EFT Report, Madrid: The first Clasico of the year lived up to its expectation as Real Madrid and FC Barcelona played out a an entertaining 1-1 draw at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in the first leg of the Copa del Ray semi-final on Jan. 31, 2013.
Both sides played attacking football from the word ‘GO’, Mourinho pulled out a surprise by naming Diego Lopez, who rejoined the club from Sevilla last week, in front of the goal. Both sides had chances to score during an enthralling first half but the opener came in the 50th minute when former Arsenal FC player Cesc Fabregas got hold of Lionel Messi's through ball in the box to fire past Diego Lopez to give the Catalan side a 1-0 lead.
Barca’s failure to kill off the game came back to haunt them when 19-year-old centre-back Raphael Varane rose the highest to head home Mesut Ozil's free-kick nine minute before the full-time to sent the Bernabeu 80,000 fans into a frenzy celebration. Barca-1 Madrid-1, that’s how the first Clasico of the year ended. Raphael Varane was stand-out performer of the match for Los Blancos while Fabregas played his heart-out for the Catalan giant.
A mouth-watering second leg encounter awaits at Barcelona's Camp Nou on February 26.
Both sides played attacking football from the word ‘GO’, Mourinho pulled out a surprise by naming Diego Lopez, who rejoined the club from Sevilla last week, in front of the goal. Both sides had chances to score during an enthralling first half but the opener came in the 50th minute when former Arsenal FC player Cesc Fabregas got hold of Lionel Messi's through ball in the box to fire past Diego Lopez to give the Catalan side a 1-0 lead.
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| Madrid Held 1-1 by Barca at Bernabeu |
A mouth-watering second leg encounter awaits at Barcelona's Camp Nou on February 26.
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