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Eder Militão's own goal helps Barcelona 1 - 0 Real Madrid

Eder Militão's own goal helps Barcelona 1 - 0 Real Madrid

Real Madrid lost to Barcelona 0-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium in the first leg of the Spanish Copa del Rey semifinals. Militao became the culprit with an own goal in the 26th minute.

Barcelona is in a better position than Real Madrid in the race for the La Liga championship. However, in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals, Barcelona seriously lacked firepower. That helped Real Madrid dominate easily when playing at home in Bernabeu.

In the 12th minute, Karim Benzema managed to score a goal against Ter Stegen, but the goal was not recognized by the referee because the French striker was caught offside before taking the shot.

In the following minutes, Barcelona began to control the ball more tightly to reduce the opponent's morale. Collision situations occurred frequently, notably Vinicius tripping De Jong and receiving a yellow card in the 24th minute.

Barcelona surprisingly scored the opening goal in the 26th minute. Ferran Torres made a through pass for Kessie to shoot, but the ball hit Militao's foot and bounced into the net.

After consulting the VAR technology, the referee recognized the goal for the away team Barcelona. The goal made the game more exciting when the two teams decided to play more offensively.

Before the end of the first half, Toni Kroos made a clever pass for Carvajal to run into the open space, but the Spanish defender's shot hit the crossbar. The first half ended with an advantage for Barcelona.

In the second half, Real Madrid pushed up their formation to find an equalizer, but all their attacks were thwarted by Barcelona's defense. In the 72nd minute, Barcelona almost scored their second goal when Torres passed to Kessie to shoot, but the ball was accidentally blocked by Fati just before the goal line.

Real Madrid made an effort to attack in the final 15 minutes, but they could not score and had to accept a 0-1 loss at Bernabeu. Barcelona has a great advantage going into the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals at Nou Camp.

Lineups Real Madrid vs Barcelona:

• Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Nacho (Rodrygo 67'); Camavinga, Kroos (Tchouameni 74'), Modric (Alvaro Rodriguez 84'); Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius
• Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Araujo, Kounde, Marcos Alonso, Balde; Busquets, De Jong, Kessie (Sergi Roberto 86'); Raphinha (Fati 69'), Gavi, Ferran Torres

Goal: Militao (own goal, 26')

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