Benzema, Asensio on track as Real Madrid down Juventus in cordial
Karim Benzema changed over an early punishment and Marco Asensio added a last part protection objective as Real Madrid beat Juventus 2-0 in a pre-season well disposed at California's Rose Bowl on Saturday.
With his eye on Real Madrid's European Super Cup conflict with Eintracht Frankfurt in 10 days, mentor Carlo Ancelotti fired the very line-up that beat Liverpool in the Champions League last in May.
They delivered the principal triumph of Real Madrid's United States visit, after a 1-0 misfortune to LaLiga rivals Barcelona in Las Vegas and a 2-2 draw against Mexico's Club America in San Francisco.
Observers were all the while streaming into the stands when French star Benzema had an objective prohibited only eight seconds into the challenge, Uruguay's Federico Valverde's through ball getting him offside.
Juventus had their most obvious opportunity with regards to the match in the thirteenth moment, however Leonardo Bonucci's immediate free kick hit the crossbar.
Benzema opened the scoring with a punishment in the nineteenth, freshly terminating into the base left corner after Juventus' Danilo cut down individual Brazilian Vinicius Junior with a messy move in the punishment region.
Squeezing hard to take care of the match after the stretch, Real Madrid were foiled by Juventus goalkeeper Mattia Perin, who denied a forcefully calculated shot by Daniel Carvajal prior to taking off to stop a long-range left-footed impact from Benzema in the 62nd moment.
After two minutes, Benzema was among the withdrawing players as Ancelotti made nine replacements.
He got an euphoric cheer from the generally supportive of Real horde of 93 702 at the Rose Bowl, the pleasant arena got into the lower regions upper east of Los Angeles that was the scene for the 1994 World Cup last.
Asensio was among the substitutes, and immediately established a connection, clearing a cross from the left by Jesus Vallejo into the net with his left foot.
It was sufficient to seal the dominate in a game in which Juventus scarcely tried Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
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