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Barcelona than two minutes in. The Portuguese came to life ergio Ramos’s stoppage- Lucas Vazquez went down towards the end of the first-half time equaliser maintained under Javier Mascherano’s as he had Madrid’s first shot on SReal Madrid’s six-point lead challenge, but referee Carlos target that was turned behind at the top of La Liga as the Clos Gomez waved play on. by Marc-Andre ter Stegen European champions salvaged Barcelona enjoyed the eight minutes before half-time a 1-1 draw at Barcelona in majority of possession, but and the German stood firm to yesterday’s El Clasico. with captain Andres Iniesta deny another driven Ronaldo Luis Suarez looked to have left on the bench on his return effort moments later. breathed new life into the title from a two-month injury Varane also headed straight race when he headed home layoff, lacked the creativity to at Ter Stegen as Madrid the opener from Neymar’s break down Madrid before the looked the more likely to break free-kick eight minutes into break. the deadlock as half-time the second half. Sergi Roberto’s shot was approached. Neymar and Lionel Messi deflected behind by Raphael However, Barca got the goal then passed up huge chances Varane before Messi’s harmless they badly needed to kickstart to add to Barca’s advantage, free-kick was easily handled by their title defence when and the hosts were made to Keylor Navas. Neymar’s free-kick from the pay when Real captain Ramos At the other end the spotlight left found Suarez somehow met Luka Modric’s free-kick was on Cristiano Ronaldo unmarked to head home from with a powerful header to more than ever in the absence point blank range. (AFP) stretch Madrid’s unbeaten of the injured Gareth Bale and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (R) vies with Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo run in all competitions to 33 following allegations of grand games. to the 71 victims that wiped squad in a plane crash in got underway old hostilities scale tax avoidance published Before kick-off both sides out almost the entirety of Colombia earlier in the week. were renewed as Madrid by a series of European media came together to pay homage Brazilian side Chapecoense’s However, once the action screamed for a penalty less organisations yesterday.

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