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The much awaited El Clasico is finally here as two of the biggest clubs in European football go against one-another in their yet another classic encounter.
Real Madrid will be enjoying their home advantage as they will be hosting the Catalan side at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Kick-off is scheduled for 25th October 2014; at 9:30 IST and the match will be telecast live on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD2.
Here is the preview of the match discussing key battles, lineups and their form.
EDIT: Real Madrid cruised to comfortable 3-1 victory with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe and Karim Benzema ensuring that they take all the 3 points from the first El Clasico of this season against Barcelona. Neymar gave the lead to the away side in the 4th minute of the game. However, some poor defending from the Catalans meant Real Madrid could come back into the game and take the lead inside 50 minutes of the game.
Read the full match report here.
Goals:
4’ – Neymar for Barcelona
35’ – Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid
51’ – Pepe for Real Madrid
60’ – Karim Benzema for Real Madrid
