Barcelona have a 3-2 advantage over their arch rivals, Real Madrid, but Los Blancos have taken home a cushion of two away goals.
Barcelona and Real Madrid faced each other in the first leg of the Supercopa de Espana which took place at the Nou Camp.
La Blaugrana were able to dominate their arch rivals, and won the game 3-2.
However, the score-line doesn’t do justice to the performance given by the Copa del Rey champions. With the likes of Xavi Hernandez, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, Barcelona were simply phenomenal as they played out against their bitter rivals, Real Madrid.
Real Madrid opened the scoring as Cristiano Ronaldo drilled in a header from a Mesut Ozil cross.
However, Madrid’s celebrations were short-lived as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez was able to equalize the score-line in the very next minute.
After that it was an Andres Iniesta show, as he helped Barcelona win a penalty, which http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 easily converted. And later the Spaniard got past three of Madrid’s defenders and gave a perfect through ball to Xavi Hernandez, who easily slotted it home.
On the other hand, Victor Valdes made a goalkeeping howler, which allowed Angel Di Maria to score and the final score-line of the game was 3-2.
Now Barcelona are currently ahead in the tie, but Madrid have the advantage of two away goals.
Team News: Real Madrid
Real Madrid are currently not in the best of forms as the new season just started.
In the two matches which they have played, Madrid have only managed to win a single point which they managed to gather against Valencia on the first day of La Liga.
The Spanish champions lost their fixture against Getafe, which is now going to worry Jose Mourinho.
Currently, the Spanish giants have all the players available to them. Jose Mourinho will be able to play the Portuguese centre-back, Pepe, who suffered a concussion against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863, and was not played against Barcelona or Getafe.
Even though Mourinho is not regarding the Supercopa de Espana as an important fixture, he will still play a strong line-up against Barcelona.
The expected Real Madrid line-up against Barcelona is:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350.
Team News: Barcelona
The Catalan giants have taken a perfect start in the Spanish La Liga while playing under their new head coach, Tito Vilanova.
La Blaugrana have managed to win both their fixtures in La Liga, a result which has taken them to the top of the league table with 6 points, 5 points clear of Real Madrid.
As Barcelona travel to the Spanish capital to face Real Madrid, Vilanova is going to try to take advantage of the one-goal lead which La Blaugrana already have.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 injured his jaw during the fixture against Osasuna, and he will be facing 4 weeks out; therefore, he will not be able to take a part in the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana.
All the other players will be available for Tito Vilanova, who might play the following line-up:
Victor Valdes; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979.
Prediction:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 currently have an advantage in the number of goals, but Mourinho rarely loses a game at home and he is going to make things hard for the Catalan giants as they play the second fixture out at the Santiago Bernabeu.
However, Vilanova is definitely going to get his homework done, just like he did in the first leg and that is the reason why Barcelona might be able to win the game.
The only thing the Catalan giants need to do is to score a single goal and they can easily win the fixture.
The predicted score-line of the second leg is 1-2 in favour of Barcelona.
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