Barcelona beat Real Madrid to win International Champions Cup

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in the first friendly El Clasico since 1991 - and only the second meeting of the clubs outside Spain - to win the International Champions Cup.

The match was played in front of a crowd of 66,014 in Miami.

Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic give Barca an early lead before Mateo Kovacic and Marco Asensio pulled Real level.

Gerard Pique then steered in a Neymar free-kick to give last season’s Copa del Rey winners victory over the reigning Spanish and European champions.

Neymar, who is linked to a PSG move in a world record €220m deal, played for 72 minutes.

“I don’t want to speculate about Neymar,” said Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde after the match. “I always try to talk about things that happen rather than things that might happen.

“We are going to wait. From my perspective, we have Neymar in our team, we count on him and we have to see.”

Real Madrid have failed to win a game in this friendly competition.

Earlier they had lost in a penalty shootout to Man United and that was followed by a 4-1 loss to Manchester City in Los Angeles.

However, manager Zinedine Zidane insists his side will be ready for the Super Cup meeting with Man United in Skopje in just over a week.

“This is pre-season and this doesn’t alter anything. The important thing is to be ready for August 8,” said the Frenchman.

“I saw some good things, but also some things I didn’t like. I’m not bothered by the defeat. We don’t like to lose but that’s not the most important thing.”