Real Madrid Vs. FC Barcelona, La Liga 2013: Madrid Wins, Barça Gets Ugly (2-1)

By: Vishavjit Singh

Real Madrid made some rotations today, but still forced Barcelona to return to their old ways: complaining about the referee and Valdes getting send off after the game concluded for shouting to referee Perez Lasa. Cristiano Ronaldo and Sami Khedira's presence fueled Real Madrid in the second half to dominate Barcelona. This has been Real's second win against Barcelona in just four days.This the second time in running that Real Madrid defeated FC Barcelona. When the referee ended the game, Valdés got sent off for arguing with the referee about Adriano's last play. Iniesta was also booked, and Piqué was seen doing the handcuffs gesture. Sergio Ramos was suspended for five games after shouting something to the referee, and it will be interesting to see whether Valdes gets the same punishment or not.

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El Classic- Both Golden Shoe winner againts each other-Highlights

By Gagandeep Bindra

Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2012- A nail biting Classic Match

Final score and result:- Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2-2 ( Lionel Messi*2/ Cristiano Ronaldo*2)

Both Golden shoe winners scored 2-2 goals.(The Golden Shoe, formerly known as the European Golden Boot, is an association football award presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league)

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both score two each as Barca draw 2-2 with Real Madrid in an enthralling El Clasico in La Liga.
Messi with a superb second half free kick.

Goals were as follow

• Barca vs Real Madrid 0-1 ( Cristiano Ronaldo goal vs Barcelona 23′)
• Barcelona vs Real Madrid 1-1 ( Lionel Messi goal vs Real Madrid 31′)
• Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2-1 ( Lionel Messi free kick v Real Madrid 61′)
• Barca vs Real Madrid 2-2 ( Cristiano Ronaldo goal vs Barcelona 66′)

Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2012 with total attendance of :- 96,589 and Referee- Ferreiro

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Messi still in doubt before PSG clash

By: Parminder Singh

• With or without Lionel Messi on the field, Barcelona is already playing games with Paris Saint-Germain ahead of the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday.
• Messi picked up a hamstring injury in the 2-2 draw last week in the first leg, and the Argentina midfielder missed Saturday's 5-0 win over Mallorca in the Spanish league. But Messi showed up for training on Sunday in front of the media's cameras and even on Monday, the squad's day off, leaving just about everyone to wonder if he is going to play at the Camp Nou. Barcelona likely won't reveal its intentions until just before the match.
• There's no secret about David Beckham, however. PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti has said the former England captain will start in the second leg after having a ''really good match'' last week.
• In Messi's absence, Barcelona proved it can muster a devastating attack without him. Cesc Fabregas filled in for the World Player of the Year by scoring the first hat trick of his career in the victory over Mallorca.
• If Messi can't play, Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova might again choose to play Fabregas as a ''false nine,'' the position in which he has been effective while playing for the Spain squad. Forward Alexis Sanchez also made a case for a spot against PSG by scoring two goals and providing two assists for Fabregas against Mallorca.
• ''I feel very comfortable playing as a false striker, but that position is filled by the best player in the world,'' Fabregas said. ''I am still a midfielder.''
• For PSG, Ancelotti included center backs Alex and Thiago Silva in his squad despite fitness concerns. He also has Italy midfielder Thiago Motta, who has only played one game since late January because of a groin injury.
• ''I feel fine. I'm ready to play. I have no problem,'' Silva said. ''I finished the first leg with a little problem with my knee but I have rested it.''
• Vilanova has defensive injuries of his own and the looming presence of striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic up front for PSG to worry about. Javier Mascherano is out with a knee injury and Carles Puyol is a doubt as he recovers from knee surgery.
• ''OK, so we're talking about Barcelona, a team which has almost never lost in the past four years,'' PSG director of football Leonardo said. ''Barcelona is the best team in the world ... but statistics are made to be beaten.''
• Last week in the first leg, Messi scored to give Barcelona the lead and the four-time champions later took a 2-1 lead late in the match, but PSG produced an injury-time equalizer to keep the French leaders alive.
• ''I feel bad about it, because we went 2-1 up practically in the 90th minute and then they equalized in the very last move of the match,'' Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez said. ''It's a pity about the injuries, both Mascherano and Leo. We'll see how Leo is, but it looks like Mascherano is out for a month or a month and a half.''