FC Barcelona Star Pau Victor Stuns Real Madrid With 12-Minute ...

Rising FC Barcelona star Pau Victor stunned his club's bitter rivals Real Madrid with a 12-minute ... [+] brace that put the Catalans 2-0 up in El Clasico on Saturday.

Rising FC Barcelona star Pau Victor stunned his club's bitter rivals Real Madrid with a 12-minute brace that put the Catalans 2-0 up in El Clasico on Saturday and saw him take home the fixture's MVP award.

Play was halted after less than a quarter of an hour thanks to lightning and torrential downpour.

Much to the relief of more than 80,000 fans in the MetLife Stadium and millions watching around the world, however, the friendly thankfully resumed 70 minutes later.

Madrid seemed to start sharper after the unwelcomed pause, but Robert Lewandowski and Pau Victor expertly positioned inside the box to link up after Alex Valle sent an inch-perfect cross their way.

The Pole headed down the ball for the youngster, who converted from close range to open his side's account on 42 minutes.

Following the interval, Pau Victor almost doubled Barca's and his own account by forcing a fine save from a Thibaut Courtois that was almost caught off guard.

Then on another slick move from the Blaugrana which followed in quick succession, Lewandowski again mucked in by dropping deep and playing off a lovely curved pass to Valle in space.

Getting the assist he perhaps deserved to be credited with in the first instance, Valle found Pau Victor, who had cleverly and effortlessly slipped between Antonio Rudiger and Eder Militao to slide his second strike past a hapless Courtois.

The dream continues for the forward currently wearing Pedri's number 8 shirt but with no name as is common in preseason.

Just days after being picked up from Girona for a few million euros, Pau Victor was whisked off to the United States where he netted in his first team debut against Manchester City as the ongoing friendly tour commenced.

In that match he played as a striker in Lewandowski's place. But the Madrid outing saw the 22-year-old fielded as a right winger yet also advancing to the extent that he they seemed to form a partnership up front.

Pau Victor is already being heralded as a potential heir to Lewandowski under the club's nose while Vitor Roque continues to be frozen out.

One thing is for certain, his chances of staying in the first team and not returning to the Barca Atletic reserve outfit received a tremendous boost by netting the important goals that sealed a 2-1 win for Hansi Flick's men.