Real Madrid V Barcelona - As it happened

Real Madrid V Barcelona - As it happened

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FT: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona (Agg 5-1)

Real win the Spanish Super Cup thanks to goals from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema.

Full-time!

That's that at the Bernabeu!

Mascherano is booked

He goes in high on Casemiro.

3 minutes added on

Chance Real

Vazquez crosses from the right, taking Ter Stegen out of the equation but Marcelo can't control his effor at the far post and lashes wide with the goal gaping.

Luis Suarez is booked

He holds onto Casemiro as he looks to burst away.

A rush of blood from Theo

He has a chance to shoot from a narrow angle but he belts the ball out for a throw in.

Real keep going forward

Ramos sends a tame header into the arms of Ter Stegen.

Suarez looks to be in a bit of pain

He's hobbling aroud at the moment. Barca have used all their subs though.

Good defending from Ramos

Deulofeu looks to run him but the defender stays with his man and makes a crucial challenge.

Real make a change

Off goes Kroos, on comes Ceballos.

Barca make their final change

Lucas Digne replaces Jordi Alba. No sign of an injury for the latter, strange sub from Valverde that.

Asensio departs

His work is done. On comes Theo Hernandez in his place.

Messi fires over

The Argentine shoots from the edge of the box with his right foot but it clears the bar comfortably.

Barca make their second change

Deulofeu replaces Andre Gomes.

Chances Barca!

First Sergi Roberto is played through on goal by Messi, he tries to take it early but Navas makes the save. The ball is kept alive and Messi tries his luck from range. Once again Navas makes the save, palming is away but only as far as Suarez who heads against the post and behind from an angle! How have Barca not scored from that passage of play!

Dangerous free kick for Barca

Semedo is fouled down by the corner flag. Messi takes it, Navas comes, gets thin air and Suarez heads the ball wide of an open goal at the far post under pressure. Ernesto Valverde doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Barca go close!

Sergi Roberto is inches away from connecting with Jordi Alba's teasing cross from the left.

Real make a change

Mateo Kovacic departs, Casemiro joins the action in his stead.

Chance Barca

Semedo crosses from the right and Suarez's glancing header is easily gathered by Navas.

Great effort, great save!

Asensio puts Benzema in down the left with a first time pass. The Frenchman drives into the box and shoots from a narrow angle with his left foot. He catches it beautifully but Ter Stegen manages to get something on it to tip it over. Great effort.

Messi hits the bar!

Kovacic gives the ball away deep in Real's half. The ball fins its way to Messi who bursts away from the covering defenders before trying to chip the ball over the onrushing Navas but the Argentine's effort bounces away off the bar.

Barca make a change

Pique is replaced by Nelson Semedo. It's fair to say Pique isn't given a standing ovation by the Bernabeu crowd.

Great save!

Keylor Navas not only stops Suarez's low cross from the right but manages to keep hold of it as well.

No changes from either side

Semedo and Deulofeu warmed up for Barca but they'll have to wait to be introduced.

We're back underway!

The teams re-emerge

Real will get us back underway.

HT: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

Real lead 2-0 at the half thanks to goals from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema.

Half-time!

There it is! No added time here.

Men Vs Boys right now

Barca need the break to come sooner rather than later.

Benzema has a go

The Frenchman shoots from the edge of the box with his left foot but it is always rising.

Ramos rises highest

The centre-back meets a corner from the left but his header is always going over.

Modric is getting the cigars out

That goal was proceeded by a couple of sublime bits of skill from the Croatian. First he left an onrushing player for dead with a dink over his head and an accompanying pirouette before leaving Buquets chasing shadows with a beautiful backheeled pass.

Real threaten again

Lucas fires in a low shot from the right but Ter Stegen gathers easily.

Real 2-0 Barca

Karim Benzema doubles Real's lead on the night. Barca fail to clear and Marcelo fires in a low cross from the left. Benzema nicks in ahead of Umtiti and flicks the ball up before volleying home with his left foot from six yards. Surely game over?

GOAL! REAL!

Benzema!

Impressive speed from Varane

Suarez looked to have got the better of him down the left but the French international shows good pace to win the ball back for his side.

Real hit the post!

Someone mark Lucas Vazquez! The winger gathers the ball on the edge of the box and sees a left footed effort rebound back into play off Ter Stegen's right hand post. Inches.

