be available to the general public starting Monday at 1 p.m. on ElClasicoM­iami.com.

Real Madrid will practice at 6 p.m. on July 28 followed by Barcelona at 8.

Resale tickets for the match are still available. There are about 5,000 tickets for sale online, according to Ralph Garcia, a spokespers­on for TicketIQ.com, a company that analyzes ticket data. Garcia says that the average asking price per ticket is about $779, but tickets can be bought for as low as $245.

Although tickets are available, they are expected to be hard to find. El Clasico has been StubHub.com’s highest selling soccer match this summer, according to spokespers­on Cameron Papp, with some tickets selling as high as $5,500.

El Clasico features two of the premier teams in the world and is one of the most famous rivalries in sports. This will be the first time the game is played in North America.

The game will feature Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who are widely regarded as two of the best players in the world.

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