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Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Real Madrid
13' Higuaín
55' Sergio Ramos
Barcelona
17' Henry T.
20' Puyol
35' Messi
57' Henry T.
74' Messi
82' Piqué G.
90°
It's all over here at the Bernabeu, Barcelona have won 6-2. They have virtually-what the heck, they have truly wrapped up the title this season. But kudos to Madrid, for trying at least, but it was class against spirit and this time class won. Adios!
87°
They say football is a dream, football gives you a dream. On Tuesday, Chelsea's football gave you a dream to be a dishwasher, today Barcelona have given you a dream to become a pilot and soar above the earth.
85°
Substitution
Iniesta 
Bojan Krkic
85°
Substitution Yaya Touré Busquets
84°
Yellow Card Javi García
82°
The Madrid fans are leaving the Bernabeu as Gerard Pique, that Manchester United flop, makes it 6-2 to Barcelona; he somehow bundles the ball into the back of Casillas's net after a good Eto'o pass. Madrid are indeed paying for Barcelona's broken plates!
82°
Goal Gerard Piqué
78°
Substitution Arjen Robben Javi García
74°
Goal Messi
74°
GOL GOL GOL Messi gives a short pass to Xavi, who fends off a challenge and then carves out an intelligent pass to Lionel Messi, who makes no mistake in scoring his second goal of the match. 5-2, match over, if it wasn't already.
73°
MESSIIIIII What a pass!! Only the GREAT ZIZOU could have sent in such a cultured through pass. Sadly for Iniesta, he couldn't control it. It's still 4-2 to Barcelona, Madrid are lacking imagination.
73°
Yellow Card Rafael Van der Vaart
71°
Substitution Sergio Ramos Rafael Van der Vaart
65°
Non-Spanish football followers often look down upon La Liga and label it as 'slow' and 'defence-less'. The accusations are marginally right but where in the world would you have cultured football, such grace, such silk, such elegance....These days football as an art has given away to football as a science, but here in Spain, you have football in its naive best....
61°
Substitution Thierry Henry Seydou Keita
59°
Substitution Marcelo Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
57°
It's 4-2 now. Thierry Henry has restored Barcelona's lead. Madrid still have their work cut out..
57°
Goal Thierry Henry
56°
Sergio Ramos gives Madrid a chimera...a Robben free-kick and a thumping header from the Spanish international..game on, folks, just when you thought it was all over..
56°
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55°
Goal Sergio Ramos
50°
You look at this Real Madrid side and you wonder whether they have the quality to play in the sacred White shirt. Compare player-by-player to the Barcelona team and you would notice the difference.
48°
Andres Iniesta!!!!!!! Jingles past a host of players but his shot doesn't go into the back of the net. A message to all Madrid supporters: please do not let your kids watch this match anymore. If you do, then you would see them start supporting Barcelona, such is their power of seductive football.
46°
The second half action has just started. Royal Madrid have to score three goals to rescue their season.
45°
It's half time here at the Bernabeu and it's 3-1 to Barcelona. 45 minutes for Madrid to rescue their season...Hang on for the second half.
44°
Yellow Card Marcelo
42°
In Spain, you have a saying 'paying for someone's broken plates'. Today Royal Madrid are paying for Messilona's broken plates.
40°
"Gone In Nine Days - Barcelona's Nine Months Of Galactic Football" was the title of an article on Friday...tomorrow's headline: "Gone In 18 Minutes: Real Madrid's Hopelessly Hopeful Dreams Of A Third Successive Liga Crown"
38°
Yellow Card Puyol
35°
Ladies and gentlemen, it's all over here at the Bernabeu. Messi has just scored Barcelona's third goal of the evening, but this time it is not his genius that has pulled off the coup but Lassana Diarra's uncharacteristic loss of possession in the midfield. It's 3-1 to Barcelona now. Title wrapped up, it seems.
35°
Goal Messi
32°
Raul hits a shot from just outside the penalty area with his left foot but it is over the bar. Madrid are not letting things be controlled by Barcelona.
32°
Messi tried a wonder chip...but Casillas is up to the challenge!
29°
CASILLAS!!!!!!!!! Oh, you are the best goalkeeper in the world!! A Saint!! A Messiah! A lovely interplay between the world's best player Lionel Messi and the world's second best player Andres Iniesta carves out the Madrid backline but Casillas stops Messi's shot from point-blank range. The Madrid backline is in sixes and sevens. Seems like they would resort to hacking down the Barcelona players.
26°
Messi passes the ball to Xavi who sends Eto'o through but the former Mallorca striker sees his ferocious shot saved by Casillas. Again, Casillas is seeing more of the ball than anyone else in a Madrid shirt.
25°
Messi hits a shot but it is straight at Casillas. This is now a very open game. Remember that 3-3 draw in which Messi scored a hat-trick? Well, need I say anything more?
25°
Yellow Card Sergio Ramos
23°
Yellow Card Éric Abidal
20°
Goal Puyol
20°
Oh, Madrid are going upfront in droves. Valdes makes a good save! Is there anyone in the world who is not watching this match?
