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Barcelona

  • Eto'o 83’
  • Messi 89’

Real Madrid

  1. Barcelona go eight clear

    Barcelona go eight clear

    Late goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi gave Liga leaders Barcelona a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at the Camp Nou. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Real Madrid
    • 90+3 And that's the final whistle! Real's domestic season is over, Barca romp eight points clear and Juande Ramos loses his first Liga match in charge of Madrid. The gulf in class was clear and Los Cules are deserved winners. Thanks for joining us - we have a world of Premier League, Serie A and Liga action tomorrow. Please join us!
    • 90+2 Henry is in on the right, he's clear and he has Messi in acres on the left, slips it wide to him as Casillas comes out but Messi lofts it over him and Canavarro can't get there! In off Fabio's knee, which goes straight into the post ouch. 2-0.
    • 90+1 BARCA SUB: Keita on for Xavi.
    • 90' Casillas is booked for mouthing off at the ref, who to be frank has protected Real today, letting them pummel Messi on several occasions.
    • 88' BARCA SUB: Eto'o comes off for Hleb.
    • 85' The crowd have woken up again, and this scoreline to be honest is flattering for Real who have impressed in defence but barely played any football.
    • 83' The corner is swung in, Casillas flaps and Puyol heads it back across and ETO'O POKES IT OVER THE LINE AND IT'S IN! Palanca hacked it away but the ball had already crossed the paint and Barca finally lead. The hosts score, and it's not the type of goal you'd expect.
    • 82' Corner to Barca on the right.
    • 78' Real counter and Palanca is played in on the right and he's one on one but Valdes makes himself big and blocks at the near post!
    • 77' MADRID SUB: Van der Vaart on for Higuain.
    • 75' Henry almost embarasses Casillas, who came rushing out to his corner flag like David James but eventually got it clear.
    • 74' REAL SUB: A knackered Guti shuffles off for Javi Garcia.
    • 72' INCREDIBLE DOUBLE SAVE BY CASILLAS! Oooh he's good, first Eto'o turns and shoots from the edge of the box, Casillas somehow gets across to tip it away and Messi was surely going to score but Casillas somehow got back up to block a la Schmeichel. Brilliant from Casillas - the contrast with Ramos's last goalkeeper, Heurelho Gomes, is startling.
    • 70' Eto'o steps up to take it... BUT WHAT A SAVE BY CASILLAS! Oh that is a brilliant save by Casillas, it was a good penalty, very quick to the right side of the goal but he just flew across and got such a strong contact that the ball spun well out of the box. It could be Juande Ramos's lucky day.
    • 69' Ball over the top and Salgado pulls back Busquets just inside the area and it's a penalty! Messi could have tapped it in anyway but the ref has blown and Barca can take the lead.
    • 68' Barca's pressure is constant again as Xavi has a shot blocked over for a corner.
    • 67' Nervous moments for Real as a Barca corner isn't cleared, Salgado with a terrible header and HENRY IS IN but Casillas hurls himself across to deny Henry. Salgado completes the clearance.
    • 66' Marquez has a poor first touch and slides late into Raul. He's already been booked and the ref just has a final word. That could have been a red card.
    • 64' BARCELONA SUB: Busquets on for Gudjohnsen.
    • 62' Henry almost gets clear of Salgado on the left but the wily old full-back slides across to deny him a crossing opportunity.
    • 58' Neither side have managed to string more than five consecutive passes for the last few minutes, which will suit Real who clearly want this to be a battle.
    • 55' Messi almost gets into the box but Real clear, only as far as Eto'o though who has a crack and it flashes over!
    • 50' Gago slips the ball in for Higuain who could be in here but Puyol races across to deny him! Corner.
    • 47' Messi on the right cuts across the edge of the box and lofts it to Eto'o at the far post who tries a spinning volley but it's parried by Casillas and Real clear. More of the same then.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45' The referee opts against playing any stoppage time, weirdly, and it's goalless at half time, which is similarly unusual.
    • 44' Henry is in on the left, inside for Gudjohnsen, who runs with it for a bit before setting up Eto'o but the ball hits Metzelder, Eto'o fouls and Real have a free-kick.
    • 43' Alves bombs down the right but the centre is blocked. Guti tries to bring it clear but still with Barca...
    • 41' Drenthe is booked now for rapping the ankles of... Leo Messi, of course.
    • 40' Marquez gets a yellow card for his first poor tackle, although it was straight into the back of Metzelder.
    • 39' A slight lull in the match, only to be expected as maintaining that kind of pace for more than 30 consecutive minutes is rather difficult.
    • 37' Real give the ball away but Xavi's cross is cleared by Palanca, who indeed is playing in midfield.
    • 35' REAL MADRID SUB: The half-fit Sneijder comes off for young striker Palanca, who one assumes will play in midfield unless Raul drops back.
    • 33' Xavi tries a shot from deep after the corner is cleared. Casillas claims easily and launches it downfield. It comes straight back at Real though.
    • 32' Good save by Casillas, parrying the cross behind at the near post after Messi got in again.
    • 30' Superb play by Xavi to find Alves on the right, he squares it to Messi but the Argentine with an unusually sloppy piece of play puts the ball out for a throw.
    • 28' Ramos is finally carded for a silly, late, dangerous tackle on Messi.
    • 27' The corner is headed away at the near post and it drops to Higuain with the volley but wildly over the bar.
    • 26' Gago with a through-ball, Barca are caught static and Drenthe is through HE'S ONE ON ONE AND MUST PUT MADRID IN FRONT BUT VALDES FLIES OUT TO SMOTHER! Corner.
    • 24' Drenthe on the left, inside to Sneijder and he shoots but tipped onto the bar and over by Valdes! Almost a goal for Madrid against the run of play! Corner Real on the right.
    • 23' Long punt downfield by Casillas and Raul goes down but play on says the ref.
    • 22' Metzelder enters the book for one of the less dirty tackles from a Real player, a fairly standard foul on Eto'o.
    • 21' Real counter with Gago through the middle and Raul is free but the attempted through-ball is intercepted and Barca clear.
    • 20' Loose pass from Gago sells Ramos short as the Barca fans jeer Real's attempts to bring the ball forward.
    • 19' Barca come forward again, played into the area and Real don't clear AND ABIDAL IS FREE AND MUST SCORE BUT METZELDER BLOCKS!
    • 17' Yaya Toure ghosts past three players and is in the box, has a shot but it's blocked into the path of Henry but his shot is blocked too! Madrid have their backs against the wall!
    • 16' Abidal crosses from the left, Real don't clear it fully and it drops to Messi on the right, he moves inside and drills in a low shot but weak and straight at Casillas.
    • 15' Henry and Messi are in behind Cannavaro and Ramos but the flag is up.
    • 14' Another heavy challenge on Messi, Gago this time, and Guardiola is furious after the ref again just has a word. That's four or five kicks he's been given.
    • 13' Drenthe has got free on the left and he could be in here but a great tackle from Alves saves the day!
    • 12' Xavi with the free-kick but he sends it well over.
    • 11' Salgado is lucky to escape a booking after whacking Messi, who seems to have been hurt in that incident.
    • 8' Alves plays it down the right to Messi, he cuts inside and plays a one-two with Eto'o and Messi is in but Cannavaro slides across with a fantastic saving tackle! Frantic opening at Camp Nou!
    • 7' Henry on the left, he cuts inside and thrashes in a low drive but side-netting! Barca all over Real here.
    • 5' Great play by Messi to beat two men and drill in a low shot that Casillas can only palm away and hacked clear!
    • 2' Sergio Ramos goes in late on Messi, this could be a card... No, just a word from the ref.
    • 1' El Clasico is underway!
    • - Madrid, to be fair, have had a shocker with injuries and bans. Ruud van Nistelrooy and Mahamadou Diarra are out for the season, while Arjen Robben and Marcelo are suspended. Gabriel Heinze, Rueben de la Red and Miguel Torres are also out with injuries. Robben was awesome against Zenit and he will be missed.
    • - Barcelona rested most of their first team in the 3-2 midweek defeat to Shakhtar, which meant nothing as Los Cules had won their Champions League group anyway. Everyone returns, although Samuel Eto'o replaces Bojan after he missed the 4-0 win over Valencia.
    • - Well have we got a treat for you tonight! Readers of Eurosport-Yahoo! will get full live text commentary, stats and scoring from the first Clasico clash of the season. Barcelona are bossing La Liga at the moment while Madrid have been mediocre. Los Merengues have a new manager - ex-Spurs boss Juande Ramos - and they beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-0 in his first game. But can they take it to the seemingly unstoppable Catalan machine? Find out from 21:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Real Madrid
    65% Possession 34%
    19 Shots 6
    8 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 4
    11 Corners 4
    18 Fouls 13
    3 Offsides 3
    3 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 38
    442 Accurate passes 171
    44 Bad passes 33

