Barcelona and Real Madrid met in the first El Clasico to be held outside Spain as the rivals clashed in Miami.


An exhilarating first half saw the Catalan club race into a 2-0 lead before they were pegged back by the capital side.

But Gerard Pique settled the tie in the second half before the high pace set early on, inevitably slowed.

Here, we rate the players who started the game for both sides...

Barcelona
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Cillessen 8
Helpless with both goals but made two brilliant saves to prevent Isco bringing Madrid level once more in the game
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Aleix Vidal 5
Caught out by Asensio's pace and power before the break
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Pique 7
A constant scourge for Madrid on and off the field, came up with the winner
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Umtiti 7
Composed and controlled in possession as he strolled through the first hour
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Alba 6
Got forward to good effect but left plenty of space in behind which Bale failed to capitalise on
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Busquets 7
Lovely pass into Messi to set up the opener
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Iniesta 7
No sign off the old genius losing his touch as he conducted Barca's play before the break
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Rakitic 7
Fine finish for his goal and was close to a second moments later, but got away big time with repeated pushing off the referee
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Neymar 7
Missed chances he should have buried but got two assists and didn't look like a man with one foot out of the Camp Nou
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Messi 8
New season, same old Messi. Goal added gloss to some lovely touches.
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Suarez 7
Didn't score but his movement caused all sorts of problems for a disorientated Madrid defence


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Real Madrid

Navas 8
Kept the scoreline respectable to round off a good tour
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Carvajal 6
Struggled to cope with Neymar's trickery
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Ramos 5
First 45 minutes of pre-season for Madrid's captain and it showed
Sergio Ramos made his first appearance of pre-season (Image: Getty Images North America)
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Varane 5
Even his pace couldn't cover the oceans of space in behind the Madrid defence
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Marcelo 7
Not quite on the form he ended last season with but still showed why he is the best left-back around
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Casemiro 6
Unable to enforce his physical edge in a "friendly" environment
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Modric 7
Slow to start but helped lead Madrid's revival in the first-half
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Kovacic 8
Madrid's best outfield performer and not just for lovely individual run and strike to halve early arrears
Mateo Kovacic strikes (Image: Getty Images North America)
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Bale 5
In such an open game that should have suited his style, another Clasico largely passed him by
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Benzema 6
Both the good and bad of the Frenchman's game on show as missed chances were offset by intelligent leading of the line to create space for those around him
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Asensio 7
Counter-attack and finish for his goal showed Bale has plenty to be worried about over his role in the team this season