Suarez and a few Madrid players are involved in a slight melee as the game comes to a close. However, the referee is able to bring it under control quickly.
90' +2
Nélson Semedo enters the game and replaces Sergio Busquets.
Semedo comes on for the closing stages for the visitors to replace Busquets.
90' +1
Carvajal raids down the right flank and whips a cross into the box. Varane rises in the middle to head at goal, but he nods his effort straight at Ter Stegen. It wouldn't counted anyway as Ramos had fouled Pique in the middle.
90'
Benzema runs at Sergi Roberto and wins a corner off the legs of the defender. Madrid have to up the ante now.
There will be three minutes of added time.
89'
Dani Carvajal gets yellow.
Carvajal goes into the book for a loose challenge on Lenglet.
85'
Sergi Roberto is played into acres of space by Rakitic and he surges into the right inside channel. He looks for the cutback to Suarez, but Ramos makes the interception.
84'
Barca clear their lines from the resulting corner, allowing Pique to breathe again.
83'
Pique tries to do too much after bundling Benzema off the ball in the right inside channel. The pressure from the Frenchman forces him across the length of the box where he concedes a corner.
82'
Marco Asensio gets yellow.
Asensio fouls Busquets in a desperate attempt to win back possession. He goes into the book.
80'
Barcelona are finding space on the break as Madrid commit men forward. A conversion from one of those opportunities could end the game.
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78'
Philippe Coutinho enters the game and replaces O. Dembélé.
Dembele makes way after a decent second-half display for Coutinho.
Pique hammers a clearance away from the Barcelona box amid pressure from Asensio. The Madrid man flings himself to the deck and the referee is not impressed, waving play on. There was no need for that from the Spaniard.
Barcelona have space on the break with Dembele, who feeds Alba on the left. However, the full-back fails to find a team-mate with his cross.
76'
Isco comes on for Casemiro. Solari withdraws his defensive midfielder for an attacking one.
75'
Isco enters the game and replaces Casemiro.
The Barcelona defence have been on their mettle this evening. Benzema probes down the left flank and fires a dangerous cross into the box that Lenglet reads well before clearing to safety.
74'
Casemiro is the latest Madrid player to test his luck from distance. He gets curl on his strike, only to send it well over the bar.
73'
Dembele attempts to slide a pass into the box for Vidal, but the Frenchman just overhits his offload, allowing Courtois to gather ahead of the midfielder.
72'
OVER! Vinicius is played into space through the middle and he lines up an ambitious strike at goal, which he blasts well over the bar.
71'
A. Vidal enters the game and replaces Arthur.
Vidal replaces Arthur for the visitors.
69'
Messi and Suarez combine in the final third and the Argentine drills a low ball across the face of goal. However, there's no Barca player at the back post to convert the opening.
67'
Carvajal misplaces his low cross into the box, allowing Barca an easy clearance. With the full-back out of position, Dembele is released down the flank, but Ramos comes across with a sliding challenge to send the ball into touch. The Madrid skipper had to make that challenge.
65'
Vinicius has been Madrid's best outlet in the contest, but he fails to time his run from Modric's offload and is caught offside.
63'
C. Lenglet gets yellow.
Lenglet catches Ramos with a stray arm as the two players battle for the ball in the air from a Messi corner. The Barcelona defender goes into the book.
61'
Sergio Ramos gets yellow.
Marco Asensio enters the game and replaces G. Bale.
Ramos blocks off Messi's run through the Los Blancos defence and goes into the book.
Asensio replaces Bale for the home side. It has been a quiet game for the Welshman.
58'
CLOSE! Arthur feeds Alba down the left flank and he fires a low ball across the face of goal that deflects off Varane and trickles inches past the post.
57'
Dembele cuts inside from the left flank and with little support he goes for goal on his right foot, only to drill his attempt straight at Courtois.
55'
F. Valverde enters the game and replaces T. Kroos.
Valverde replaces Kroos for the home side.
54'
Dembele is played into acres of space down the left flank and he has options in the middle. However, the Frenchman tries to do too much and loses out to Casemiro.
52'
A mistake by Carvajal allows Suarez to break through on goal. Courtois comes out to narrow the angle and force the forward wide. Suarez cannot get a strike away under pressure from the covering Varane and his pass back to Messi is cut out by Ramos.
49'
OFFSIDE! Benzema will be a relieved man to see the offside flag raised as he misses an absolute sitter. Casemiro puts the ball on a plate for the Frenchman at the back post, but he guides his strike wide of the post. Poor on both counts from the Madrid forward, first to mistime his run and second to fail to hit the target.
48'
Vinicius tries to twist and turn his way past Sergi Roberto down the left inside channel, but the defender holds firm before clearing the danger.
46'
We're back underway at the Bernabeu.
Madrid try to raise the intensity to start the second half, but another delivery from Vinicius is cleared away by Pique.
45' +1
Messi goes down clutching his face before the half-time whistle following a collision with Ramos. The referee has to act to bring tempers under control.
HALF-TIME: REAL MADRID 0-1 BARCELONA
44'
Bale and Vinicius both send probing crosses into the box from the flanks, but Lenglet and Pique are equal to the deliveries to clear ahead of Benzema.
43'
Vinicius runs at the Barca defence down the left flank. He does well until his strike, which he slices out for a throw-in.
42'
Messi goes for the strike, but blasts his effort well over the bar. Not the best strike from the Argentine.
41'
Ramos sticks out a leg and brings down Messi on the charge. Barcelona have another free-kick in a good position.
37'
OVER! Messi goes for the strike and he gets the power on his effort, but the ball just sails a fraction over the bar.
