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FC Barcelona hosted bitter rivals Real Madrid in a La Liga edition of El Clasico on Sunday. Here's the result, some player ratings, and what we learned from ...

Didn't have much of a footballing impact on the proceedings in the first half but as always had plenty of fight in him. The Dutchman's distribution was off kilter compared to usual lofty standards to start with, but his second half wasn't bad at all. The captain was the first to give the ball away cheaply, which paved the way for an early Benzema chance, but settled down after that. Could have headed home a Raphinha cross from the left wing as Barca looked to equalize with around 25 minutes down, and almost became a hero with a cheeky inside heel effort from a corner at the half hour mark. Like most Barca players, he was better in the second half but put Madrid on a dangerous move with awry passing. Didn't have much to do for most of the rest of the match.

El Barcelona da un paso enorme para conquistar su primer título de la Liga española en la era era post Lionel Messi tras remontar el marcador y llevarse el ...

Raphinha tuvo el balón en un costado del área rival y sacó un disparo que fue rechazado por la zaga, pero quedó en la zona donde estaba Sergi Roberto para mandarlo a las redes. El Barcelona se encontró la victoria en un contragolpe en el que Kessie definió con clase con un remate junto al poste. “Quedan muchos partidos y nunca puedes dar por muerto al Madrid”, dijo el volante azulgrana Sergi Roberto, autor del primer gol azulgrana. “No hay nada imposible, pero... “Hay que ser honestos. En el segundo de los minutos del descuento durante el complemento, Franck Kessie consumó la victoria al mandar al fondo de la portería el pase en diagonal de Alejandro Balde y un taconazo previo de Robert Lewandowski.

El equipo blaugrana tiene el camino hacia el título liguero bien enrumbado, y este domingo buscará dar el acercamiento definitivo.

El danés cabeceó pero la pelota terminó pasando cerca del vertical izquierdo se pierde por raya final. Finalmente, después de tantos intentos, los blaugranas vulneran la portería del Madrid aprovechando un rebote en el área pequeña que Sergi Roberto termina metiendo al fondo para el empate. Barcelona logra empatar sobre la hora para irse al descanso con la alegría en las gradas. Con el empate en la pizarra, ambos equipos salen en búsqueda de la victoria. Dominio del Barcelona, pero con falta de atino en la jugada final. Partido que arrancó con la misma tónica del primer tiempo. Ingresa Franck Kessié en lugar del goleador Sergi Roberto. Movimiento en el banco del Barcelona. La jugada es revisada por el VAR y es anulada por posición adelantada. Franck Kessié apareció dentro del área, en una jugada donde Lewandowski se combina con Balde y este le cede atrás para que el ex Milán empalme y coloque el 2-1 en casa. [pic.twitter.com/p9dSswu0zm] [March 19, 2023] [Mira Barcelona vs. Sufrimiento de principio a fin, pero con los tres puntos al bolsillo.

Franck Kessie scored a stoppage-time winner as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 at Camp Nou on Sunday to edge closer to a first LaLiga title since 2019.

Alejandro Balde's five assists are tied for the most by a LaLiga defender this season. We'll have to come here and win in the Copa." Real Madrid have had a league-high 15 VAR decisions and eight goals overturned this season. [Real Madrid](/soccer/team?id=86) surprisingly took the lead inside of nine minutes with a strange deflection resulting in an own goal from [Barcelona](/soccer/team?id=83). We still have the goal difference but they'd have to lose four games and we'd have to win all of them. But we have only won the Super Cup so far. Madrid will be back at Camp Nou on April 5 for the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal (live on ESPN+). At the full-time whistle, the Barcelona players huddled in the middle of the pitch before celebrating with fans behind the goal. Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid side were caught out at the back, though, as they chased the goal. It took several minutes for VAR to decide that Asensio was offside when Rodrygo passed the ball. Barca will feel they had the better of the chances. Madrid had earlier taken the lead in the ninth minute through a Ronald Araujo own goal, with Sergi Roberto drawing Barca level just before the break.

