http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 put in one of the performances of the season as he toyed with the Catalans, scoring a brace that sent Madrid through to the Copa Finale.
The biggest football rivalry that enthralls the audience and the world of football watchers is no doubt the Real Madrid vs. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 spectacle.
The all Spanish affair is one of the oldest derbies in the history of the game and interestingly is one that happens for the most times in a single season.
El-Clascios always set the rhythm of the seasons for teams like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 and Real Madrid and in these games, much pride is at stake.
The most recent edition of this affair caught the football world with fever, as Spanish Champions Real Madrid drew their bitter rivals in the semi final stage of the elite cup tournament.
The first leg was held at the capital side’s home ground as Madrid snatched a late goal in the 81st minute, courtesy of a Raphael Varane header from a Mesut Ozil cross. The 19 year old’s goal cancelled out Francesc Fabregas’ 51st minute
strike when the Spaniard managed to beat Madrid’s offside trap and race through clear at goal, slotting calmly past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Lopez.
The second leg was perfectly set to test the nerves of both sets of supporters, as Barcelona hosted their greatest rivals at Camp Nou on Tuesday night.
The Catalans arguably held the advantage of the away goal that they brought with them from the first leg of the tie but amongst Madrid’s ranks, Cristiano http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 had other ideas.
The Portuguese has always been rated below Bacelona’s Argentine magician http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 put up one of his best performances in the famous white jersey.
Ronaldo opened the scoring early in the first half as his trickery proved to be too much for his former Manchester United team mate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique. Pique was adjudged to have fouled ronaldo inside the box and the referee showed no hesitation in pointing to
the spot.
The Portugal Captain rose to the occasion and smashed past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pinto-c30032 to become the first played in the history of the Clasicos, to score in 6 consecutive away trips.
Ronaldo was at the helm of the damage again as he scored shortly after the 2nd half, this time after some neat work by Angel Di Maria, who had left http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 all over the place, in a swift counter attack.
To pinch salt in the wounds, Raphael Varane scored in 2 consecutive Clasicos as he rose majestically to thump in a header, leaving Pinto bewildered and bemused.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-Alba-c19111 managed to get some consolation as his strike in the 89th minute made the score line look better at 3-1.
Los Blancos went through to the final with a 4-2 aggregate and await either Sevilla or their cross town rivals, Atletico Madrid, in the highly anticipated final.
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