The postponed league game between Barcelona and Real Madrid ended Wednesday night without a winner.
Both teams had chances to score, but from kampbilledet will Real Madrid probably be most dissatisfied with the fact that it ended 0-0 at the Camp Nou.
It was the first time since november 2002 that were not scored in an edition of El Clasico.
The tie result means the status quo at the top of the Primera Division. Both teams have 36 points after 17 matches – Barcelona is in first place, while Real Madrid is number two.
the Fight was originally set to be played 26. October, but was moved as a result of demonstrations and widespread unrest in Catalonia.
the Protests occurred in the wake of the fact that nine separatistledere were sentenced to prison by the Spanish supreme court.
the run-up to Wednesday’s football match traded not just about football.
Around 3000 security personnel had been put into the fight, and both Barcelona and Real Madrid should meet up at the same hotel eight hours before kick-off, from where they were trucked to the stadium together.
Out in front of the Camp Nou was the traffic according to AFP blocked by hundreds of demonstrators from the group of the Democratic Tsunami in the hours up to the fight. The group is fighting for Catalan independence, and the demonstrators waved with the region’s flag.
When the fight was whistled in time, it was Real Madrid who had the most to come by, but both teams had chances.
Formstærke Karim Benzema opened the ballet with a shot on goal ten minutes into the game, but Marc-André ter Stegen had no problems saving the attempt.
Seven minutes later, Gerard Pique save the ball on the line, and Barcelona was under heavy pressure.
Yet it was Barcelona who had the first half’s biggest chance. Five minutes before the break found Lionel Messi’s teammate Jordi Alba, who had difficulty to understand, that he could not hit the target from a short distance.
After 57 minutes was the fight stopped briefly, when yellow balls were thrown onto the pitch from the part of the spectators as a symbol of the desire for Catalan self-determination.
the Game was quickly resumed, and five minutes later Lionel Messi had a golden chance to decide the cases.
The argentinian star got the ball in the field in a good position, where he wont be sharp. This time did not materialize, the sharpness, and the chance ran out in the sand.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane had selected Gareth Bale for the match from the start, and it looked to be a good idea in the 73. minutes.
the Welshman poked a post from Ferland Mendy in the network, but linjedommeren waved for offside in the Community. And after a review of videodommeren was the judgment by the power.
That was not scored at Camp Nou, and the result taken into account, the battle will probably mainly be remembered for all the things outside of the track.
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