An injury time goal from Kessie secures maximum points for the Catalan side who were forced to come from behind after an og from Araujo put Madrid ahead.

Real Madrid have left the door open for their president to change his mind and travel to Barcelona on a private plane this afternoon, although that would appear to be unlikely. Unless they suffer a collapse, the probability of that happening is slim - Barça have lost just two games in 25, and dropped just 10 points... Including tonight’s Clásico, there are 13 games left to play - 39 points to play for. In the Copa they were defensive because they had the lead. "This Madrid team is the European champion and they won the last league comfortably. What a swivel and turn from the Barcelona man as the home side win a corner. What a ball from Vino Jr. Vini goes for goal when he had men over in the centre of the box. Ter Stegen is alert and dives well to save. 'We need to be honest, it's going to be really difficult now to retain our title, but whilst there is still hope we'll keep going. 'We took risks at the end as we had to. a constant thorn in the side for Ronald Araujo.

Las paradas de Courtois y la voluntad de Vinícius, siempre referente en el ataque, no fueron suficiente para resucitar LaLiga en el clásico.

Ceballos (6): sobrado de personalidad para pedir el balón siempre e impulsar al Real Madrid en los 14 minutos que estuvo en el terreno de juego. En uno de esos pulsos se alió con la fortuna para encontrar el gol a los nueve minutos, cuando su centro golpeó en la cabeza del defensa uruguayo y se metió en su propia portería. Descolocado en la acción del tanto del triunfo del Barcelona de Kessié. [Rüdiger ](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/169438/antonio-rudiger)(5): no brilló en labores defensivas como ante el Liverpool en la Liga de Campeones, cuando celebró cada corte y robo. A un jugador que siempre impone por el físico, le faltó acusando la cantidad de partidos que acumula en sus piernas y el desgaste realizado en la 'Champions'. Rodrygo (6): entró como segundo delantero, alejado de la banda derecha y apareciendo a espaldas de Benzema. [Benzema ](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/46858/karim-benzema)(4): tardó 26 segundos en avisar a Ter Stegen con el primer disparo a puerta del partido pero no hubo más noticias suyas en remates. Clave en el inicio con dos paradas brillantes en una estirada a disparo de Lewandowski y con una mano al cabezazo de Raphinha. Le dio pausa cuando iban por delante en el marcador, sufriendo faltas y sacando la amarilla a Raphinha. Apareció muy poco en ataque, estuvo impreciso en salida de balón con alguna perdida, y aportó más en ayudas ante las subidas de Balde. Con reflejos para sacar un taconazo tras córner de Christensen y un disparo arriba de Raphinha, nada pudo hacer en el gol al borde del descanso de Sergi Roberto ni en el de Kessié en el añadido con sus compañeros volcados buscando el gol. Éder Militao (6): apostó por marcar territorio de inicio ante Lewandowski, con una entrada inicial que auguraba un bonito pulso del que no salió perdedor.

LaLiga leaders Barcelona's pursuit of a 27th Spanish title gained momentum after substitute Franck Kessie scored a stunning goal in added time to secure a ...

He unleashed an unstoppable first touch strike to give Barca the win of the season. Nothing is impossible, but the truth is that it's very difficult (to win the title)," Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois told Movistar Plus. Barca took a huge step towards winning their first league title in four years by beating the champions for a third successive time.

ESPN Digital te comparte algunas estrellas que podrían arribar a los dos clubes más importantes del balompié ibérico en el verano.

