Las Vegas, Nevada… more gaudy than Gaudi and a place where either Barcelona or Real Madrid are likely to have a hangover on Sunday morning.
Pre-season Clásicos are fast becoming the rule rather than the exception, but that hasn’t dulled the importance of the fixture.
I mean, who doesn’t love a Clásico, whatever the context.
There will, perhaps, be more interest in this edition than usual thanks to the flurry of new signings Barça have made over the past couple few weeks.
It will also be the first chance to see Robert Lewandowski — a player whom the official Barça website have called ‘a shiny, new Polish goal scoring machine’ and ‘superman’ — in Blaugrana.