Real go close!

Vazquez is free again down the right and his outside of the boot cross is perfect for Benzema. The Frenchman looks set to convert from 4 yards but Pique manages to get a boot in to clear. Close.

Chance Real

Vazquez races away down the right but he can't get away from Umtiti and the ball is blocked away.

An impressive stat for you

When Marco Asensio opened the scoring he had scored three goals with his last four shots for Real Madrid. Sharpshooter.

Good defending

Carvajal gets up well to head away a free kick before it can reach Pique.

Chance Real!

Benzema looks to be racing clear but he instead opts to face up Pique and pull the ball back to the edge of the box where Asensio's effort is blocked away. The resulting corner is taken quickly and Varane is inches away from connecting with a header from the ball in.

Dangerous free kick for Real

Modric is brought down on the right and Kroos fires in the resulting free kick. Pique can only head the ball straight up into the air before Ter Stegen comes out to punch away the danger.

Real go close

Marcelo races away down the left but Benzema can't keep up and the Brazilian's low cross flashes across the box untouched.

Chance Barca!

This is better from the visitors. Messi is found on the overlap down the left but a Real defender manages to prod away his low cross before Suarez can get there.

Chance Barca!

Messi finally gets on the ball and he ends up one-on-one. He drives forward through midfield before playing a one-two with Sergi Roberto on the right, that send Messi in but he tries to round Navas from the angle when he may have been better served looking for the dink and the Costa Rican gathers.

Barca attack again

Rakitic digs out a decent cross from the left but there are no Barca bodies in the box and Marcelo is able to chest it back to Navas.

Barca go forward

First Suarez gets to the byline but he has no support whatsoever and his cut-back flashes all the way across goal. Then the Uruguayan flashes a first time volley over the bar from the edge of the box after being found by Rakitic. Maybe there's life in this one yet.

Ter Stegen looking decidedly ropey here

Marcelo crosses from the left and the German gets nowhere near it. Fortunately for Barca it comes to nothing.

Real well on top here

Umtiti has to be alert to stop Vazquez from getting in.

That Asensio goal

Given the numbers Barca have in midfield tonight and the talent that Asensio has, how has no-one closed him down?

Nothing comes of it

Other than a bit of a wrestle between Ramos and Umtiti.

Dangerous free kick on the right for Real

Umtiti clumsily brings down Vazquez.

Real 1-0 Barca

This boy is some talent. He picks the ball up 35 yards out and simply curls it past Ter Stegen and into the top corner. Real go 4-1 up on aggregate. Is there anything this lad can't do?

GOAL!

Asensio!

Chance Real!

Asensio gets down the left and pulls it back to Modric on the edge of the box. He hits it with the outside of his right foot but Umtiti makes a good block.

Energetic start from Real

They're pressing Barca high.

We're off!

Barca get us underway.

Here come the players!

Just 10 minutes to go here!

The volume is ramping up with each passing minute in the Spanish capital.

Not long now!

The two teams are out warming up.

Will Real Madrid miss Ronaldo?

We asked exactly that question earlier.

Just over half an hour to go

The atmosphere is building nicely here at the Bernabeu.

Both sides arrive ahead of the game

Pre-match build-up

So Deulofeu is dropped for Barca as Ernesto Valverde opts to reinforce his defence, will the switch to a system with wing-backs help them get back into this tie?

No excuses for poor football tonight

It's a brand new pitch at the Bernabeu. Looks like an absolute carpet.

The mind games between the two managers begin!

Zidane suprises us all with his line-up and then Valverde outdoes his counterpart. But which one will come out on top tonight?

Pre-match build-up

Valverde goes slightly rogue as well

Javier Mascherano and Andre Gomes start for Barca. Their team is: Ter Stegen; Piqué, Mascherano, Umtiti; Sergi Roberto, Jordi Alba, Busquets, André Gomes, Rakitic; Messi, Luis Suárez.

A suprising line-up from Real

No Casemiro, Isco or Bale for 'los blancos', they're all made to do with a place on the bench. The Real team is as follows: Navas; Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Kovacic, Kroos, Modric; Lucas, Benzema, Asensio.

Shaping up to be a good game tonight

After Real's 3-1 victory in the first leg Barca have no option to come out and attack tonight and we all know how pleaseing they can be on the eye when they do so.

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