Real Madrid vs Barcelona, La Liga: Match Thread, El Clásico Live ...

66’ GOAL DISALLOWED: Mbappé has a second strike ruled out for offside, but this one was a lot easier to call.

56’ GOAL!!!!!! Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona (Lewandowski): BARÇA DOUBLE THE LEAD!!!! Frenkie de Jong releases Alejandro Balde with an excellent pass and the left-back puts in a perfect cross to find Lewandowski, who heads it home to double his tally after just 90 seconds!!!

54’ GOAL!!!!! Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona (Lewandowski): BARÇA TAKE THE LEAD!!! Marc Casadó finds Robert Lewandowski with an amazing through ball, and the striker takes his time and hits the ball past Andriy Lunin and into the net!!!

SECOND HALF KICKOFF! Real Madrid 0-0 Barcelona: Back underway at the Bernabéu!

HALFTIME, Real Madrid 0-0 Barcelona: A hard-fought first half is goalless but still had plenty of excitement thanks in large part to Barça’s offside trap, which worked perfectly but still led to quite a few scares and “almost” moments for the Madrid forward line, including Mbappé’s disallowed goal. But neither side has managed to find the net legally so far, leaving everything to be decided in the second half.

30’ GOAL DISALLOWED: Kylian Mbappé puts Madrid in front, but the French striker is offside and the goal is ruled out by the semi-automated VAR system.

KICKOFF! Real Madrid 0-0 Barcelona: And we’re underway at the Bernabéu!

WELCOME TO THE SANTIAGO BERNABÉU!!! The home of Real Madrid in the Spanish capital is the site of the latest edition of El Clásico between the hosts and Barcelona, who come into this one looking to stay top of the La Liga table and earn their first victory in a competitive match against their biggest rivals in almost 20 months. This should be all kinds of fun, and you’re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!

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BARCELONA

Starting XI: Peña; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; Fermín, Casadó, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha (4-3-3)

Substitutes: Szczesny (GK), Kochen (GK), Domínguez, Fort, Martín, De Jong, Gavi, Torre, Olmo, Fati, Víctor

REAL MADRID

Starting XI: Lunin; Vázquez, Militão, Rüdiger, Mendy; Valverde, Tchouaméni, Camavinga, Bellingham; Mbappé, Vinicius (4-4-2)

Substitutes: González (GK), Mestre (GK), Vallejo, García, Modric, Ceballos, Brahim, Güler, Endrick

Competition/Round: 2024-25 La Liga, Matchday 11

Date/Time: Saturday, October 26, 2024, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Sunday)

Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

VAR: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

On TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), TSN 3 (Canada), SuperSport (Nigeria), Premier Sports 1 (UK), others

Online: ESPN+ (USA), LaLigaTV (UK), GXR World (India), DAZN (Spain), others

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