The Catalan midfielder has admitted that Los Blancos pose a great threat to their Copa hopes and they will have to play at their best to assure progression.
Real Madrid and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 matches are very much seen as probably the fiercest rivalries in the world of football and with both the sides coming head to head in the Copa del Rey of this current season, the tie is seen as a great spectacle for fans all around
the world.
The first leg of the tie was played at the home stadium of the whites in Madrid and the score line set the match perfectly for the second leg.
The opening game of the two legged affair saw defensive shows highlight the commonly anticipated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 and Messi class as great defensive shows lit up the occasion.
Raphael Varane was probably the best player on the pitch as at the tender age of 19 years, the French defender showed that all the expectations that were associated from him may be very much realistic. The teenager came of age in one of the biggest games
of the season and made the Argentine wizard http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, look ordinary.
On the Catalan side of the pitch, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique was up to the task and prevented some clear cut chances converting in to goals for the home side as the score line stayed at an even 1-1.
Cesc Fabregas opened the scoring for the away side after a mix up in the Madrid offside trap allowed Fabregas to race clear at goal and the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Lopez.
Raphael Varane then replied late into the game as he rose highest to head past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pinto-c30032 after a delicious cross from Mesut Ozil.
Ahead of the 2md leg at Camp Nou, to be played on Tuesday night, Cesc Fabregas has admitted that it is always difficult to beat Madrid, as they possess a lot of quality amongst their ranks.
"It’s vital to score. We cannot go into the match and wait to see what happens. In last year’s Copa del Rey Clasico we had a good result from the away leg yet we were nearly eliminated from the competition," Fabregas told Barca TV.
"Real Madrid are very dangerous and in order to go through we’ll have to play the best football we’re capable of.”
The tie is perfectly poised with the aggregate score level on 1-1 after the first leg which was held in Santiago Bernabeu.
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