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 58 3 2
      22 Eric Abidal 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 30 9 5
      20 Daniel Alves 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 47 0 5
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53 6 1
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 63 3 3
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 71 10 2
      10 Lionel Messi 1 5 3 1 6 1 0 34 1 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 1 7 5 0 3 0 0 22 0 1
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 5 1
      14 Thierry Henry 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 18 4 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 2 3
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
      2 Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Seydou Keita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 13 6 1
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 0 8
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 2
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 13 6 1
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 5
      8 Fernando Gago 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 26 4 5
      10 Wesley Sneijder 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 0
      14 José Maria Guti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 4
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 2 3
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 19 6 5
      32 Jose Maria Anton Samper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Alberto Bueno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Miguel Palanca Fernández 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 4
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Javi Garcia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 0
      23 Rafael van der Vaart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Henry is in on the right, he's clear and he has Messi in acres on the left, slips it wide to him as Casillas comes out but Messi lofts it over him and Canavarro can't get there! In off Fabio's knee, which goes straight into the post ouch. 2-0.
    • 83' The corner is swung in, Casillas flaps and Puyol heads it back across and ETO'O POKES IT OVER THE LINE AND IT'S IN! Palanca hacked it away but the ball had already crossed the paint and Barca finally lead. The hosts score, and it's not the type of goal you'd expect.
    • 78' Real counter and Palanca is played in on the right and he's one on one but Valdes makes himself big and blocks at the near post!
    • 72' INCREDIBLE DOUBLE SAVE BY CASILLAS! Oooh he's good, first Eto'o turns and shoots from the edge of the box, Casillas somehow gets across to tip it away and Messi was surely going to score but Casillas somehow got back up to block a la Schmeichel. Brilliant from Casillas - the contrast with Ramos's last goalkeeper, Heurelho Gomes, is startling.
    • 70' Eto'o steps up to take it... BUT WHAT A SAVE BY CASILLAS! Oh that is a brilliant save by Casillas, it was a good penalty, very quick to the right side of the goal but he just flew across and got such a strong contact that the ball spun well out of the box. It could be Juande Ramos's lucky day.
    • 67' Nervous moments for Real as a Barca corner isn't cleared, Salgado with a terrible header and HENRY IS IN but Casillas hurls himself across to deny Henry. Salgado completes the clearance.
    • 50' Gago slips the ball in for Higuain who could be in here but Puyol races across to deny him! Corner.
    • 47' Messi on the right cuts across the edge of the box and lofts it to Eto'o at the far post who tries a spinning volley but it's parried by Casillas and Real clear. More of the same then.
    • 26' Gago with a through-ball, Barca are caught static and Drenthe is through HE'S ONE ON ONE AND MUST PUT MADRID IN FRONT BUT VALDES FLIES OUT TO SMOTHER! Corner.
    • 24' Drenthe on the left, inside to Sneijder and he shoots but tipped onto the bar and over by Valdes! Almost a goal for Madrid against the run of play! Corner Real on the right.
    • 19' Barca come forward again, played into the area and Real don't clear AND ABIDAL IS FREE AND MUST SCORE BUT METZELDER BLOCKS!
    • 17' Yaya Toure ghosts past three players and is in the box, has a shot but it's blocked into the path of Henry but his shot is blocked too! Madrid have their backs against the wall!
    • 13' Drenthe has got free on the left and he could be in here but a great tackle from Alves saves the day!
    • 8' Alves plays it down the right to Messi, he cuts inside and plays a one-two with Eto'o and Messi is in but Cannavaro slides across with a fantastic saving tackle! Frantic opening at Camp Nou!
    • 7' Henry on the left, he cuts inside and thrashes in a low drive but side-netting! Barca all over Real here.
    • 5' Great play by Messi to beat two men and drill in a low shot that Casillas can only palm away and hacked clear!
    • - Well have we got a treat for you tonight! Readers of Eurosport-Yahoo! will get full live text commentary, stats and scoring from the first Clasico clash of the season. Barcelona are bossing La Liga at the moment while Madrid have been mediocre. Los Merengues have a new manager - ex-Spurs boss Juande Ramos - and they beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-0 in his first game. But can they take it to the seemingly unstoppable Catalan machine? Find out from 21:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • C. Puyol
    • R. Márquez Yellow Card
    • E. Abidal
    • Y. Touré
    • E. Gudjohnsen Substitution Out (63′)
    • L. Messi Goal
    • .. Xavi Substitution Out (89′)
    • T. Henry
    • S. Eto'o Goal Substitution Out (87′)

