The biggest rivalry in club football, the "El Clasico", when the two powerhouses of Spain and Europe face each other, is already a massive game in itself but this was an all important game for Barcelona last season after they were already eliminated from the Champions League at the quarterfinal stage and trailing Madrid by 3 points in La liga. A defeat would have dashed any hopes of retaining La Liga and only a victory was acceptable.
Casemiro opened the scoring for Real Madrid following a corner, but Lionel Messi seemed motivated and soon went past Modric and Carvajal before putting it beyond the reach of Keylor Navas to put Barcelona level and end his 6 match El Clasico goal drought in some style.
