El Clasico: Benzema leads Real Madrid to victory, top spot in La Liga

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Real Madrid dominated the first El Clasico and condemned Barcelona to a first league defeat in the 2022/23 season.

The most talked about game of the weekend with over 700 million viewers saw a renewal of the legendary rivalry at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday and Los Blancos came out 3-1 winners courtesy of goals from Karim Benzema, Fede Valverde, and a 90th-minute Rodrygo penalty.

Barcelona got the game started with a first attempt, as Raphinha’s shot in the fifth minute was saved by the Madrid goalkeeper.’s shot was blocked by his former Bayern Munich teammate, David Alaba, to keep the game level. Madrid did well to double their lead before halftime after Barcelona defenders gave Fede Valverde acres of space in front of the Madrid box to shoot past Ter Stegen.

Four minutes later, Lewandowski’s free-kick was blocked by Madrid’s wall of players. The striker did protest for a penalty after a tackle by Eder Militao in the 74th minute.

 

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