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Friday 4 august 2017
Real Madrid edges MLS All-Stars on penalties, 4-2

By JIM LITKE his bench to begin the
AP Sports Writer game. Without Cristiano
CHICAGO (AP) — As con- Ronaldo, who did not
solation prizes go, it wasn’t make the tour, only four
much. other players who started
But it’s all the MLS All-Stars in the team’s Champions
have. League final win — de-
“I believe the league fender Sergio Ramos, mid-
showed a good face fielders Toni Kroos and Isco,
against one of the best and goalkeeper Keylor Na-
teams in the world,” coach vas — were in the starting
Veljko Paunovic said after lineup.
his MLS squad lost a pen- Of those four, only Isco re-
alty shootout to Royal Ma- turned for the second half.
drid. “I’m going to repeat But he left just past the hour
that over and over. mark as the second wave
“Five years from now, I of Madrid starters — Mar-
think it would be great to celo was joined by Gareth
face Real Madrid again,” Bale, Casemiro and Karim
he added, “and see where Benzema — trotted onto
we are then.” the pitch.
After a 1-1 tie to end reg- MLS coach Veljko Pau-
ulation, the visitors finally novic responded with 10
shook free from their deter- new players after halftime,
mined hosts, 4-2, in penalty but that side was no more
kicks before a sold-out Sol- effective than the starters
dier Field crowd. The de- until Dwyer equalized.
cisive kick was delivered “The last minutes were
by Marcelo, a starter who Real Madrid’s Marcelo scores against the MLS All-Stars during the penalty shootout in the MLS All- tough for us,” he said.
Star Game, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Chicago. Real Madrid won 4-2 in the shootout.
came on in the second Associated Press So was the early going.
half and sent his spot kick Madrid had nearly all of
low right and past diving luxury of trotting out a sec- Real made all four of its the coach’s son, and the the good first-half chances
goalkeeper Stefan Frei. ond wave of starters early tries in the penalty round. crossbar, respectively. and Mayoral missed the
“People enjoyed it, which is in the second half, nearly Both Dom Dwyer and Madrid took a 1-0 lead just best one in the 27th min-
the most important thing,” all of whom were better Giovani Do Santos, the first inside the hour mark, after ute with a curling drive
Real coach Zinedine Zi- than any of the front-liners two shooters sent out by a clever through pass from from the top of the box
dane said afterward. the MLS started the game MLS, were stopped by Real Real’s Dani Ceballos that that was wide of the right
Then again, Zidane had the with. goalkeeper Luca Zidane, split the MLS defense and post. Ramos missed the
sent Borja Mayoral in alone most entertaining chance
against Frei. Mayoral’s when he raced into the
right-footed shot barely box alone and tried to chip
beat a sliding tackle from goalkeeper Tim Howard
MLS defender Dax Mc- just before halftime. The
Carty before eluding Frei’s cheeky attempt flew over
dive to his left. the crossbar.
The All-Stars drew level in MLS defender Greg Gar-
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Garza,” Paunovic said.
“Obviously, Real Madrid’s The match marked the
going to attract a lot of 13th consecutive year
SPORTSBOOK fans, but it’s really grown the MLS team faced a
here.”
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THROUGHOBRED AND HARNESS end of Real Madrid’s sum- 7-6, with two of the losses
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Zidane reached deep into