[Josko Gvardiol](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/299910/josko-gvardiol) [Kylian Mbappé](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/231388/kylian-mbappe) [Erling Haaland](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/253989/erling-haaland) Real Madrid [Jude Bellingham](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/291281/jude-bellingham) [Bayern Múnich](/futbol/equipo/_/id/132/bayern-munich) en octavos de final. El delantero del [Joao Cancelo](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/176399/joao-cancelo) Laporte sería un fichaje importante el Barcelona, pero el costo de su traspaso y su salario serían un problema para el club. [Aymeric Laporte](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/159317/aymeric-laporte) Con 32 años, Gündogan, uno de los capitanes del City, podría llegar gratis al conjunto culé al terminar contrato con la plantilla de Guardiola al final de la campaña. El defensa central fue uno de los jugadores más importantes de la Selección de Croacia en Qatar 2022. El francés protagonizó una de las mayores novelas la campaña pasada.

What will saying goodbye to the league title in mid-March mean for Real Madrid? For now, the mood is only of disappointment and frustration.

Because if this was a defeat that seemed to settle the destiny of the league title, it left plenty of other things up in the air. Why is there no alternative to the injury-hit Madrid last week announced their decision to participate in the legal action against Barca. One source said: “They criticise us for the changes, but it was precisely because of those changes that we came closer to victory, it was when we were at our best.” Above such voices, out in the Barcelona night, the home fans were still singing and one chant was directed at Madrid’s club president Florentino Perez. The coaching staff did not like Xavi’s statements after the game, in which he said Barcelona had been superior to Madrid. They pointed out that one thing is toughness on the pitch, another altogether a lack of sporting behaviour, accusing the Barca midfielder of the latter. Behind the scenes, there was anger and frustration, too. [Barcelona](https://theathletic.com/football/team/fc-barcelona/)’s home ground erupted, players and coaching staff running together, lost in harmony, as one would celebrate a golden goal in extra time. The gestures of those both on the pitch and off it spoke of a tortuous cycle for the away side. There was a similar scene down around the bench; suddenly everyone was in improvised Cibeles mode. The team improved and in the 82nd minute were rewarded with a goal that changed everything, or, again, so they thought at the time.

Barcelona players celebrate during their match against Real Madrid on Sunday. Angel Martinez/Getty Images. CNN —. Barcelona ...

We haven’t won it due to an offside which was extremely doubtful and we’re heading back to Madrid with those doubts still in our minds.” Nothing is impossible, but the truth is that it’s very difficult,” Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois told Movistar Plus, speaking about his side’s league title hopes. [alleged referee payment ](https://cnn.com/2023/03/10/football/fc-barcelona-corruption-charges-referees-payments-spt-intl/index.html)scandal, faces Elche in its next league match after the international break while Real Madrid takes on Real Valladolid. “We’re sad, it’s painful, but we’re proud of the performance we put in,” Ancelotti added. [Barcelona](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/18/football/el-clasico-barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga-spt-intl/index.html) took a huge step towards its first league title since 2019 after scoring a last-gasp winner against [Real Madrid](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/football/vinicius-jr-racism-in-spanish-football-spt-intl/index.html) in El Clásico on Sunday. Real Madrid has suffered with inconsistency this season but came into Sunday’s game off the back of a 6-2 aggregate win over Liverpool in the Champions League.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti says he has 'doubts' about the decision to rule out Marco Asensio's late goal in Sunday's 2-1 El Clasico defeat by ...

[Sergi Roberto](https://theathletic.com/football/player/sergi-roberto-Bunmb6UKRFiDb6lT/) then equalised for the hosts just before half-time. If we play matches like this for the rest of the season, we’ll win something.” I’m sure we’re going to fight. “The game was complete from the first to the last minute. “I leave this game very proud,” Ancelotti added. Asked about the Asensio offside after the match, Ancelotti said: “I don’t know, I really don’t know.

Carlo Ancelotti appeared in the Camp Nou media room following the Clásico on LaLiga matchday 26: "We're further away than we were before and it's even more ...

"It was difficult for us in January because we struggled to get into a good shape after the World Cup. If VAR gets it right, all the better". "After the Super Cup, we had our doubts, but not today. The game was won". It was a complete display from the first minute until the last. We'll fight for LaLiga until the end”.

El Clásico y sus motivos de uno y otro bando: el Barça hizo gala de coraje en medio del 'Caso Negreira', mientras los merengues se quedaron a un fuera de ...

