The first fifteen minutes of the match were of quite high intensity. Real Madrid was the one that had more scoring chances, with the intensity of Yan Diomande, Kylian Mbappe, and Arda Guler, who each, through their respective sectors of the field, broke Barcelona's defensive lines, but they did not have luck with the finish or the final pass. Joan Garcia was in charge of saving a couple of important shots. Andriy Lunin, on the other hand, also intervened on a couple of occasions.

The match advanced; the first half hour of the match arrived, and the match maintained the same intensity as in the first minute. All the players pressed; Barcelona's right back, Xavi Espart, had to be substituted due to injury. Guler gave him an excellent pass with the outside of his foot that had a great parabola that Gerard Martin could not reach, but Mbappe could not volley it effectively and sent it well over the goal.

It was not until the 42nd minute, with a play started by Bernardo Silva in midfield, that Marc Cucurella ran with a through ball, which he then passed to Diomande, who ran down the entire flank, entered the area and took a powerful low shot, which, at the moment of being cleared by Gerard Martin, bounced off Mbappe's legs and went in by inertia into the goal, making it 0-1 momentarily for the Merengues.

With this, the first half reached its end, ensuring excitement for the second half, since the Culers had the obligation to turn the score around, which would make them push their lines forward, something that could be taken advantage of by Madrid for a counterattack with the speed of Mbappe or Diomande.

In the 61st minute, after a quick corner taken by Pedri, who assisted Raphinha, and he shot through Jude Bellingham's legs, unfortunately for Lunin, he was able to touch it with the palm of his hand, but not with the necessary force to clear it, and the ball went into the net. Provoking the momentary 1-1 tie.

The minutes pass, but the pace of play does not decrease. The tie, instead of calming the match, made both teams press to try to gain the advantage. The 80th minute arrived, and the score remained tied. Players like Bernardo Silva and Fermin Lopez had to leave the field due to the hard work of wearing themselves down.

It wasn't until the 87th minute that Eduardo Camavinga, who had just come on, made a great play. He entered Barcelona's area at full speed and, with a great self-pass, shook off Pau Cubarsí to be facing Joan Garcia, but he decided to assist Mbappe, who was at the penalty spot. The French forward only had to send it into the net with a touch since the goalkeeper was focused on Camavinga. Real Madrid moved ahead on the scoreboard 1-2 with only minutes left to finish.

The match ended with some confrontations between Barcelona and Real Madrid players, since the locals consider that the merengues only dedicated themselves to wasting time in the last minutes. In this way, Real Madrid is only three points behind the blaugranas in the overall table and has achieved what, until a few weeks ago, seemed impossible.

A. Lunin: 7.4
F. Valverde: 6.8
I. Konate: 7.0
D. Huijsen: 7.4
M. Cucurella: 6.6
B. Silva: 6.2
A. Tchouameni: 7.3
A. Guler: 7.0
J. Bellingham: 7.6
Y. Diomande: 6.9
K. Mbappe: 8.2

J. Garcia: 6.7
X. Espart: 6.9
P. Cubarsi: 6.9
G. Martin: 7.2
J. Cancelo: 7.1
F. Lopez: 6.4
Rodri: 6.9
Pedri: 6.9
L. Yamal: 6.9
Raphinha: 7.6
A. Gordon: 7.7

Sofascore's statistical engine generated the ratings.