BARCELONA – REAL. Demonstration of Real Madrid (3-0) after returning from the locker room where the people of Madrid are virtually qualified for the final of the King’s Cup after a double from Karim Benzema and a goal from Vinicius. Follow the Clasico live.
22:34 – Rodrigo exits
Discreet in the game, Rodrygo gives way to Marco Asensio in the 74th minute of play.
22:31 – Carvajal warned
After a breakthrough from Baldé on the left side, Carvajal mows down his compatriot and receives a yellow card.
22:30 – The referee lets play
While Ferran Torres hooks Camavinga, the Spaniard collapses but the referee does not whistle foul. The ball returns to the feet of Vinicius who takes Araujo with full force.
22:27 – Triple change at Barça
Franck Kessié, Marcos Alonso and Raphinha were respectively replaced by Ansu Fati, Eric Garcia and Marcos Alonso in the 66th minute of play.
22:20 – Rodrygo misses the 4-0
Big loss of ball from the engagement and the ball returns to the feet of Karim Benzema near the surface of the Blaugrana. With a nice heel, the French serves Modric who crosses Rodrygo, too short to regain the ball.
22:19 – The double for Benzema!
Karim Benzema does not tremble and deceives Ter Stegen with a counter-foot on the left of the goalkeeper. It turns to the demonstration at Camp Nou while FC Barcelona must score twice to hope to go into extra time.
22:18 – Penalty for Real!
In the surface of Barça, Vinicius is in the fight with Kessié. The Brazilian hooks the Ivorian who commits the fault while the referee whistles the penalty.
22:16 – It misses for Araujo
What a Ronald Araujo festival! After a step over Camavinga, the Uruguayan lost the ball before recovering it and tried to hit the pointy but it went a few centimeters from Courtois’ right post.
22:15 – Barça on the offensive
While they are eliminated for the moment, FC Barcelona players have gone on the offensive, like Raphinha’s strike which passes away from Courtois’ cages.
22:11 – Benzema for the break (2-0)
After a recovery from Militao, the Brazilian serves Modric on the right side. After a call from Rodrygo in the middle, the Croatian finally serves Karim Benzema at the entrance to the Barcelona area and the captain of the Merengue strikes cross in first intention. Ter Stegen is beaten and the real Madrid is virtually qualified for the King’s Cup final.
22:07 – Bad choice for Vinicius
Found on a long crossbar, Vinicius fixes Araujo before eliminating his vis-à-vis with a huge leg pass. After passing, the Brazilian sees his center countered.
22:06 – Here we go again!
Robert Lewandowski has kicked off the second half. Note that there was no change.
21:50 – It’s half time!
The referee sends the 22 players back to the locker room as Real Madrid opened the scoring before half-time.
21:49 – Vinicius opens the scoring (1-0)
What a counter-attack from Real Madrid! While Robert Lewandowski missed the ball 1-0 on a Courtois save, Madrid attacked with Rodrygo, Vinicius and Benzema. The left winger of Real fixes at the edge of the surface of Barca before serving Benzema who tightens his teammate in withdrawal. Vinicius shoots and it’s diverted by Koundé but it’s not enough and the ball ends up in the net of Ter Stegen, beaten.
21:45 – Three minutes of added time
Three minutes were added to regulation time for the first period.
21:43 – Faults multiply
The end of the first period is hasty as the faults multiply on the lawn. This is evidenced by this excessive commitment from Modric on Raphinha who remains on the ground for a few moments before getting up.
21:39 – The ball for Real
Long possession phase for Real Madrid. If Los Blancos have the ball, there are few solutions before Alaba finally hands the ball back to Barcelona after a big clearance.
21:35 – Lewandowski on the ground
The game is stopped after the foul in the central circle of Militao on Lewandowski. Touched on the back, the Polish striker remains on the ground for a few minutes.
21:34 – Vinicius is doing well
As he lost the ball in the Barça box, Vinicius pushed his compatriot Raphinha to recover the ball. If the fault was indisputable, the referee does not whistle and on the action that follows, Kroos crosses for Benzema who tries the handover but Ter Stegen captures the ball.
21:32 – Vinicius on the ground
After a new recovery from Camavinga and a pass from Benzema, Vinicius is pushed by Araujo who commits the fault.
21:28 – Vinicius punished
New fault of Vinicius who is coming out of his meeting. This time around, the Brazilian is putting too much of a commitment on Gavi.
21:25 – Rodrygo can blame himself
On a three-way game with Modric and Carvajal, Rodrygo is too short to take the caviar from the Spanish side. It was the 1-0 ball for Madrid.
21:23 – Corner for Barça
As Lewandowski is found on the left side, the Pole loses the ball to Militao but the Brazilian kicks the ball in for a corner.