Real Madrid vs Barcelona is arguably the greatest football match in the world of club football. The rivalry between the two Spanish giants dates back a very long time. The match has a special name assigned to it “El Clasico”.

The El Clasico is set to be held outside Europe for the second time in history. The pre-season friendly match will be held in Las Vegas, United States.

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El Clasico kick-off time

Real Madrid will play against Barcelona on 23rd July 2022 in Las Vegas. And now the kick-off time for El Clasico has been officially announced. The match will be played at 8 pm local time, ie, 5 am on 24th July in Spain. If you’re from India, it will be an early morning match starting at 8:30 am on 24th July.

This was the last #ElClásico in the 🇺🇸

Coming soon: Las Vegas, Nevada pic.twitter.com/hJS0x5TKy3
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 3, 2022

The highly-anticipated match will be held in the Allegiant Stadium, the home stadium of NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders. It has a capacity of 65,000 people. Although the lowest ticket price was 200 euros, there aren’t any tickets left for the match. It will be a full-packed stadium for the Real Madrid vs Barcelona match.

This El Clasico match is part of the Soccer Champions Tour. It will be Real Madrid’s first pre-season match while Barcelona will be playing their second pre-season match after taking on Inter Miami on 20th July.

Real Madrid will play two more games during this pre-season tour in the United States against Club America of Mexico (27th July) and Juventus (31st July).

Barcelona will also play two more matches against Juventus (26th July) and New York Red Bull (30th July).

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