Real Madrid vs Barcelona Live Score Streaming Online: Los Blancos take on the Blaugrana in 1st El Clasico of season.Real Madrid vs Barcelona, El Clásico Live Score Updates: A stuttering Barcelona, on the verge of Champions League elimination, travel to Real Madrid’s home turf of Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday for the first El Clasico of the season. The Blaugrana will be without Ronaldo Araujo, Hector Bellerin and Andreas Christensen, although Jules Kounde will probably be fit on time. Real will have to contend with the mercurial Robert Lewandowski and the sprightly Raphinha, both of whom will look to prove a point in their first official El Clasico.
Real Madrid will have injury woes of their own with Belgian shot stopper Thibaut Courtois likely to sit this one out due to injury. All the usual suspects in attack are likely to start with Karim Benzema spearheading the attack along with Vinicius Junior.
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Raphinha celebrates scoring the goal vs Real Madrid in the pre-season friendly. (Photo: AP)
Two on three, almost four there, but such is the energy of this Real Madrid side that it is Barcelona who are on the backfoot. Even with the numbers. Benzema plays a pass for Vinicius to run into but Ter Stegen is quick to slide down and intercept. Takes a hit to the chest in the process but continues.
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Three subs for Barca. Ferran Torres in for Raphinha. Gavi in for Sergio Busquets. Jordi Alba in for Balde.
Benzema with a left foot far post screamer from outside the box and it looks like game over for Barca but the referee, to the relief of the Blaugrana fans, lifts the flag. Offside. Good pass from Vinicius on the left hand side to find Benzema on the right, before the number 9 cut inside and did his magical bit.
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Madrid break into the Barca box from the left channel, with Karim Benzema the carrier. The frenchman sets up Toni Kroos, who has nothing but the goal in his eyes. The shot goes over.
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Couple of minutes into the second 45 in Madrid and Barcelona eyeing the Madrid goal pretty openly but losing possession in the final third off some sloppy passing and Madrid's attentive best nature.
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Expected goals rate (0.76-0.51), possession (62-38), total shots (4-8). Barcelona have been leading Madrid on several counts except the scoreline.
The hosts lead 2-0 going into the break, courtesy of goals from Karim Benzema and Fede Valverde. Xavi Hernandez has some pep talk to give if the tables are to be turned around from here.
Even before the first kick, Barcelona came into the meeting as second favorites. The two goals have further dragged their odds down. Chances have withered down compared to earlier. Only obvious that a goal as good as Valverde's pushes the morale down for the team at the other end.
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The Polish striker catches an elbow from David Alaba and lies down as the referee attends to him. Doesn't look that serious, certainly not worthy of a foul for the ref. Perhaps the former Bayern teammate caught him on the blindside.
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Barca fans look away. Frenkie De Jong and Robert Lewandowski fail to convert a cross from the right, with the goal wide open.
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Despite the early goal, the visitors have nine players fielded in the opposition's side of play, even out of possession. The 'all in' mentality here is pretty understandable and typical of this Barca side that went on to concede thrice vs Inter at the Camp Nou earlier this week.
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Karim Benzema scores his first goal in five outings and what a match to break that (so-so) deadlock.
The buildup to it is crucial. Toni Kross loses the ball near the Madrid goal, to their fortune Pedri is unable to find a Barca player in the box. Within seconds, Kross parries away from multiple Barca shirts to provide a brilliant pass for Vinicius to run in to and have a go. Ter Stegen saves it but the Frenchman scores on the rebound.
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One second you see Lewandowski go at it on the left side of the Bernabeu field, the other a Vincius Jr. shot from inside the box blocked at the right. End to end stuff, courtesy of high pressing and opened spaces early in the game. Both teams want the opening goal here, and they seem willing to pay the ultimate price for it.
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Frenkie De Jong with that juju of his in the midfield means that Raphinha has an opportunity to have a go at the Madrid goal on that right hand side, from outside the box. He had scored the sole goal from that very same position in the pre season Clasico, so why not take the chance here!?
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Good confident early run from Eric Garcia in the initial seconds. Madrid retain possession but are pressed hard by Barca, as expected in the early seconds here in Madrid. Oceans of space opening up for the hosts to run into, especially on that left flank.
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Seldom do the football stars align as perfectly as they have in Madrid today. Despite their failures to grab three points in the Champions League this season. Barcelona are the current league leaders in Spain. And if the defending champions are to take their place, they must go through them. They will have the additional 12th man support at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium but the home fans know what happened the last time these two met here. First Clasico of the season. Here. We. Go.