39′ Ceballos laid on a lovely pass there that picked out Bale in between a trio of Juve defenders – and the Serie A side have been breached after a sustained spell of pressure on their line by their La Liga opponents.
G. Bale
Goal
39′ WHAT A BEAUTY FROM BALE! 1-1! The Welshman gives Real a lifeline and draws them level with a wonderful shot that he cleaves from the edge of the Juve box into the top-right corner following a deft first touch. Sensational stuff. All square with just over five left in the first half.
38′ Since the drinks break, traffic has seen an uptick towards the Juve half, with Real pressing hard for an equaliser to no avail.
36′ Isco rolls down the left wing in search of a cross that comes too late from Valverde; it floats behind the former and out for a throw in line with the Juve box.
Alex Sandro
Yellow Card
33′ Sandro gets the second booking of the match after he wrestles Ceballos off the ball with a shirt-pull.
32′ Juve win themselves a corner which Pjanic turns into the centre of the box. Navas clears with a punch and then recaptures the ball after a second effort is swept in towards him.
30′ Play resumes and Isco makes space for himself out on the left wing – only to pull a shot wide at the near-post after he cuts back inside, as opposed to squaring a pass to one of his team-mates.
28′ Both sides pause now for a drinks break, to take on water.
25′ Bale blows a plum chance from 15 yards out and hangs his head in frustration, with only the keeper left to beat as he skies it over.
23′ Benzema stops a ball for Ceballos to run onto at the edge of the Juve penalty area but the attacking midfielder misses his cue and Sandro nips in to clear.
22′ Favilli tears after a long ball blasted down the opposite end of the field, looking to create a swift counter-attack; he is duluy flagged for offside however and Real get the free-kick.
21′ Sustained pressure around the edge of the Juve box eventually drops back as Benzema is unable to find the pass through to Bale.
19′ Carvajal, looking to redeem himself, glides down the right wing and, with help with Isco, is able to help Real make a foothold deep in the opposition half.
16′ Bale and Benzeme go hunting a careless back-pass into the Juve box; Szczęsny sweeps it up and puts it away to safety.
14′ It’s going to be a real test for Real now; Juve have looked fantastic in pre-season and are unlikely to blow a one-goal lead in this mood. What can they produce?
Daniel Carvajal
Own Goal
12′ Juve lead through an own goal! 1-0! It’s Dani Carvajal who is the unlucky man to put his name on the scoresheet as he tries to slide across Cancelo’s cross from the left wing, only to turn it into his own net at the near-post past Navas. Disaster for Real; they trail inside the first quarter-hour in Maryland.
10′ After a start that saw Juve press the wider of the two, Real are starting to find their footing, with Benzema bursting down the left after a throughball from Isco that is herded out by Cancelo for a goal-kick.
7′ Kroos puts a prospective cross in a moment later for Bale from distance; the Welshman can only tickle the edge of it before it runs away from him though to Szczęsny.
M. Benatia
Yellow Card
6′ Benatia makes a mess of a pass, loses it and then lunges at Isco to recover. The referee wastes no time in showing a yellow to the Juve man.
5′ Khedira clips a wide cross from the right towards the edge of the Real box, probing for a runner; he only finds the turf though and Real turn it back towards midfield.
2′ Sandro nearly catches a long ball lofted over the heads of the Real defence but Navas reads it well and darts off his line to sweep up before it can cause him trouble.
1′ We are underway in this 2018 International Champions Cup tie!
The teams are out at FedEx Stadium.
JUVENTUS (4-1-4-1): Wojciech Szczęsny; Joao Cancelo, Medhi Benatia, Giorgio Chiellini, Mattia De Sciglio; Miralem Pjanic; Federico Bernardeschi, Sami Khedira, Claudio Marchisio, Alex Sandro; Andrea Favilli
REAL MADRID (4-2-3-1): Keylor Navas; Dani Carvajal, Nacho, Javier Sanchez, Sergio Reguilon; Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde; Gareth Bale, Isco, Dani Ceballos; Karim Benzema
Here’s how the two sides line up in Maryland…
As for Real, under new coach Julen Lopetegui, they will be looking to get their stateside tour back on track following an opening defeat against Manchester United – and in team news, Gareth Bale will start for Los Blancos with speculation over his future having calmed down in recent weeks.
The Champions League holders and Serie A winners face off in one of the most hotly-anticipated clashes of pre-season but the man that has dominated headlines with his transfer from the former to the latter will not play at the home of the Washington Redskins; Cristiano Ronaldo will not face his old club for his new as Juve look to cap off their ICC campaign with a win.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the 2018 International Champions Cup as Real Madrid square off against Juventus at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.
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Dani Ceballos
Assist