It was the first for Barcelona: Aubameyang failed inside the Real Madrid area | VIDEO

In a matter of seconds, Thibaut Courtois was required on a couple of occasions. Despite the danger of the shots, the Belgian responded to the height against Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Ousmane Dembélé to keep the 0-0 in Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, ​​the match of the 29th day of LaLiga Santander at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

The azulgranas, as in much of the initial stage, controlled the ball without problems. