Barcelona – Real Madrid

1. Excited? We are too. Join Mark Lomas from 1900 BST for live text commentary of Barcelona v Real Madrid - a clash that could well decide the destination of the Primera Division title.

2. <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2012/0320/lionelmessironaldo2010_350x197.jpg"> It's too difficult to build-up to this game without mentioning Lionel Messi v Cristiano Ronaldo so here it is: Messi looking for his 64th goal of the season, Ronaldo looking for his 54th.

3. Xavi says <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1051250/barcelona-star-xavi-believes-real-madrid-clash-could-be-decisive?cc=5739" target="_blank">Barcelona will stay true to their football philosophy</a> as they seek to gain a potentially decisive victory over Real Madrid at the Camp Nou on Saturday.

4. Team news is in and Barca start with youngsters Tello and Thiago in place of Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas. In defence, Javier Mascherano is preferred to Gerard Pique.

5. Real Madrid are unchanged from the XI who started against Bayern Munich in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg defeat.

6. Check out our Real Madrid correspondent Sam Rigg's <a href="http://blogs.soccernet.com/realmadrid/archives/2012/04/stick_or_twist_madrids_barca_d.php" target="_blank">El Clasico preview</a> as he tries to guess how Jose Mourinho will approach the game.

7. Our faithful La Liga predictor Eduardo Alvarez has also been having his say <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/1051229/espnsoccernet-la-liga-quiniela---week-30---not-very-clasico?cc=5739" target="_blank">in the latest Quiniela.</a>

8. As always, I'm keen to hear your thoughts before, during and after the game so give me a shout on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/marklomasESPN" target="_blank">@marklomasESPN</a> - to offer up your opinions.

9. <i>@confusedbulldog on Twitter:</i> "I'm interested to see if Barca, specifically Messi, has a hangover from dropping the Chelsea game"

10. <i>Stats: Real Madrid have failed to score on their last three league visits to the Camp Nou. </i>

11. A few minutes to go now and the anticipation is certainly building. Just to paint the Primera Division picture for you - Real Madrid are four points clear of Barcelona with five games to go.

12. Remember, Los Blancos were ten points ahead a month ago, a Barca win tonight would make the title race VERY interesting.

13. Around 440 million people around the world apparently going to be watching this one. I'm very happy to be one of them.

14. <i>@ashboy007 on Twitter:</i> "It will be a barca win. no way Real can beat them."

15. Camp Nou is a sea of Blaugrana, and the noise has been turned up the Barca fans. We're ready to go.

16. And they're off...

17. 1'

    A loose early pass sees Real take possession and Puyol keeps his cool to intercept just as the ball looked to be heading past him towards Coentrao or Ozil.

18. 2'

    Don't usually see Barca give the ball away as easily as that - and they've just done exactly the same thing again. Rare simple mistakes from the Catalans.

19. 3'

    Ozil gives away a free-kick after tugging back Busquets.

20. 3'

    Real pressing Barca hard in the opening exchanges. Positive play from Ronaldo down the left-wing and a couple of little tricks sees him win a corner.

21. 4'

    Great header from Ronaldo and a great save from Valdes to tip it over.

22. 5'

    Pepe with the header this time but it's over the crossbar.

23. 5'

    Barca certainly look potentially susceptible from corners - Real have plenty of big, powerful players, whereas the hosts have just one outfield player over 6ft, Sergio Busquets.

24. 5'

    Superb goalkeeping from Casillas, Alves was clean through after a shocking square pass from Pepe and the Real captain was speedily off his line to smother the ball at the Brazilian's feet.

25. 6'

    Messi with his first notable time on the ball, a good bit of positive dribbling around the box but it comes to nothing in the end.

26. 7'

    <i>Stats: If Lionel Messi scores today he will be the first ever Barcelona player to score in 11 successive league games. </i>

27. 8'

    It's a bit like a game of chess at the moment, despite both sides knowing each other's game so well, it's been a match of gentle probing so far.

28. 9'

    Ramos clatters into the back of Alves.

29. 10'

    Ronaldo picks it up on the left and runs at Alves at pace, but his ball across the box is cleared.

30. 11'

    More sloppiness from Barca as Real win it in midfield and Benzema is released on the right. He cuts in and shoots low, but Valdes does well to get down and hold onto the ball.

31. 11'

    An innovative scorpion kick from Iniesta goes wide, I thought it looked like it would loop in for a moment. Great improvisation when the ball was behind him.

32. 12'

    Ramos penalised for a foul on Xavi, Barca try to take it quickly but the ref pulls Alves back.

33. 12'

    Messi delivers from right of centre but his ball in is headed clear.

34. 13'

    Alves has the ball in the net...

35. 13'

    But at the start of the move Tello was offside.

