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Live El Clasico Barcelona vs Real Madrid result and review – Champions League Semi Finals 03-05-2011
ByIn the last El Clasico of the season thanks to 1-1 draw and 3-1 aggregate, Barcelona booked their place in Champions League final at Wembley Stadium.
As it was foreseen, Barcelona completed their task and successfully eliminated their greatest rivals Real Madrid from the Champions League. All Champions League odds were in Barcelona’s favor which could be the same in the finals against Manchester United or Schalke 04 which will be known after their duel at Old Trafford tonight.
Barcelona started the match playing their own style, fast, simple, aggressive on the ball and with the way much more possession than Real Madrid. They had plenty of chances in the first half, but failed to score. Iniesta, Messi, Busquets, Dani Alves, David Villa, they all had chances to score, but mostly thanks to Casillas, Real struggled and survived in a goalless game at the half time. In the first half Real Madrid side simply couldn’t take a shot on a goal of Victor Valdes, while Barca’s whole team played with a lot of wonderful passes and 2/3 of ball possesion in their favour.
In the second half excitement and suspense was growing. Real started to play much better and finally showed that they can be a match up to their rivals. Higuain took the sudden chance and used it, but Real Madrid’s celebration was cut short because the refree’s whistle. Javier Mascerano was touched by Ronaldo and the Argentinian fell down and a free kick was given. Soon after that, Barcelona took the lead. Iniesta composed a fantastic pass for Pedro who scored after a long time. Ozil and Adebayor were brought into the game to try to achieve impossible, to give Barcelona three goals in the remaining 35-40 minutes. Madrid scored after Di Maria took the ball past Mascerano and took the shot which went off the post before Marcelo who gave his time a lifeline. Until the end of the match Real couldn’t find the second goal that would give an exciting finish to the final El Clasico of the season. There was a late appearance for Eric Abidal, who was greeted with rapturous applause from everyone in the stadium after returning from an operation to remove a cancerous tumor.
Later tonight will be known who will play against Barcelona in Champions League finals that will be staged at Wembley Stadium in London on May 28th. The best Champions League odds on who is closer to win the semi’s and the competition overall you can find at footbetting.co.uk
Tuesday
Barcelona vs Real Madird 1:1
Wednesday
Manchester United vs Schalke 04 (20:45)
| 1 | X | 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United vs Schalke 04 Odds | 1.40 | 4.40 | 7.25 |
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