Real Madrid blanks DC United in friendly

10 August,2009 10:51 AM IST |   |  AFP

Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain scored two goals to power Real Madrid past DC United in an international football friendly on Sunday before a vocal crowd of 72,368 in hot and muggy conditions.


Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain scored two goals to power Real Madrid past DC United in an international football friendly on Sunday before a vocal crowd of 72,368 in hot and muggy conditions.


Higuain scored in the 57th and 59th minutes and Dutchman Arjen Robben completed the scoring in the 69th minute for the star-studded Spanish side in a romp over the Major League Soccer squad.


Real Madrid began a four-day North American tour on Friday with a 5-1 rout of another MLS club, Toronto FC.

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