36. 13'

    Tello cut in from the left and tiptoed through Real's defence before striking a decent effort that Casillas palmed out towards Alves, who fired it in.

37. 14'

    Good quick feet from Tello but he had just staryed offside at the start of the move. Decent save from Casillas to deny him as well.

38. 15'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Busquets booked for bringing Ronaldo down in full flow.

39. 16'

    Alonso swings in the resulting free-kick and Real have a corner now.

40. 17'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Real Madrid are ahead thanks to Khedira.

41. 17'

    <b>Barca 0-1 Real Madrid.</b> Mistake from Valdes, who spilt Pepe's header and Khedira was there to pounce and slide it in from around two yards out.

42. 18'

    So more than just potentially shaky from set pieces. Barca caught out at Camp Nou.

43. 18'

    Iniesta brings Barca forward and he plays a one-two with Messi but Alonso makes a great sliding challenge to stop the ball returning to him inside the penalty area.

44. 19'

    <i>Stats: Barcelona are currently in their best-ever run of results against Real Madrid in the league - uwinning six and drawing one of the last seven. </i>

45. 20'

    Ronaldo flashes a shot across goal, and Los Blancos are really stretching Barca on the counter-attack at the moment.

46. 21'

    I'm always keen to hear your thoughts before, during and after the game so give me a shout on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/marklomasESPN" target="_blank">@marklomasESPN</a> - to offer up your opinions.

47. 21'

    Xavi spreads the ball to Alves hugging the right touchline but as he comes inside, Real close the ball out. Mourinho's side looking highly organised at the moment.

48. 22'

    Barca have been stepping it up the past couple of minutes, the possession is building again as they probe for a way through.

49. 23'

    Boos ring out for Casillas, who takes his time with a clearance.

50. 24'

    Everytime Barca come out of defence, though, Real are pressing hard - almost playing the Catalans at their own game.

51. 25'

    Alonso catches Alves, who 20 seconds later is still rolling around on the floor.

52. 26'

    Haven't seen Barca give the ball away as often as this in midfield for a while.

53. 27'

    Xavi through...

54. 27'

    And he's not even hit the target, sliding it wide of the left post.

55. 28'

    It was a delightful reverse pass from Messi ont he edge of the box to put him in the clear. Would have expected Xavi to keep his cool though.

56. 28'

    <i>Stats: Mesut Ozil has contributed more assists (15) than any other player in the major European leagues this season.</i>

57. 29'

    Tello looking to cause Arbeloa some problems but the Spain right-back is doing an okay job of handling him at the moment.

58. 30'

    A couple of cheeky touches from Ronaldo as Real patiently keep hold of the ball.

59. 30'

    Pepe then goes and blows it by booting it long and aimlessly to absolutely no-one.

60. 31'

    Ronaldo runs at Puyol and then tries his luck from just outside the area but slices it wide.

61. 31'

    Ronaldo getting plenty of joy down the left wing, you'd expect he's been told to try and run at Puyol where possible.

62. 32'

    Barca playing some delightful triangles in midfield but there's been no end product.

63. 33'

    <i>@stevendmills on Twitter:</i> "Tuned in to the Camp Nou for the Professional Handbags & Diving Competition, and a football game broke out! I feel cheated.."

64. 34'

    Penetrating run by Iniesta down the left but he's fended off well by Arbeloa, good strength shown by the Real defender.

65. 35'

    Iniesta the latest to misplace a pass, plenty of sloppiness from the Blaugrana.

66. 36'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2012/0421/ronaldohead20120421_350x197.jpg"><br> Cristiano Ronaldo climbs to win a header.

67. 37'

    Messi with some smart footwork to release Iniesta and he tees up Thiago, who fires a daisy-cutter wide from just over 20 yards out.

68. 38'

    Barca getting into their stride now, the flowing football is coming back.

69. 39'

    Arbeloa again stays strong on the right, this time easing Tello out of play. Tello has looked bright, though, and that's proving an interesting little battle.

70. 40'

    Alves in space on the right and he drives in a cross but Ramos heads it away.

71. 41'

    Alves again in space, this time Coentrao blocks his attempted cross out for a throw-in.

72. 42'

    Ronaldo on the break but Busquets does fantastically to tackle back.

73. 42'

    Wonderful build-up play from Barcelona, intricate exchanges in and around the penalty area between Tello, Xavi and Messi - Alves eventually crosses towards Messi, but the Argentine is just offside.

74. 43'

    It is absolutely chucking it down in Barcelona - torrential rain at Camp Nou.

75. 43'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Pepe body checks Busquets and gets a booking for his troubles.

76. 44'

    Quality stuff from Ozil on the right wing to open Barca right up, but his final ball is intercepted by Mascherano with Ronaldo waiting in the centre.

77. 45'

    Ozil skipped past Adriano a little too easily there.

