David de Gea demonstrated Real Madrid what they are absent by playing the saint represent Manchester United as they won 2-1 on punishments after a 1-1 International Champions Cup attract California on Sunday.
The Spain universal, a long-lasting detailed focus of the Champions League champs, spared spot-kicks from Mateo Kovacic and Oscar before Casemiro hit the crossbar with his shoot-out kick - having scored from 12 yards in typical time - to hand United triumph.
Joined led the pack in no time before half-time because of a staggering bit of play from Anthony Martial, the forward jinking far from Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric and Lucas Vazquez to give Jesse Lingard the most straightforward of completions at the back post.
Casemiro leveled from the punishment spot after Victor Lindelof could just stop a rampaging Theo Hernandez by colliding with him before the Brazilian missed the unequivocal punishment in a poor shoot-out.
Joined stay unbeaten in the four matches they have played on their voyage through the United States in the wake of holding off Madrid in singing temperatures, while the main pre-season coordinate for Zinedine Zidane's men finished in crush.
The clubs will soon conflict again as Madrid confront United in the UEFA Super Cup in Skopje next month.Lingard was one of two players held from the United group that beat Manchester City 2-0 on Thursday and he had the principal endeavor with a shot Keylor Navas needed to beat away.
In the smothering Santa Clara warm, the amusement was played at minimal more than strolling pace, and Lingard twisted a 20-yard exertion barely wide following 40 minutes with Navas well beaten as the two groups kept on battling for assaulting force at Levi's Stadium.
Yet, in the main moment of stoppage time, a snapshot of Martial enchantment gave the opener.
Splendid aptitude from the Frenchman saw him cut inside off the left and dodge three Madrid protectors before pulling back an exact low cross that Lingard tapped in from short proximity.
Zidane changed his whole XI at the interim while Mourinho made eight substitutions including presenting Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba, with Ander Herrera constrained off through damage after only five minutes of the second half.
Madrid were given a brilliant opportunity to level the scores following 68 minutes when a ghastly Lindelof challenge on Hernandez brought about a punishment.
Casemiro ventured up to crush the spot-kick past De Gea and more punishments were required to discover a victor with neither one of the sides making an achievement after Marouane Fellaini squandered a brilliant possibility with seven minutes to play.Martial blasted the principal kick well finished the crossbar before De Gea spared from Kovacic and Kiko Casilla denied Scott McTominay.
De Gea's spare from Oscar permitted Henrikh Mkhitaryan to bump United ahead however Madrid reacted through Luismi Quezado before Lindelof hit his kick directly at Casilla and Hernandez scraped wide.
Daley Blind changed over his kick to heap the weight on Casemiro, with the Brazilian crashing his exertion against the bar to proceed with United's fine keep running in pre-season.
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