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| Real Madrid v Barcelona: Spanish Super Cup, second leg – live! | Real Madrid v Barcelona: Spanish Super Cup, second leg – live! |
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| Half-time emails: “This could be the magical Spanish 5-0 if Barcelona are not careful,” writes Ruth Purdue. “They are being battered. Can you explain to me where the midfield is? Or what Suarez is doing?” I actually think Suarez has been one of their better players: he at least appears to have some kind of plan. As for the midfield, it doesn’t exist as of present. Real have strolled past Mascherano and Busquets. | |
| Kelvin is high on Modric. “It is amazing to see Barca being played off the pitch. Modric is some player, isn’t he? And to think he was voted the worst signing of the season in his first season at Real. Shows you how much the fans know.” | |
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| Half-time: The ref takes pity on Barcelona and whistles exactly on 45 minutes. Lionel Messi does not look happy. | |
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| 43 min: I’ve counted at least three examples of showboating so far from Real that would count as excessive against a pub team. They’re out to humiliate their opponents as well as beat them. | |
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| 41 min: Here’s Peter Van: “In response to Jo Ashdown (27 min): yes, it is too early to talk about firing Valverde. Two games, come on! But Jo is on to something. This IS the most dreadful Barca team I can remember. Instead of blaming Valverde, I’d blame whoever is in charge of hiring their scouting. Why have Madrid discovered brilliant players such as Vasquez or Asensio while Barcelona can only come up with Andre Gomes/Umtiti mediocrities?” | |
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| GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona (Benzema 38 min) | |
| Yep, that was coming. Barcelona have been powerless to stop Real going forward. Marcelo crosses and Benzema peels away from Umtiti. The Frenchman then crashes a shot into the corner. This could get ugly for Barca. Or should I say uglier. | |
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| 36 min: Modric spins round and fires off a pass mainly because he can. Having said that, it goes straight to a Barcelona player. But Real have won this, so why not humiliate your opponents while you can? | |
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| 33 min: Vazquez again! He’s free in the area and curls his shot past Ter Stegen but it smacks off the post and to safety. | |
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| 31 min: A lovely first touch from Vazquez to control a long pass from Marcelo and he bears down on goal like a slightly less good Gareth Bale. He finds Kroos but the shot is awful. A few seconds later Vazquez is at it again, forcing a corner with a tricky cross that Benzema just fails to connect with. | |
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| 27 min: The knives are out for Valverde already. Here’s Jo Ashdown: | |
| “Is it too early to call for Ernesto Valverde’s resignation? True, he inherited a decaying team, got no real reinforcements and lost arguably his best player. But you have to go back to the pre-Guardiola era to see such a listless, aimless Barcelona. I’d say these supercup performances are even worse than those tonkings at PSG and Juventus last season. Am I being too unfair to suggest Sr Valverde is in over his head” | |
| You’re being unfair, Jo. Give him another 48 minutes at least. If Barcelona haven’t scored by then, he has to go. | |
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| 24 min: Asensio has another chance to score after Benzema holds up the ball well. But his shot is deflected out for a corner. Which ends a pretty good run: | |
| 4 - Marco Asensio's last four shots for Real Madrid (all comps):⚽️ vs Juventus ❌ vs Man Utd⚽️ vs Barcelona⚽️ vs Barcelona... pic.twitter.com/yQMt2AkD6L | |
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| 21 min: Real surge forward and Marcelo sends a cross-shot across goal that beats Ter Stegen. There’s no one to tap it home, but it almost goes in anyway, just missing the far post. | |
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| 19 min: Real Madrid are sickening: not only are they brilliant going forward, Navas has also been great in goal. No great saves yet but he’s been out quickly to snuff out any chances created by Barcelona. | |
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| 17 min: Of course, no sooner do I say Messi has been quiet than he slaloms his way past a few players and nearly scores. It takes a quick reaction from Navas to stop him: the keeper rushes out and gets the ball away. | 17 min: Of course, no sooner do I say Messi has been quiet than he slaloms his way past a few players and nearly scores. It takes a quick reaction from Navas to stop him: the keeper rushes out and gets the ball away. |
