First leg

The first half of the match ended goalless. Five minutes into the second half, Marcelo fired a ground cross that deflected off Piqué's foot, resulting in an own goal. Four minutes later, Real Madrid had a great opportunity to score when Benzema did a stepover and evaded Pique's tackle, then sent a cross to Dani Carvajal across the goal and Carvajal shot but Jordi Alba cleared it on the goal line. In the 70th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo scored after a pass from Casemiro but it was ruled offside. Seven minutes later, Luis Suárez was brought down in the box by Keylor Navas, resulting in a penalty, which was subsequently converted by Messi.^[2][3]

Messi's strike marked his 25th goal in the fixture.^[4] Three minutes later, in the 80th minute, Real scored their second through a counter attack when Isco assisted Ronaldo with a long ball who shot into the top right corner from the edge of the box. Ronaldo was booked for removing his shirt as part of the celebration. Two minutes later he was booked again by the referee for allegedly diving when he collided with Samuel Umtiti in the box, which resulted in a second yellow card to become a red card, therefore getting suspended for the second leg. Ronaldo was later given a five-match suspension after replays showed him push the referee in frustration for the red card. Real's last goal was scored in the 90th minute in similar fashion to the second, when Asensio shot into the top left corner following an assist from Lucas Vázquez.^[5][6][7]

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Barcelona	1–3	Real Madrid
Messi 77' (pen.)	Report	Piqué 50' (o.g.) Ronaldo 80' Asensio 90'

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13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)

22:00 CEST

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 89,514

Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Barcelona

Real Madrid

GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen RB 22 Aleix Vidal CB 3 Gerard Piqué  27' CB 23 Samuel Umtiti LB 18 Jordi Alba CM 4 Ivan Rakitić  83' CM 5 Sergio Busquets  57' CM 8 Andrés Iniesta (c)  68' RW 10 Lionel Messi  40' CF 9 Luis Suárez LW 16 Gerard Deulofeu  59' Substitutes: GK 13 Jasper Cillessen DF 2 Nélson Semedo DF 14 Javier Mascherano DF 19 Lucas Digne MF 6 Denis Suárez  59' MF 20 Sergi Roberto  68' FW 17 Paco Alcácer  83' Manager: Ernesto Valverde

GK 1 Keylor Navas RB 2 Dani Carvajal  41' CB 5 Raphaël Varane CB 4 Sergio Ramos (c) LB 12 Marcelo  76' DM 14 Casemiro  20' CM 8 Toni Kroos CM 23 Mateo Kovačić  68' AM 22 Isco CF 11 Gareth Bale  41'  81' CF 9 Karim Benzema  58' Substitutes: GK 13 Kiko Casilla DF 6 Nacho DF 15 Théo Hernandez MF 24 Dani Ceballos FW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo  80'  82'  58' FW 17 Lucas Vázquez  81' MF 20 Marco Asensio  68' Manager: Zinedine Zidane

Assistant referees: Núñez Fernández De Francisco Grijalba Fourth official: Santos Pargaña

Match rules 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

The first goal came quite early in the second leg through a Real throw-in the fourth minute following a poor clearance from Samuel Umtiti which resulted in the ball landing in the young Marco Asensio's feet who scored from 30+ yards out with his left foot.^[8] In the 32nd minute, Benzema stole the ball from Javier Mascherano and passed it to Lucas Vazquez in the center of the box who then hit the left post.

Eight minutes after the half-hour mark, Marcelo sent a ground cross in for Benzema who controlled it backwards with his right foot and finished with a left foot half-volley straight into the bottom corner of the net which was enough for the victory. Six minutes after the start of the second half, Raphaël Varane made a poor pass to Mateo Kovačić to let Suarez recover the ball and pass it to Messi who then hit the crossbar inside the box. In the 70th minute, Andre Gomes took a throw in and played it to Suarez who then made a body feint and dribbled past Dani Carvajal. Suarez then played a through ball to Sergi Roberto on the left side of the box who toe poked the ball, which was saved by Navas. Varane's header fell to Ivan Rakitic a few yards outside the box who then passed the ball to Messi who took a shot, which was saved by Navas, and the deflection fell in the path of Suarez who performed a diving header that bounced off the right side post and went out of play.^[9]

There was lesser action for the last 20 minutes, although Théo Hernandez, Dani Ceballos and Nélson Semedo came on to make their official debuts respectively.^[10][11]

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Real Madrid	2–0	Barcelona
Asensio 4' Benzema 39'	Report

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16 August 2017 (2017-08-16)

23:00 CEST

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 75,167

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Madrid

Barcelona

GK 1 Keylor Navas RB 2 Dani Carvajal CB 5 Raphaël Varane CB 4 Sergio Ramos (c) LB 12 Marcelo CM 10 Luka Modrić CM 23 Mateo Kovačić  62' CM 8 Toni Kroos  80' RF 17 Lucas Vázquez CF 9 Karim Benzema LF 20 Marco Asensio  75' Substitutes: GK 13 Kiko Casilla DF 6 Nacho DF 15 Théo Hernandez  75' MF 14 Casemiro  62' MF 22 Isco MF 24 Dani Ceballos  80' FW 11 Gareth Bale Manager: Zinedine Zidane

GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen CB 14 Javier Mascherano  90+3' CB 3 Gerard Piqué  50' CB 23 Samuel Umtiti RM 20 Sergi Roberto CM 4 Ivan Rakitić CM 5 Sergio Busquets CM 21 André Gomes  72' LM 18 Jordi Alba  78' CF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 9 Luis Suárez  89' Substitutes: GK 13 Jasper Cillessen DF 2 Nélson Semedo  50' DF 19 Lucas Digne  78' DF 22 Aleix Vidal MF 6 Denis Suárez FW 16 Gerard Deulofeu  72' FW 17 Paco Alcácer Manager: Ernesto Valverde

Assistant referees: Cabañero Martínez Gallego García Fourth official: Gallego Gambín

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if level on aggregate and away goals. Penalty shoot-out if no goals scored in extra time. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.