BARCELONA 3-2 REAL MADRID, CHECK OUT THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS HERE..
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Barcelona came from behind to take a slender lead from the first leg of the Spanish
Supercopa at the Nou Camp.
Cristiano Ronaldo headed Real into the lead against the run of play 10 minutes into
the second half from Mesut Ozil's corner, but Barcelona responded as Pedro showed
great poise to slot home a minute later.
Three's the trick: Xavi celebrates scoring Barcelona's third goal
Boom: Cristiano Ronaldo heads in the first goal
Then a terrific jinking run from Iniesta freed Xavi to stroke home Barcelona's third goal
seven minutes later.The action then raced from end to end and it was the hosts who forged
ahead 20 minutes from time when Lionel Messi scored from the penalty spot after
Sergio Ramos had brought down Andres Iniesta.
However, the visitors were gifted a way back into the tie five minutes from time when
Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes tried to dribble around Angel Di Maria and
only succeeded in gifting the Argentinian an open goal.
Barcelona were deserving of the victory but may rue not taking full advantage after
dominating for large spells against a Real side who failed to find the cohesion that
had seen them go unbeaten in three of their last four trips to the Nou Camp.
Magic: Lionel Messi celebrates as Barca picked up a slim win
Easy does it: Angel di Maria hits back for Madrid
Messi had the first real chance of the game when a typically sharp Barcelona passing
exchange freed Dani Alves down the right and his cut-back found the Argentinian on
the edge of the penalty area, but his left-footed drive flew just off target.
The world player of the year then had an even better opportunity from similar range
as he skipped past Alvaro Arbeloa but this time pulled his shot wide of the other upright.
Real were struggling to manage any prolonged possession and were relieved to see
referee Carlos Clos Gomez wave away appeals for a penalty when Alexis Sanchez
tumbled in the box under pressure from Ramos.
Duo: Xavi (centre) and Iniesta (right) pulled the strings as usual
However, for all their dominance Barcelona only had another two long-range efforts on
goal as Pedro's drive was tipped over by Iker Casillas before Xavi shot just over from
similar range.
And it was the visitors who took the lead 10 minutes into the second period as Ozil's
corner was bulleted in by Ronaldo for his fourth goal in his last four away games
against Barcelona.
The lead lasted less than a minute as a wonderful ball over the top from
Javier Mascherano found Pedro in behind Fabio Coentrao and the
Spanish international slotted past Casillas.
The game then became increasingly stretched as both sides tired slightly
from playing in the still searing heat, despite the late kick-off time, and the visitors'
luck with Gomez eventually ran out as Iniesta was brought down inside the area by
Ramos and Messi stepped up to thunder home the penalty.
Moments later Iniesta showed incredible speed of foot to dance past three
Real challenges and slip a pass through for Xavi to sidefoot past Casillas.
Messi then had a great chance to all but seal the trophy but he was denied from
point-blank range by Casillas, and within seconds the complexion of the tie had
completely changed as Valdes' error allowed Di Maria to give Madrid a lifeline
heading into the return at the Bernabeu
next Wednesday.
The shake: Jose Mourinho and Francesc 'Tito' Vilanova prior to the match. Mourinho
was punished after apparently gouging Vilanova's eye during a La Liga match last season
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