78. 45'

    Two very entertaining passages of play there - Messi dribbled past a couple of players and ran through at pace, before losing the ball. Then immediately Ronaldo picked up the ball and did exactly the same with a marauding run - like two heavyweight boxers going toe to toe.

79. 45'

    Half-time whistle blows.

80. 45'

    <b>Barca 0-1 Real Madrid.</b> Khedira netting a La Liga record with Real's 108th goal of the season, but more importantly it is the strike that could push Los Blancos towards the Primera Division title. It's still finely poised and Barca had certainly got back into their stride by the end of the first half.

81. 45'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2012/0421/samkhediragoal20120421_350x197.jpg"> Sami Khedira bundled in Real Madrid's opener.

82. 45'

    <i>@chrismarbellow on Twitter:</i> "Think Casillas' time-wasting needs to be watched closely in first 15 mins of 2nd half. He's on precipice of a deserved yellow"

83. 45'

    <i>@brainsicktweets on Twitter:</i> "A routine el clasico on the run. A goal due to barca's error. A pepe booking."

84. 45'

    I'd have liked to have seen what the odds were on Busquets and Pepe getting the first two yellows. Hint of inevitability there.

85. 45'

    Right, we're off for the second half...

86. 46'

    Barca holding onto the ball in the early stages here. I wonder when we will see Sanchez, Fabregas and Pedro introduced.

87. 47'

    Messi drops deep for the ball and goes on a mazy run. Alonso tackles him perfectly but the referee has deemed it a foul. Not sure about that one, think he got all of the ball.

88. 48'

    It's all Barcelona here, they're really pressing hard for that equaliser - can Real's defence stand up to the challenge of keeping them out for the next 43 minutes?

89. 49'

    Shocking stff from Di Maria, he has just claimed the award for best dive of the night. Was down before any contact was made. Man up Angel!

90. 50'

    Real Madrid corner for Barca to deal with, won by Ronaldo from a tight position by the corner flag.

91. 51'

    Poor delivery from Ozil.

92. 52'

    Tello tries his luck from a very acute angle and he blasts it over the bar.

93. 53'

    Ronaldo has the ball in the back of the net...

94. 53'

    But he's marginally offside. Think he did probably hear the whistle beforehand but he took it around Valdes and slid it in anyway.

95. 54'

    Tello has bottled it there!

96. 54'

    What a through ball from Thiago to slice Barca open, but Tello couldn't keep his composure and that effort may have landed on someone's car in the Camp Nou car park.

97. 55'

    <i>Stats: Prior to this game, Victor Valdes' 'Saves to Shots' ratio was 70% while Iker Casillas' was 71%. </i>

98. 55'

    Messi attempts to thread it through to Xavi, but Pepe intercepts.

99. 56'

    Speaking of Pepe - a hefty dose of histrionics from the Portuguese centre-back as he grabs his knee despite not even landing on it. Outmuscled by Messi there.

100. 57'

     Barca trying to be patient, spreading the play well from side to side.

101. 58'

     Messi hits one from the edge of the area but it's off Pepe's thigh to safety.

102. 59'

     Here comes the Blaugrana wave again - it's all Barcelona, attack after attack.

103. 60'

     Messi offside on this occasion, as Busquets searched for him through the middle.

104. 61'

     Messi brushes off Ramos with ease, unbelievable show of strength from the diminutive magician.

105. 62'

     Messi tries to play a one-two with Xavi but Ramos intervenes. Ramos down again courtesy of Messi, who'd have thought Barca's little Argentine would be such a physically destructive force.

106. 63'

     Benzema tries to play in Ozil but Puyol steps in to hoof it away.

107. 64'

     <i>Stats: Lionel Messi's chance conversion rate this season has been 31.5%, while Cristiano Ronaldo's has been 22.9%. </i>

108. 65'

     Real Madrid pretty much sticking 11 men behind the ball at the moment, they must have read Chelsea's book of 'How to beat Barca' from cover to cover.

109. 66'

     Barcelona corner now and Coentrao is on the floor having been 'caught in the face' with the ball. In truth it hardly touched him. I'd have liked to see him play with that old pigskin ball of early-era football. I repeat: Man up!

110. 67'

     And the stretcher is on, embarrassing.

111. 68'

     Acrobatic overhead clearance from Di Maria.

112. 68'

     Iniesta wins the ball back from Di Maria and Xavi tries his luck from 20 yards out. It whistles just past the post.

113. 69'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Sanchez on for Xavi.

114. 69'

     Surprised about that, I'm not going to lie. He looks surprised too! I thought Guardiola would have brought off Tello.

115. 70'

     Puyol bravely leaps through the air to head the ball away.

116. 70'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Sanchez, what an impact! I take it all back.