[aún fresco del último Clásico, que perdió en Chamartín](/futbol/reporte/_/juegoId/664609) a pesar de someter al Barça futbolísticamente como no se recordaba. Quizá esperando un golpe de suerte que solo persiguió decididamente en el último tercio del partido. Clásicos para la historia que se decidieron en el último suspiro. Pero, más allá de esa jugada puntual, la derrota merengue se debería explicar, argumentar, en el poco colmillo ofensivo que ofreció en el Camp Nou. [Eligió a Sergi Roberto por encima de Kessié](https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/jugador/_/id/229744/ousmane-dembele) "porque Sergi entiende mejor el juego de posición del equipo" y transmitió a sus jugadores esa necesidad de dejarse llevar por el ánimo de un estadio entregado a los suyos como no se recuerda. Como las finales de Copa que decidieron Gareth Bale y Cristiano Ronaldo para el Madrid o la que sentenció para el Barça, mucho más atrás en el tiempo, Marcos Alonso. Por creer que además de ser posible era necesario y que la mejor respuesta a quien le pone en la diana, anteponiendo el ‘Caso Negreira’ a cualquier otra circunstancia, era vencer. No fue el Barça más estético que se recuerda. Un Clásico 'de los de antes' en el que la presión ambiental recordase a tiempos pasados. Un partido decidido por un intruso llamado Kessié a última hora que catapultase a un equipo con más emoción que brillantez. Sin el plus de calidad que le ofrece Ajeno a polémicas artificiales y rebuscadas, celebró la victoria con la euforia lógica de quien se siente ya campeón.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti slammed the officiating in Sunday's installment of El Clasico, which his team lost 2-1 to FC Barcelona.

"In the World Cup the offsides were very clear, but here I am left with doubts." "Now we are doing very well. We honestly didn't deserve the defeat.

El Barcelona da un paso enorme para conquistar su primer título de la Liga española en la era era post Lionel Messi tras remontar el marcador y llevarse el ...

Raphinha tuvo el balón en un costado del área rival y sacó un disparo que fue rechazado por la zaga, pero quedó en la zona donde estaba Sergi Roberto para mandarlo a las redes. La semana pasado, el cuadro catalán derrotó al Athletic Bilbao cuando el tanto del empate a los 87 minutos, obra del delantero bilbaíno Iñaki Williams, fue anulado en la revisión de video. “El partido está perdido, pero no sé si el fuera de juego era cierto”. “No hay nada imposible, pero... Es un tema científico. “No hay que relajarse.

Real Madrid have launched a tirade of criticism towards De Burgos Bengoetxea and Cesar Soto Grado, the officials responsible for on field and VAR ...

"It's definitely a wicked element," it continued as it denounced a string of refereeing calls that were granted in favor of Barcelona this season in LaLiga Santander matchups against the likes of Valencia and Athletic Club. [sentenced Real Madrid in El Clasico](https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/cronica/2023/03/19/64177e9022601d7c2e8b45b1.html)," the report began. The Real Madrid channel dedicated much of its midday scheduling to the fiery outburst, directing the brunt of their accusations towards the performance of the three referees both in their recent tie with Barcelona and in LaLiga Santander matches prior. Florentino decides not to go to the Camp Nou for El Clasico](https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2023/03/19/64170f30268e3e9b7a8b458f.html) [Real Madrid ](https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid.html)have launched a tirade of criticism towards De Burgos Bengoetxea and Cesar Soto Grado, the officials responsible for on field and VAR adjudication of last night's Clasico, as well as Clos Gomez, the individual who oversees video refereeing in LaLiga Santander. [Barcelona victorious over rivals Real Madrid in late Clasico drama](https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/cronica/2023/03/19/64177e9022601d7c2e8b45b1.html) The Spanish club released a damning report to Real Madrid TV, the club's official media channel, which opened with a damning assessment of the alleged state of La Liga video assistant refereeing.