Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Europe's most well-known rivalry enters a new chapter as Real Madrid travel to the Camp Nou to meet bitter enemies Barcelona in a potential La Liga decider.

Courtois (GK) — 2. ter Stegen (GK) — 23. Real Madrid have gone out of their way to implicate Barcelona in the situation, which has sullied relations between the two clubs. Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez will not travel to the match at Camp Nou, the first Clasico that he has not attended in over 20 years. Kroos — 15. Nacho — 10. Gavi — 22. Balde — 21. – Barcelona (4-4-2, right to left): 1. Barcelona took a slim 1-0 lead in the first leg. The two frontrunners for the Spanish top flight meet for the second and final time in league action, with Barcelona holding a nine-point lead atop the table.

Barca are on a three-game winning streak while Real have won their last two outings and reached the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals at Liverpool's expense ...

They should be able to take a point here which would please Barca as it would keep their lead intact. Barca: Ousmane Dembele will remain out for the hosts with a hamstring problem while Pedri is expected to return from the same issue after six games out. Although Real have not been at their best lately, they are mostly doing enough to avoid defeat in big games. Toni Kroos could be replaced by Aurelien Tchouameni while Nacho should keep hold his starting role and Federico Valverde should join Benzema and Vinicius Junior in attack. The latest instalment of Spanish soccer's fiercest rivalry, El Clasico, will play out on Sunday at Camp Nou as Barcelona host Real Madrid with nine points separating the pair at La Liga's summit. Barca are on a three-game winning streak while Real have won their last two outings and reached the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals at Liverpool's expense in midweek.

9' GOAL, Barcelona 0-1 Real Madrid (Araujo OG): Madrid take the lead. Vinicius Junior attempts a cross into the box that hits Ronald Araujo and goes into ...

Barça can essentially clinch the title with a victory, but Los Blancos can make it a real title race if they get all three points. [Real Madrid](https://www.managingmadrid.com) for the latest edition of [El Clásico](http://www.sbnation.com/el-clasico-barcelona-real-madrid) with everything on the line. Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid (Kessie): BARÇA TAKE THE LEAD!!! A shot from Raphinha is blocked inside the box and the rebound falls to Sergi Roberto who takes a touch and finds the back of the net! A very lucky goal for the visitors. Robert Lewandowski finds Alejandro Balde all alone on the left wing and the full-back crosses it to Franck Kessie who puts Barça ahead at the death!!!

One of the greatest rivalries in sport gets re-ignited today as Barcelona host Real Madrid. The teams meet for a La Liga matchday 26 clash at Camp Nou, ...

Second-half substitute Franck Kessié was the hero with his 92nd-minute strike, but it was thanks to the handiwork of Robert Lewandowski and Alejandro Balde that Kessié found himself with a wide-open net to shoot at, as Lewandowski's jaw-dropping backheel nutmeg pass set Balde up for an inch-perfect cross to the awaiting goal scorer. Coming out of the break, Real Madrid looked as though they would be able to press out of Barcelona's possession advantage, but that was brief and the home side once again found joy all over the pitch. Barca came into the match with a nine-point cushion atop the La Liga standings, with Madrid occupying second place.

Barcelona's chances of securing the La Liga title this season have received a major boost as they sealed a dramatic 2-1 El Clasico win over Real Madrid.

Karim Benzema was withdrawn against Liverpool, but he is ready to go for El Clasico. Real Madrid have gone out of their way to implicate Barcelona in the situation, which has sullied relations between the two clubs. Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez will not travel to the match at Camp Nou, the first Clasico that he has not attended in over 20 years. 68 mins: Cynical stuff from Roberto to bring down Modric and earn a caution. Kroos — 15. Courtois (GK) — 2. Nacho — 10. Gavi — 22. Balde — 21. ter Stegen (GK) — 23. In another team, he'd be one of the most valued players, but here he's heavily criticized." Xavi: "I don't know what to say about Sergi Roberto anymore.

Instead, as Madrid surged forward in search of a winning goal they surely needed to maintain realistic hopes of overhauling their opponents' LaLiga lead, Kessie ...

But, with the help of VAR, Barcelona survived before Kessie stuck a late dagger into Madrid's hopes of retaining their title. [Rodrygo](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/267804/Rodrygo) and [Ferland Mendy](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/217475/Ferland-Mendy) for [Toni Kroos](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/103173/Toni-Kroos) and [Nacho](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/157710/Nacho). However, after a long VAR review, it was ruled that Asensio had initially been in an offside position. [Thibaut Courtois](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134283/Thibaut-Courtois) had to be at this best to keep out efforts from [Robert Lewandowski](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/125824/Robert-Lewandowski) and [Raphinha](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231050/Raphinha) while [Sergi Roberto](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150225/Sergi-Roberto) shot just over the bar. [Sergio Busquets](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/121893/Sergio-Busquets) gave the ball away to allow a clear shot at goal from the edge of the box, the young Brazilian lashed his effort high over the crossbar. [Vinicius Junior](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/252107/Vinícius-Júnior) chipped a cross back from near the byline down the left, and Araujo found his head in the wrong place at the wrong time to divert the ball past [Marc-Andre ter Stegen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/140740/Marc-André-ter-Stegen) at his near post. [Federico Valverde](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/235818/Federico-Valverde) slashed an effort wide for Madrid and Lewandowski had a shot deflected just wide. [Marco Asensio](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/195821/Marco-Asensio) turned in [Dani Carvajal](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/168531/Dani-Carvajal)'s cross. [Ronald Araujo](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/270821/Ronald-Araújo) put Real Madrid ahead in just the ninth minute, but Barcelona responded to claim a deserved equalizer through [Sergi Roberto](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150225/Sergi-Roberto)'s composed finish right on the stroke of half-time. [Franck Kessie](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/194711/Franck-Kessié) scored a stoppage-time winner to give [Barcelona](/football/team?id=83) a 2-1 victory over [Real Madrid](/football/team?id=86) in Sunday's Clasico at Camp Nou and a massive 12-point lead over second-place Real Madrid with 12 games of the [LaLiga](/football/league/_/name/ESP.1) season remaining. [LaLiga](/football/league/_/name/ESP.1) lead, Kessie turned in a cut-back from Alex Balde in the second minute of stoppage time to send the Camp Nou crowd wild with delight. The goal was the first Barcelona had conceded from open play at home in LaLiga this season and dented their early momentum as Madrid gained confidence and composure.