    Subs

    • 21. A. Hleb Substitution In87′
    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • C. Busquets Substitution In63′
    • 15. S. Keita Substitution Out89′
    • 3. G. Pique
    • 2. M. Cáceres
    • 11. K. Bojan
    • 27. R. Pedrito

    Injured

    • 8. A. Iniesta
    • 18. G. Milito

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Starting line-up

    • I. Casillas Yellow Card
    • M. Salgado Yellow Card
    • C. Metzelder Yellow Card
    • F. Cannavaro
    • S. Ramos Yellow Card
    • F. Gago
    • J. Guti Substitution In (72′)
    • W. Sneijder Substitution Out (36′)
    • R. Drenthe Yellow Card
    • G. Higuaín Substitution Out (76′)
    • G. Raúl

    Subs

    • 25. J. Dudek
    • 9. J. Saviola
    • 23. R. van der Vaart Substitution In76′
    • 34. A. García "Agus"
    • 24. F. Javi García Substitution In72′
    • A. Bueno
    • 35. P. Palanca Substitution In36′
    • 32. C. Antón

    Injured

    • 16. G. Heinze
    • 6. M. Diarra
    • 17. R. van Nistelrooy
    • 3. .. Pepe
    • 18. R. De la Red
    • 22. M. Torres

    Suspended

    • 11. A. Robben
    • 12. .. Marcelo