Real Madrid's winless pre-season no cause for concern despite Barcelona defeat, says Zinedine Zidane

Real head into the Uefa Super Cup against Manchester United without having won a single match during their pre-season tour

Zinedine Zidane is not taking too much notice of Real Madrid's 3-2 defeat by Barcelona (Getty)

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insisted he is "not bothered" by Saturday night's friendly defeat to their La Liga arch-rivals Barcelona in Miami.

The Spanish and European champions went two goals down inside seven minutes thanks to Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic, before Mateo Kovacic and Marco Asensio forced parity heading into half-time.

Gerard Pique grabbed Barca's clincher five minutes after the restart, however, leaving Real winless after three International Champions Cup games.

Zidane, whose team face the Catalans again in the Spanish Super Cup in two weeks' time, can now turn his thoughts to the Uefa Super Cup meeting with Manchester United in Skopje.

"This is pre-season and I'm sure that the results we've achieved weren't what we were expecting, but this doesn't alter anything," the Frenchman told realmadrid.com.

"The important thing is to be ready for August 8. I saw some good things out there, but also some things I didn't like.

"We've got to be patient, work hard and be ready for the UEFA Super Cup.

"I'm not bothered by the defeat. It always hurts, we don't like to lose but that's not the most important thing. We need to improve and change a few things."

Barca head coach Ernesto Valverde, who succeeded Luis Enrique this summer, is keen to keep hold of the in-demand Neymar.

The Brazilian striker has been linked with a potential €222m [£198m] switch to Paris Saint-Germain, a deal which would see him become the most expensive player in the world.

Valverde expects the 25-year-old to stick around and contribute at the Nou Camp, however.

Ernesto Valverde has enjoyed three wins from three to start off his Barcelona career (Getty)

Quoted in Marca, he said: "I try to talk about what is happening right now. Neymar is here with us, we count on him and we think that he should help us out this year."

He felt the friendly triumph acted as a warm-up for the two-legged Supercopa showdown, which starts on August 13.

After full-time at the Hard Rock Stadium, the former Athletic Bilbao manager told fcbarcelona.es: "Those matches will be different - there is no such thing as a friendly against Real.

Gerard Pique's winner secured Barcelona the bragging rights (Getty)

"My team started the game very well and I was happy with how they dominated proceedings.

"We had many chances to extend the scoreline further.

"It was an opportunity to see how great these players are, especially Messi who was extraordinary."

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