19°
GOAL GOAL GOA GOAL GOAL!! Madrid, you should learn how to defend!!!!!! How, how, how, how, how, how could you let Puyol get a free header??? How? How? How? Puyol, who has as much sense of positions as Casanova had of the number of partners he had had, Puyol who is not even as good a defender as Roberto Fabian Ayala...how?? 2-1 to Barcelona now...
18°
GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL!!!! Legend Thierry Henry scores!!!!! A world class pass from the world's best player Lionel Messi sends Henry though and he sends his shot past Saint Iker. Who said Messi is a big game flop? Who said Henry is past it? And who said Madrid have a very reliable defence?
17°
Goal Thierry Henry
14°
Messi is sent through thanks to Sergio Ramos playing him onside. But Saint Iker comes to the rescue this time again and somehow clears the ball from outside his penalty area. What would Madrid do without Casillas? Possibly, play for a UEFA Europa League position.
14°
GOL! GOL GOL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOL GOL GOL!!! Sergio Ramos's cross is headed in by Pipita!!! Gonzalo Higuain might not have the media serving him they serve Wayne Rooney and Peter Crouch, he might not possess the genius of a Lionel Messi...but he is class, he is quality and he certainly knows how to score!! Pipita! Pipita! Pipita!
13°
Goal Higuaín
10°
It's been quite an open game so far but there have been no clear cut chances for either side. This time at least Madrid are playing football, in December's clasico, they appeared to invest all their time and energy in hacking Lionel Messi,
6°
Eto'ooooooooooooooooooooooooo just offside..wouldn't the Cameroonian international love scoring against his former club!!
2°
Arjen Robben seems lively and up for this match. Today Madrid need the Flying Dutchman, not the Glassman.
1°
And here we go..........Xavi takes a shot inside the first 30 seconds but he hits it straight at his Spanish international teammate Iker Casillas...Spanish international they both might be, but today Xavi is a Catalan and Casillas is a Madrileno...
We are on the verge of the kick-off. This promises to be one enticing match...
Welcome to Goal.com's LIVE coverage of the biggest football match on the planet, the clasico between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, one of the most exotic football stadiums in Europe. Decades of history, politics and cultural differences are at play here, but also important are three points. Barcelona lead the table by four points but a win for Madrid tonight would reduce the point deficit to just one.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Real Madrid
13' Higuaín
55' Sergio Ramos
2
6
Played
La Liga 2008
02-May-2009 8:00 PM HST
Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Undiano Mallenco
6
Played
La Liga 2008
02-May-2009 8:00 PM HST
Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Undiano Mallenco
Barcelona
17' Henry T.
20' Puyol
35' Messi
57' Henry T.
74' Messi
82' Piqué G.
90°
It's all over here at the Bernabeu, Barcelona have won 6-2. They have virtually-what the heck, they have truly wrapped up the title this season. But kudos to Madrid, for trying at least, but it was class against spirit and this time class won. Adios!
87°
They say football is a dream, football gives you a dream. On Tuesday, Chelsea's football gave you a dream to be a dishwasher, today Barcelona have given you a dream to become a pilot and soar above the earth.
85°
Substitution
Iniesta Bojan Krkic85°
Substitution
Yaya Touré Busquets84°
Yellow Card Javi García
82°
The Madrid fans are leaving the Bernabeu as Gerard Pique, that Manchester United flop, makes it 6-2 to Barcelona; he somehow bundles the ball into the back of Casillas's net after a good Eto'o pass. Madrid are indeed paying for Barcelona's broken plates!
82°
Goal Gerard Piqué
78°
Substitution
Arjen Robben Javi García74°
Goal Messi
74°
GOL GOL GOL Messi gives a short pass to Xavi, who fends off a challenge and then carves out an intelligent pass to Lionel Messi, who makes no mistake in scoring his second goal of the match. 5-2, match over, if it wasn't already.
73°
MESSIIIIII What a pass!! Only the GREAT ZIZOU could have sent in such a cultured through pass. Sadly for Iniesta, he couldn't control it. It's still 4-2 to Barcelona, Madrid are lacking imagination.
73°
Yellow Card Rafael Van der Vaart
71°
Substitution
Sergio Ramos Rafael Van der Vaart65°
Non-Spanish football followers often look down upon La Liga and label it as 'slow' and 'defence-less'. The accusations are marginally right but where in the world would you have cultured football, such grace, such silk, such elegance....These days football as an art has given away to football as a science, but here in Spain, you have football in its naive best....
61°
Substitution
Thierry Henry Seydou Keita59°
Substitution
Marcelo Klaas-Jan Huntelaar57°
It's 4-2 now. Thierry Henry has restored Barcelona's lead. Madrid still have their work cut out..
57°
Goal Thierry Henry
56°
Sergio Ramos gives Madrid a chimera...a Robben free-kick and a thumping header from the Spanish international..game on, folks, just when you thought it was all over..
