The first Clasico of the season has finished in dramatic fashion at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Montjuic, with Real Madrid picking up the victory after a late, late winner.
2023/2024 La Liga
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Match Report
The hosts got off to a dream start by opening the scoring after seven minutes. Ilkay Gundogan’s attempted one-two with Ferran Torres broke back to the German international inside the Real Madrid penalty area off David Alaba, and he made no mistake to slot past Kepa Arrizabalaga, scoring his first Barcelona goal in the process.
Barcelona had chances to double their lead, with both Fermin Lopez and Inigo Martinez hitting the post, and unfortunately for the Blaugrana, they were made to pay for those missed chances as Real Madrid found an equaliser in the second half.
Los Blancos had begun to dominate the play in the second period, and they were rewarded when Jude Bellingham’s 25-yard strike flew past Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, although the Barcelona keeper will feel that he should have done better.
Both teams pushed for a late winner, and it came for Real Madrid. Bellingham finished from close range to grab his second of the afternoon, in what turned out to be a dream Clasico debut for the Englishman.
The result means that Real Madrid re-take first place in the La Liga table. Barcelona remain in third place, four points adrift of their Clasico rivals.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
5' GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid (Gundogan)
17' Yellow Card! Fermin Lopez booked
20' Vinicius tackled down
22' CLOSE! Rudiger's long shot wide out
28' Felix goes down but ref says no foul
32' Kroos makes timely block
47' Yellow Card! Ferran Torres booked
48' Rodrygo's shot over the bar
53' Bellingham goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
59' What a miss! Cancelo's shot over the bar
61' Yellow Card! Carvajal booked
62' Sub! Lewandowski replaces Ferran
67' CLOSE! Tchouameni's long shot denied by Ter Stegen
68' GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid (Jude Bellingham)
79' Camavinga goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
80' CLOSE! Lewandowski's long shot over the bar
88' How could Joselu miss such a chance?
92' GOAL! Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid (Jude Bellingham)
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: Gundogan, Ter Stegen, I. Martinez, Cancelo, Christensen, Ferran Torres, Ronald Araújo, Felix, Álex Baldé, Gavi, Fermín López
Subs: Lewandowski, Romeu, Alonso, Pena, Raphinha, Kounde, Marc Casadó, Ander Astralaga, Lamine Yamal, Héctor Fort, Pau Cubarsí, Marc Guiu
Real Madrid XI: Kroos, Alaba, Carvajal, Rudiger, Kepa, F Mendy, Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Jude Bellingham
Subs: Modric, Joselu, Nacho, Vazquez, Brahim, Andriy Lunin, Fran García, Eduardo Camavinga, Diego Piñeiro