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| 15 min: Barcelona are getting back into this game - in that they’re not all pressed back on their own goalline anymore - Gomes chests the ball down and starts to spin round to shoot. But the whistle goes for handball. Messi has been very quiet. | 15 min: Barcelona are getting back into this game - in that they’re not all pressed back on their own goalline anymore - Gomes chests the ball down and starts to spin round to shoot. But the whistle goes for handball. Messi has been very quiet. |
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| 12 min: Marcelo indulges in some ridiculous trickery down the left but his cross fails to find a team-mate. Then at the other end, Suarez slides the ball back across goal - an empty goal too after Navas rushed out - but there’s no support. | 12 min: Marcelo indulges in some ridiculous trickery down the left but his cross fails to find a team-mate. Then at the other end, Suarez slides the ball back across goal - an empty goal too after Navas rushed out - but there’s no support. |
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| 9 min: Real continue to press. The positives for Barcelona are that they have plenty of time to come back and ... that’s it. They do have an attack of sorts but it peters out without a shot on target. | 9 min: Real continue to press. The positives for Barcelona are that they have plenty of time to come back and ... that’s it. They do have an attack of sorts but it peters out without a shot on target. |
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| 7 min: Maybe PSG should have bought Asensio instead of Neymar: he would have been a lot cheaper. If Real go on to win this game with ease, it will leave Barcelona feeling pretty flat going into a new season without You Know Who. | 7 min: Maybe PSG should have bought Asensio instead of Neymar: he would have been a lot cheaper. If Real go on to win this game with ease, it will leave Barcelona feeling pretty flat going into a new season without You Know Who. |
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| GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (Asensio, 4min) | GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (Asensio, 4min) |
| It’s all Real early on. Benzema scampers out to the wing to deliver a cross, which is blocked. It’s Real who look like the team chasing the lead so far. And there they go! It’s a fantastic strike from Asensio, whose dipping, curling shot from distance gives Ter Stegen no chance. | It’s all Real early on. Benzema scampers out to the wing to deliver a cross, which is blocked. It’s Real who look like the team chasing the lead so far. And there they go! It’s a fantastic strike from Asensio, whose dipping, curling shot from distance gives Ter Stegen no chance. |
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| 3 min: Barcelona only have to score three goals tonight to win. And, of course, that opens them up to Real counter-attacks: and Madrid have one early on. Modric picks up a cross but his shot is deflected to safety for Barca. | 3 min: Barcelona only have to score three goals tonight to win. And, of course, that opens them up to Real counter-attacks: and Madrid have one early on. Modric picks up a cross but his shot is deflected to safety for Barca. |
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| 1 min: And we’re off. Barcelona get us started in front of a full-house of 78,000. “Like Trump, did Ronaldo also claim that both sides were to blame for his shove on the referee?” asks Peter Oh. They do have similarities: the weird tan, the | 1 min: And we’re off. Barcelona get us started in front of a full-house of 78,000. “Like Trump, did Ronaldo also claim that both sides were to blame for his shove on the referee?” asks Peter Oh. They do have similarities: the weird tan, the |
| magnificently rippled torso, | magnificently rippled torso, |
| the attention to their hair, the weird obsession with a rival for power. Ronaldo is way less likely to cause a nuclear war, mind. | the attention to their hair, the weird obsession with a rival for power. Ronaldo is way less likely to cause a nuclear war, mind. |
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| We have some warm-ups. Gareth Bale, by the way, starts the game on the bench. Asensio and Vazquez will be your Madrid wide men this evening. | We have some warm-ups. Gareth Bale, by the way, starts the game on the bench. Asensio and Vazquez will be your Madrid wide men this evening. |
| 💪⚽️🏃 #RMSupercopaWarm-up!¡Calentamiento! pic.twitter.com/ze7RDNXWTP | 💪⚽️🏃 #RMSupercopaWarm-up!¡Calentamiento! pic.twitter.com/ze7RDNXWTP |