56°
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55°
Goal Sergio Ramos
50°
You look at this Real Madrid side and you wonder whether they have the quality to play in the sacred White shirt. Compare player-by-player to the Barcelona team and you would notice the difference.
48°
Andres Iniesta!!!!!!! Jingles past a host of players but his shot doesn't go into the back of the net. A message to all Madrid supporters: please do not let your kids watch this match anymore. If you do, then you would see them start supporting Barcelona, such is their power of seductive football.
46°
The second half action has just started. Royal Madrid have to score three goals to rescue their season.
45°
It's half time here at the Bernabeu and it's 3-1 to Barcelona. 45 minutes for Madrid to rescue their season...Hang on for the second half.
44°
Yellow Card Marcelo
42°
In Spain, you have a saying 'paying for someone's broken plates'. Today Royal Madrid are paying for Messilona's broken plates.
40°
"Gone In Nine Days - Barcelona's Nine Months Of Galactic Football" was the title of an article on Friday...tomorrow's headline: "Gone In 18 Minutes: Real Madrid's Hopelessly Hopeful Dreams Of A Third Successive Liga Crown"
38°
Yellow Card Puyol
35°
Ladies and gentlemen, it's all over here at the Bernabeu. Messi has just scored Barcelona's third goal of the evening, but this time it is not his genius that has pulled off the coup but Lassana Diarra's uncharacteristic loss of possession in the midfield. It's 3-1 to Barcelona now. Title wrapped up, it seems.
35°
Goal Messi
32°
Raul hits a shot from just outside the penalty area with his left foot but it is over the bar. Madrid are not letting things be controlled by Barcelona.
32°
Messi tried a wonder chip...but Casillas is up to the challenge!
29°
CASILLAS!!!!!!!!! Oh, you are the best goalkeeper in the world!! A Saint!! A Messiah! A lovely interplay between the world's best player Lionel Messi and the world's second best player Andres Iniesta carves out the Madrid backline but Casillas stops Messi's shot from point-blank range. The Madrid backline is in sixes and sevens. Seems like they would resort to hacking down the Barcelona players.
26°
Messi passes the ball to Xavi who sends Eto'o through but the former Mallorca striker sees his ferocious shot saved by Casillas. Again, Casillas is seeing more of the ball than anyone else in a Madrid shirt.
25°
Messi hits a shot but it is straight at Casillas. This is now a very open game. Remember that 3-3 draw in which Messi scored a hat-trick? Well, need I say anything more?
25°
Yellow Card Sergio Ramos
23°
Yellow Card Éric Abidal
20°
Goal Puyol
20°
Oh, Madrid are going upfront in droves. Valdes makes a good save! Is there anyone in the world who is not watching this match?
19°
GOAL GOAL GOA GOAL GOAL!! Madrid, you should learn how to defend!!!!!! How, how, how, how, how, how could you let Puyol get a free header??? How? How? How? Puyol, who has as much sense of positions as Casanova had of the number of partners he had had, Puyol who is not even as good a defender as Roberto Fabian Ayala...how?? 2-1 to Barcelona now...
18°
GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL!!!! Legend Thierry Henry scores!!!!! A world class pass from the world's best player Lionel Messi sends Henry though and he sends his shot past Saint Iker. Who said Messi is a big game flop? Who said Henry is past it? And who said Madrid have a very reliable defence?
17°
Goal Thierry Henry
14°
Messi is sent through thanks to Sergio Ramos playing him onside. But Saint Iker comes to the rescue this time again and somehow clears the ball from outside his penalty area. What would Madrid do without Casillas? Possibly, play for a UEFA Europa League position.
14°
GOL! GOL GOL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOL GOL GOL!!! Sergio Ramos's cross is headed in by Pipita!!! Gonzalo Higuain might not have the media serving him they serve Wayne Rooney and Peter Crouch, he might not possess the genius of a Lionel Messi...but he is class, he is quality and he certainly knows how to score!! Pipita! Pipita! Pipita!
13°
Goal Higuaín
10°
It's been quite an open game so far but there have been no clear cut chances for either side. This time at least Madrid are playing football, in December's clasico, they appeared to invest all their time and energy in hacking Lionel Messi,
6°
Eto'ooooooooooooooooooooooooo just offside..wouldn't the Cameroonian international love scoring against his former club!!
2°
Arjen Robben seems lively and up for this match. Today Madrid need the Flying Dutchman, not the Glassman.
1°
And here we go..........Xavi takes a shot inside the first 30 seconds but he hits it straight at his Spanish international teammate Iker Casillas...Spanish international they both might be, but today Xavi is a Catalan and Casillas is a Madrileno...
We are on the verge of the kick-off. This promises to be one enticing match...
Welcome to Goal.com's LIVE coverage of the biggest football match on the planet, the clasico between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, one of the most exotic football stadiums in Europe. Decades of history, politics and cultural differences are at play here, but also important are three points. Barcelona lead the table by four points but a win for Madrid tonight would reduce the point deficit to just one.
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