Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, April 23, 2017
Barcelona WLLWD 3
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Real Madrid WDWWW 2
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RMA112
Estadio Bernabéu · 81,044 att.

Match Report

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Messi brace pulls Barcelona even in La Liga after thrilling Clasico win

Barcelona gave their La Liga title hopes a huge boost with a 3-2 defeat of arch-rivals Real Madrid in a thrilling Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
7
12
Saves
6
57.5
Possession
42.5
16
SHOTS
22
9
ON GOAL
14
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
477
Accurate Passes
330
539
Passes
390
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
43
30
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
0
6
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
11
18
Clearances
11

Highlights

00:39 Messi stuns Real Madrid in El Clasico Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 6NachoCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 11Gareth BaleLF
  11. 7Cristiano RonaldoRF

Substitutes

  1. 10James RodríguezSUB
  2. 13Kiko CasillaSUB
  3. 22IscoSUB
  4. 20Marco AsensioSUB
  5. 23DaniloSUB
  6. 21Álvaro MorataSUB
  7. 16Mateo KovacicSUB

BAR · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 17Paco AlcácerM
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  8. 10Lionel MessiAM
  9. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  10. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  11. 9Luis SuárezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Jasper Cillessen
  2. 7Arda Turan
  3. 21André Gomes
  4. 19Lucas Digne
  5. 6Denis Suárez
  6. 28Carles Aleñá
  7. 14Javier Mascherano

Timeline

  1. 12' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Barcelona 0. Casemiro (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 33' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
  4. 39' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Gareth Bale because of an injury.
  6. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Paco Alcácer.
  7. 70' Substitution, Real Madrid. Mateo Kovacic replaces Casemiro.
  8. 73' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Barcelona 2. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 77' Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) is shown the red card.
  10. 78' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 81' Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 82' Substitution, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez replaces Karim Benzema.
  13. 85' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Barcelona 2. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marcelo with a cross.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  15. 90'+3' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

LALIGA News

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