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| Real will, of course, be without Ronaldo tonight after he got a little pushy with a referee in the first-leg and was banned for five games. Ronaldo, like Donald Trump, doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut and is VERY unhappy about the whole situation. Unlike the president though, he doesn’t believe there is blame on both sides. Although to his credit, Ronaldo is not an apologist for Neo Nazis. Here he is on his ban: | Real will, of course, be without Ronaldo tonight after he got a little pushy with a referee in the first-leg and was banned for five games. Ronaldo, like Donald Trump, doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut and is VERY unhappy about the whole situation. Unlike the president though, he doesn’t believe there is blame on both sides. Although to his credit, Ronaldo is not an apologist for Neo Nazis. Here he is on his ban: |
| “It’s impossible to stay quiet in this situation, five matches! To me it seems exaggerated and ridiculous, this is what you call persecution! Thanks to my team-mates and to the fans for the support.” | “It’s impossible to stay quiet in this situation, five matches! To me it seems exaggerated and ridiculous, this is what you call persecution! Thanks to my team-mates and to the fans for the support.” |
| Impossível ficar imune a esta situação, 5 jogos!! Parece-me exagerado e ridículo, isto chama-se perseguição! Obrigado aos meus companheiros pelo apoio e aos adeptos!!! | Impossível ficar imune a esta situação, 5 jogos!! Parece-me exagerado e ridículo, isto chama-se perseguição! Obrigado aos meus companheiros pelo apoio e aos adeptos!!! |
| A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Aug 16, 2017 at 9:19am PDT | A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Aug 16, 2017 at 9:19am PDT |
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| Tonight's teams | Tonight's teams |
| Your teams tonight, courtesy of footballing minnows Barcelona FC (they have their own Twitter account! Whatever next?): | Your teams tonight, courtesy of footballing minnows Barcelona FC (they have their own Twitter account! Whatever next?): |
| 🔴🔵 #FCB XI1. Ter Stegen3. Piqué4. Rakitic5. Sergio9. Suárez10. Messi14. Mascherano18. Alba20. S. Roberto21. André Gomes23. Umtiti | 🔴🔵 #FCB XI1. Ter Stegen3. Piqué4. Rakitic5. Sergio9. Suárez10. Messi14. Mascherano18. Alba20. S. Roberto21. André Gomes23. Umtiti |
| Real Madrid XI: Keylor, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Kovacic, Kroos, Modric, Asensio, Benzema and Lucas Vázquez #ElClásico | Real Madrid XI: Keylor, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Kovacic, Kroos, Modric, Asensio, Benzema and Lucas Vázquez #ElClásico |
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| Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, why not find out what Cristiano Ronaldo is unhappy about: | Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, why not find out what Cristiano Ronaldo is unhappy about: |
| Cristiano Ronaldo has called his five-match ban for pushing a referee “exaggerated and ridiculous” and claims he is being persecuted after failing to have the sanction overturned on appeal. | Cristiano Ronaldo has called his five-match ban for pushing a referee “exaggerated and ridiculous” and claims he is being persecuted after failing to have the sanction overturned on appeal. |
| During Sunday night’s Spanish Super Cup 3-1 first-leg victory over Barcelona, in which he had scored, Real Madrid forward Ronaldo reacted badly after being shown a second yellow for diving by match official Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, shoving the referee in the back. | During Sunday night’s Spanish Super Cup 3-1 first-leg victory over Barcelona, in which he had scored, Real Madrid forward Ronaldo reacted badly after being shown a second yellow for diving by match official Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, shoving the referee in the back. |
| A Spanish football federation (RFEF) committee has now dismissed an appeal, meaning Ronaldo will miss Wednesday evening’s Supercopa return leg against Barça and upcoming La Liga games against Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, Levante and Real Sociedad. | A Spanish football federation (RFEF) committee has now dismissed an appeal, meaning Ronaldo will miss Wednesday evening’s Supercopa return leg against Barça and upcoming La Liga games against Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, Levante and Real Sociedad. |
| Ronaldo reacted angrily on social media, writing in an Instagram post on his official page: “It’s impossible to stay quiet in this situation, five matches! To me it seems exaggerated and ridiculous, this is what you call persecution! Thanks to my team-mates and to the fans for the support.” | Ronaldo reacted angrily on social media, writing in an Instagram post on his official page: “It’s impossible to stay quiet in this situation, five matches! To me it seems exaggerated and ridiculous, this is what you call persecution! Thanks to my team-mates and to the fans for the support.” |
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