The world's best player, Lionel Messi scored for Barcelona in the 53rd minute from a penalty kick, after the elimination of Raul Albiol for a foul on David Villa, and then Cristiano Ronaldo converted a penalty seven minutes before the final whistle after the irregular intervention in the square of Dani Alves on Marcelo.
The score's transformation in 1-1made that both teams to turn on their engines at maximum in the last minutes of the game, looking for the winning goal, but David Villa's chances at Iker Casillas gate, and the ones of Sami Khedira to Victor Valdes were neutralized by the two goalkeepers of Spain's national team. The draw almost gave Barca the third consecutive national title, given that the Catalans keep the advance of eight points over Real, along with a superior goal difference (6-1) in direct matches this season. Even though Madrid has beaten up on the spot in the race for the title, Jose Mourinho can comfort with the thought that he stopped the line of victories that his counterpart Pep Guardiola has in his coach record against Real. Since 2008, when the former player trained by the Catalan football academy "La Masia" took charge of Barcelona's technical bank, his students have recorded six consecutive victories with "Los Blancos".
The equalization occurred in the final of the game left with a bitter taste two of the key players of the guests, the midfielders Xavi and Andres Iniesta, who said that the band would have deserved to win. "Barcelona was much better than Madrid. It is a shame that we haven't got the three points which have secured us the title. The outcome of equality doesn't satisfy any of the teams." , said Xavi to the sports daily AS.
"I'm sorry we have not won since we controlled the game. Each of these matches will be different and I think our team is getting better.", strengthened Andres Iniesta, another World Cup winner in 2010 in Barcelona group.
The game on Saturday night in Madrid was the first of the four who will have as protagonists Real and Barca, in a period of 18 days, each of these matches having a bigger stake than the former. The two teams will meet again Wednesday, this time on neutral ground - Mestalla Stadium in Valencia - for Copa del Rey final, after which the top two teams will play for a place in Champions League final in a round-trip system on April 27th, respectively May 3rd.
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