Real Madrid held by Club America in US friendly

Real Madrid and Club América played a wonderfully entertaining match late on Tuesday night in San Francisco

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Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard were amongst the goals as Los Blancos survived a scare in the Pre-Season friendly against the Liga MX side.

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Los Blancos entered the contest off the back of a 1-0 loss to Barcelona on Saturday

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while America had taken on Chelsea and Manchester City in friendlies this summer suffering 2-1 defeats in both fixtures

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Scorers: Benzema 22′, Hazard 55′ (pen); Martín 5′, Fidalgo 82′ (pen)

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Amazingly, it was Club América that struck first, with Henry Martín receiving the ball near the spot and firing past Andriy Lunin less than five minutes into the contest.

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In typical fashion, it was Karim Benzema who leveled for Madrid, playing a beautiful one-two with Marco Asensio and curling the ball past Memo Ochoa into the bottom corner.

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Early in the second half, Eden Hazard would put Real Madrid in front from the penalty spot after Lucas Vázquez was taken down in the area.

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