117. 70'

     <b>Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid </b> Messi with a fantastic run to create the chance initially. Tello's shot was saved by Casillas, Adriano's follow-up shot shot was deflected and superbly palmed away by Casillas, but the Chilean was there to turn it in.

118. 73'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Ronaldo scores.

119. 73'

     <b>Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid.</b> Great through-ball from Ozil, really good pass and Ronaldo turned on the burners to accelerate away and blast in a right footed finish from a fairly difficult angle on the right of the area.

120. 73'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Granero on for Di Maria.

121. 74'

     Wow, I think I got all of that down. What a two-minute spell. "Only a win will do" was what Guardiola said before the game, but Barca's hopes of achieving that look slim now.

122. 75'

     <i>@chrismarbellow on Twitter:</i> "Madrid are incredibly organized right now. Seems like they more than 11 out there sometimes."

123. 76'

     Alves clashes with Ronaldo, leaving the Portuguese star writhing around on the ground.

124. 76'

     I think Alves' studs did connect with Ronaldo but he made the most of it. We haven't seen that happen much tonight...not!

125. 77'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Ozil shown the yellow, I think for time wasting in the corner.

126. 78'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Granero cynically takes down Messi.

127. 79'

     Not sure where Barca can go from here in this game. They need to score in the next few minutes you feel, if they are to have any chance of victory.

128. 80'

     Cesc Fabregas being readied to come on. Must be coming on for Tello.

129. 81'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Fabrgeas on for Tello.

130. 81'

     Bit of a disappointing night in the end for Tello, after some early promise. Arbeloa handled him well and when he didn't, the youngster failed to keep his composure in front of goal.

131. 82'

     Another Barca free-kick, Alexis Sanchez taken down on this occasion.

132. 83'

     Real on the break, Benzema with options left and right but he goes it alone and fires in a shot that is comfortable enough for Valdes to hold onto. A tad greedy there from the Frenchman.

133. 83'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2012/0421/alexissanchezceleb20120421_350x197.jpg"><br>Alexis Sanchez celebrates after coming on to score the equaliser.

134. 84'

     Barcelona corner now - the ball falls to Mascherano about 30 yards out and he, rather predictably, spanks it over.

135. 85'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Mascherano takes down Ronaldo.

136. 85'

     Real free-kick on the left wing. Granero to deliver.

137. 86'

     Headed behind for a corner of Thiago.

138. 87'

     Ronaldo's gone off to receive medical attention but he's back on now.

139. 87'

     Ozil crosses towards Ronaldo and it's again cleared out for a Real corner.

140. 88'

     Barcelona need to throw caution to the wind now. The game has really petered out over the past ten minutes or so.

141. 89'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Callejon on for Ozil

142. 89'

     Pedro (he came on in the 74th minute, I missed that - sorry!) crosses towards Fabregas but he can't get enough purchase on the header to direct it goalwards.

143. 90'

     Four minutes of added time - I think there have been players on the floor for significantly longer than four minutes to be honest.

144. 91'

     Barca corner, Puyol penalised for pushing Arbeloa into Ramos.

145. 92'

     Incisive run by Granero and he passes to Arbeloa, who promptly goes down like a sack of spuds under a bit of attention from Iniesta.

146. 93'

     <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Higuain on for Benzema.

147. 93'

     Free-kick for Real Madrid, around 25 yards out and just right of centre. Ronaldo eyes it up.

148. 94'

     Over the bar.

149. 94'

     The ball crossed in by Callejon and Ronaldo can't steer it in.

150. 94'

     It's all over!

151. 94'

     <b>FT: Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid.</b> A big blow to Barcelona, and surely the Primera Division title is going back to Madrid now. Los Blancos go seven points clear with four games remaining. It looked as though Sanchez had sparked Barca back into life but Ronaldo finished things off with an excellent finish three minutes later.

152. 94'

     Real Madrid had only won one of their previous 14 Clasicos so this really is a massive result.

153. 94'

     That's the first time since May 2009 that Barca have lost back-to-back games, and it is their first home league defeat of the season.

154. 94'

     <i>@jakelove10 on Twitter:</i> Surely Fabregas didn't leave Arsenal for Barcelona to sit on the bench for 80 minutes in El Clasico, right?

155. 94'

     Remember, he did start against Chelsea, though. Two cracking Champions League matches coming up this week with the semi-final second legs between Barca and Chelsea, and Real v Bayern Munich.

156. 94'

     You can keep the conversation going post-match on Twitter - contact me at <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/marklomasESPN" target="_blank">@marklomasESPN</a> or the ESPNsoccernet page - <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ESPNSoccernet" target="_blank">@ESPNsoccernet</a>.

157. 94'

     Thanks for joining us everyone, and tune in for a pair of tantalising Premier League games on Sunday - Man Utd v Everton and Wolves v Man City.

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