Barca came into the match with a nine-point cushion atop the La Liga standings, with Madrid occupying second place. A victory for the visitors would've closed ...

Second-half substitute Franck Kessié was the hero with his 92nd-minute strike, but it was thanks to the handiwork of Robert Lewandowski and Alejandro Balde that Kessié found himself with a wide-open net to shoot at, as Lewandowski's jaw-dropping backheel nutmeg pass set Balde up for an inch-perfect cross to the awaiting goal scorer. Coming out of the break, Real Madrid looked as though they would be able to press out of Barcelona's possession advantage, but that was brief and the home side once again found joy all over the pitch. Barca came into the match with a nine-point cushion atop the La Liga standings, with Madrid occupying second place.

Barcelona vs Real Madrid, El Clásico Live Score Updates: On top of the 2022/23 La Liga points table, Barcelona (65) lead Real Madrid by nine points. Having lost to their arch rivals 3-1 in the reverse leg at the Santiago Bernabeu in October, Barca have ...

One of the greatest rivalries in sport gets re-ignited today as Barcelona host Real Madrid. The teams meet for a La Liga matchday 26 clash at Camp Nou, ...

The visitors will hope that recent trends continue as they look to close the gap on the league leaders. If Madrid are to mount a run at the title, a victory today is virtually a must. The teams meet for a La Liga matchday 26 clash at Camp Nou, where Barcelona have, unsurprisingly, been a force this season.

Barcelona have taken a gigantic step towards their first La Liga title since 2019 thanks to a hard-fought 2-1 comeback win in El Clásico against Real Madrid ...

La Liga isn’t over yet, but it damn sure feels like it and Barça earned this victory by being the better team and wanting it more than Madrid on the night. But after a lengthy VAR review, the goal was ruled out for a very tight offside on Asensio and Barça dodged a massive bullet ahead of the dying seconds. Barça were the better team on the night but went down early and had to show massive fighting spirit to come from behind and deliver what feels like a knockout blow to their biggest rivals in the title race.

Barcelona starting XI (TBC): Ter Stegen, Araujo, Kounde, Christensen, Balde, Busquets, Kessie, De Jong, Raphinha, Gavi, Lewandowski. Real Madrid need the three ...

[ESPN+](http://go.web.plus.espn.com/0J9VgN?subId2=%5B%5Dsb%5Bp%5D23411090%5Bt%5Dw%5Br%5Dmanagingmadrid.com%5Bd%5DD) Vinicius’ duel against Araujo will be the main talking point of the game.

Despite making their jobs harder by conceding an own goal, Barcelona have likely all but wrapped up La Liga on Sunday with a 2-1 victory in El Clasico ...

This season has been a struggle for Barcelona with the team crashing out of Champions League and Europa League which has created financial uncertainty but Xavi has kept focus on the pitch despite chaos off of it. In a game where Real Madrid needed nothing less than a victory, the team didn't show fight until a triple change in the 76th minute which didn't leave them with enough time to fend off a dominant Barcelona team. Despite making their jobs harder by conceding an own goal, Barcelona have likely all but wrapped up La Liga on Sunday with a 2-1 victory in El Clasico against rival Real Madrid at the Soptify Camp Nou.

In Spain and in European football, he was regarded as one of the top players of the 1990s. To mark the occasion of Sunday's Clásico at Camp Nou, he paid AS a ...

but I don’t see it, because Barça and Madrid are part of the football culture of Spain, as are clubs in England and Italy. That cannot be a penalty, but due to a matter of common sense in football, beyond the regulations. I have played in big clubs and, as a coach, in more modest teams, and they usually complain that it’s easy to whistle against them, that they always favour the powerful clubs... What happens is that a big team generates more chances for you and the referee has more chances of being wrong against the modest one, although now with the VAR perhaps less. When you played for Barça, did you have the feeling in the dressing room that the referees favoured Madrid more? If on top of that you have as much quality as Modric and Kroos, it happens that they continue to give recitals, like on Wednesday against Liverpool at the Bernabéu. Before, you could have a bad day at 28 and nothing happened, but if you had several bad games at 31 or 32, it was already said that you could be in the final stretch of your career. You played for Barça in the famous 5-0 win over Madrid in 1994 and a year later, with Madrid, in the 5-0 defeat of Barcelona. The one that is going to be a very tough match is City-Bayern - that’s going to be a great match to watch. Sometimes, you have to kick the ball upfield, which allows you to go from being under pressure in your area to attacking in the opponents’ half. Madrid will be feeling strong, after having eliminated Liverpool, and they will go to the Camp Nou knowing that if they can get a result there, it will set them in full flight, and simultaneously knock Barça. That started in the early 90s, because in Denmark, wine wasn’t readily available and so we started to import it.