BARCELONA are taking on fierce rivals Real Madrid in the first El Clasico of the season.
But Ronald Koeman’s men find themselves behind on home soil, with David Alaba firing the visitors ahead at the Nou Camp with his first La Liga goal.
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- Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Pique, Garcia, Mingueza; Dest, Busquets, Gavi, F. De Jong, Alba; Memphis, Fati
- Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Lucas, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Modric, Casemiro; Vinicius, Rodrygo, Benzema
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REAL SCORE A SECOND WITH LUCAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BARCELONA 0-1 REAL MADRID
90+3 Barcelona are chasing for a late equaliser and are relying on crosses that lead to nothing.
Real star Courtois is till hurting, the next few seconds will feel like forever
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90+2 SUBSTITUTION
Real star Valverde is also unable to continue due to injury so he returns to the bench and is replaced by Carvajal
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90 Courtois is back on his feet but grimaces on his face show he is still in pain.
Seven minutes of stoppage time to go
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89 Courtois is down on the ground holding his knee.
It seems like he picked that injury after he cleared the ball.
The Real star is receiving medical attention
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88 SUBSTITUTION
Doesn’t look like Vinicius is timewasting as Ancelotti replaces him with Asensio
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87 Vinicius hobbles off the pitch following a heavy challenge.
Home fans boo the Real star as they think he is timewasting
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85 SUBSTITUTION
Barcelona manager Koeman replaces Gavi with Luuk de Jong.
The home fans are not happy with that decision and boo the Barca head coach
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84 CHANCE!
Barcelona star Memphis delivers a cross from the left and Aguero gets the header but just misses Courtois’ crossbar
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82 Pique and Valverde are down as they went for the ball together in the air.
Both players’ heads clash and they receive medical attention.
Valverde, though, seems more concerned about his knee
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82 Barcelona tend to make the same uncharacteristic mistake when they attack.
When a player gets the ball down the wing, such as Alba, there is barely any support as they are waiting for the cross
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80 YELLOW CARD
Real star Mendy gets booked for time-wasting, it did take him a long time to deliver that free-throw
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77 SUBSTITUTION
Barcelona boss Koeman replaces De Jong with Roberto for the last few minutes of the match
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75 Both teams are really missing that difference maker in their squad.
This is the kind of match you could easily see Messi and/or Ronaldo winning it for their team.
The game has really opened up
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74 SUBSTITUTION
Barcelona manager Koeman introduces Aguero, who replaces Fati.
Major ovation for the Manchester City legend!
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73 CHANCE!
Barcelona star Dest tries a powerful shot from the edge of the box and just misses Courtois’ crossbar
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72 CHANCE!
Real come close as Mendy’s through ball from the left finds Benzema in front of open goal but he gets a really bad touch and the ball rolls on the other side where Valverde shoots and hits the sidenetting.
Wouldn’t matter anyway as Benzema was offside
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72 SUBSTITUTION
Real manager Ancelotti makes his first change of the match as Valverde replaces Rodrygo
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70 Barcelona continue to dominate possession and tempo.
But they have yet to really give Courtois any bother, lots of crosses from Alba down the left flank, which are easily picked up by the Real keeper
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68 Real are still dangerous on the counter-attack with Vinicius and Benzema.
The game has opened up with the ball moving from box to box with very little participation by the midfield
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65 Wouldn’t be the El Clasico without some intense challenges.
And something tells me there will be more as Barcelona are pushing hard for a goal and have yet to score.
Frustrations will rise
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62 WHAT A CHANCE!
Real come extremely close to a second goal!
Modric gets the ball in the left side of the area and picks it up for Benzema.
The Real superstar fires a right-footed effort from close range but Ter Stegen makes a huge save!
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60 Barcelona are pushing Real back and make it very hard for the visitors to play out the back.
But the longer it takes for Barca to equalise the more frustrated they will get
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58 YELLOW CARD
Barcelona star Pique gets booked for protesting about that alleged penalty.
The referee did indeed give a foul by De Jong on Kroos
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58 PENALTY SHOUT
Barcelona are protesting for a penalty as the ball appears to have hit Kroos’ hand inside the box.
Referee, though, will have none of it. Could it be that the official gave a foul by De Jong on Kroos?
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
