Barcelona – Real Madrid 's fiery encounter ends in draw

CAIRO – 7 May 2018: Barcelona and Real Madrid ended their game, held at Camp Nou stadium, with a 2-2 draw to relieve the stress of fans of both clubs.

#ElClasico line-ups revealed: #Barcelona: Stegen; Pique, Umititi, Sergi Roberto, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Coutinho. #Real_Madrid: (GK) Navas; (DEF) Marcelo, Ramos, Varane,Nacho; Kroos, Casemiro, Modric; Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale.#EgyptToday #الكلاسيكو pic.twitter.com/tiWBD2XGpH

— Egypt Today Magazine (@EgyptTodayMag) May 6, 2018

El Clasico was very intense and full of events; many consider it as the best Clasico in years. The referee just had no control over this game.

Barcelona are the real winners tonight as they remain undefeated in La Liga this season. They played the second half with only 10 players as Sergi Roberto was sent off at the end of the first half.

Luis Suarez took the lead at the 10th minute after he received a fabulous cross from Sergi Roberto. Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo equalized the score in the 14th minute when he well followed with Benzema’s header inside the box.

10': GOAAAAAL SUAAREEZ opens the score for Barcelona in #ElClasico. He puts the ball in the net from the first chance #Barcelona 1 - 0 #Real_Madrid#EgyptToday #CampNou #برشلونه_ريال_مدريد pic.twitter.com/ONkzNVwYje

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14': GOOAAAL Who? #Cristiano scores the equalizer for Real Madrid in #ElClasico. He followed Benzema's header. It's #Barcelona 1 - 1 #Real_Madrid#EgyptToday #CampNou #برشلونه_ريال_مدريد pic.twitter.com/gIe1sAx8Yq

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Things went more intense in the last 15 minutes when Real Madrid’s Ramos provoked Suarez in a repeated scene from the last Clasico. The referee gave each of them a yellow card. In the 45th minute, Roberto hit Real Madrid’s Marcelo in the face; the referee saw the incident and sent the Spanish right-back off the pitch.

45': Ooooh Red Card for Sergi Roberto from Barcelona. He hits Marcelo in the face!#EgyptToday #ElClasico #CampNou #برشلونه_ريال_مدريد #برشلونه_مدريد pic.twitter.com/bIeg5SBMuk

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Barcelona entered the second half with only 10 players, yet Lionel Messi scored the second goal for Barcelona in the 52nd minute.

52': GOAL Messi. He scores the second for the Blaugrana. #Barcelona 2 - 1 #RealMadrid🔥🔥#EgyptToday #ElClasico #CampNou #الكلاسيكو #برشلونه_ريال_مدريد pic.twitter.com/WadH7c7S45

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Real Madrid were surprised by this goal and took time to get back to their form. Many chances were created by Los Blancos but all of them didn’t find Cristiano Ronaldo as he was subbed due to injury earlier.

In the 72nd minute, Gareth Bale sent an amazing shot to announce that Real Madrid are still in the game.

72': Oohhh What a GOAL from Gareth Bale!! It's 2-2. #ElClasico is on fire!🔥#EgyptToday #CampNou #الكلاسيكو #برشلونه_ريال_مدريد pic.twitter.com/UbUi2NCBcs

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FACTS
- This Clasico was the last one for Andres Iniesta. It was a kind of farewell for the Spanish midfielder.
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هكذا ودع جماهير الكلاسيكو ❤ @andresiniesta8💙 في الكامب نو #ElClasico pic.twitter.com/AzyAr3jwJo

— LaLiga (@LaLigaArab) May 6, 2018

- Cristiano Ronaldo (449) and Lionel Messi (551) scored 1000 goals combined in La Liga.
- Real Madrid’s manager, Zinedine Zidane, has now the longest unbeaten run against Barcelona away from home in all competitions.
- Barcelona remains unbeaten this season in La Liga.
- Messi remains on the top of El Clasico goal scorers with 26 goals.