36'
Casemiro slides in on Rakitic on the edge of the box, catching the Croatian with his boot on the leg. The referee awards a free-kick to the visitors in the range of Messi.
35'
Suarez appeals for a penalty as he tussles with Carvajal and Ramos for a bouncing ball in the box. It may have struck Carvajal on the hand, although it would have been a harsh on on the full-back.
33'
Rakitic almost threads the needle in the final third. Messi gets the step on Carvajal, only to see the throughball just evade his boot by inches.
32'
Madrid keep the pressure on by winning a corner down the right flank. Barca clear as far as Reguilon 25 yards out. The full-back goes for the strike, but he places his powerful drive wide of the post.
31'
Alba loses out to Modric and the midfielder brings the ball into the box down the right inside channel. He tries to pick out Benzema at the back post, but Pique is well placed to clear ahead of the forward.
30'
Reguilon makes a run at the Barca line and he goes down inside the box under pressure from Arthur. However, the referee tells him to get to his feet. Replays show there was no contact on the Spaniard as he went down.
28'
Madrid attempt to respond with a surge down the left. Kroos lifts a cross into the middle, but Ter Stegen eases the pressure on his defence by claiming the cross.
26'
I. Rakitić has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Sergi Roberto.
Sergi Roberto returns Rakitic's pass, playing his team-mate free in the right inside channel to finish.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! RAKITIC SCORES! 1-0 BARCA! Out of nothing the visitors take the lead. A simple one-two between Rakitic and Sergi Roberto opens up the Madrid defence. The midfielder surges into the right inside channel before clipping a strike over the top of Courtois and the ball rolls into the back of the net. A clinical move from Barca.
25'
Messi swings his delivery into the box, but it evades Pique in the middle and Suarez at the back post fails to control the ball, placing it out of play for a goal-kick.
24'
Rakitic goes down under Reguilon's challenge. Barca keep the pressure on down the right flank by winning a corner that Messi will take.
21'
The home side are being dictated to at the moment. Los Blancos need to get Modric and Kroos on the ball.
18'
Barcelona are trying to force the issue to get on the front foot. However, Madrid are defending well enough at the moment.
16'
SAVE! Messi and Suarez combine on the edge of the box. The latter hammers a low strike towards the bottom corner that is well saved by Courtois, although the offside flag was up anyway.
15'
Dembele is played into acres of space on the counter for Barcelona. He hammers a cross into the box that Carvajal has to clear behind at the near post.
14'
Reguilon surges down the left flank and lifts a cross into the box that just evades the head of Vinicius in the middle.
12'
Rakitic goes down under pressure in the box from Reguilon's challenge, but the referee is not convinced and tells the midfielder to get to his feet.
11'
Alba makes a good run into the left inside channel for the visitors, but he sees his low cross cleared behind by Varane.
10'
Reguilon threads a pass through to Benzema in the final third. The Frenchman carries the ball into the ieft inside channel before pulling the trigger, only to place his attempt well wide of the post.
9'
Vinicius turns on the pace with a run at the Barca defence to the edge of the box, but he plays his offload straight to Busquets.
6'
Barca take the resulting corner short and are unable to play their way through Los Blancos in the final third.
5'
Messi seizes on a loose pass by Ramos and tries to release Suarez in behind. However, Varane is there to clear behind, although it appeared that Courtois was going to collect.
3'
OVER! Bale goes for goal with his left-footed strike and he bends his attempt over the wall, although it sails well over the bar.
2'
Sergio Busquets gets yellow.
Busquets goes into the book for his challenge on Kroos.
Kroos charges through the middle of the Barca midfield before being brought down on the edge of the box by Busquets. Madrid have a free-kick in a dangerous position.
1'
We're underway at the Bernabeu.
Madrid were humbled for the second time this season by Barcelona in the fixture during the week. Santiago Solari's men would have approached the contest with confidence, having drawn the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final clash 1-1 at Camp Nou. However, they were beaten soundly on home soil, losing 3-0 to crash out of the competition. Los Blancos suffered a 5-1 defeat earlier in the campaign to their rivals in LaLiga. They're well off the pace of the Catalan club and need a result tonight to keep a semblance of pressure on them.
Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Bernabeu.
Barcelona have displayed a clinical edge in their last two matches to advance to the final of the Copa del Rey and to reassert themselves at the top of LaLiga. Lionel Messi's brilliance was required to see off Sevilla in a comeback win last week on the road after gols from Jesus Navas and Gabriel Mercado had put Pablo Machin's men in front. Messi notched a hat-trick to turn the game on its head to secure an important win for Barca. Ernesto Valverde's men were not at their best in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final, but they rose to the occasion during the week to put their rivals to the sword with a fine second-half performance. Another win over their rivals would take them a step closer to the Primera Liga crown.
REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane, Sergio Reguilon; Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos; Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Vinicius.
SUBS: Keylor Navas, Marcelo, Federico Valverde, Lucas Vazquez, Marco Asensio, Isco, Dani Ceballos.
BARCELONA (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Arthur; Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Ousmane Dembele.
SUBS: Nelson Semedo, Philippe Coutinho, Jasper Cillessen, Malcom, Carles Alena, Arturo Vidal, Samuel Umtiti.
Madrid have lacked a threat in the final third. Vinicius has made a couple of surging runs, but the end product has not been there from the Brazilian. Toni Kroos has been too quiet, while Modric has spurned his two opportunities at goal. Santiago Solari needs a big effort from his experienced players, particularly Karim Benzema and Bale in the second half.
Thanks for joining our commentary this evening. Until next time, goodbye.
Madrid are next in action against Ajax in the second leg of Champions League round-of-16 clash at the Bernabeu on Tuesday. Barcelona play Rayo Vallecano in their next match at Camp Nou.
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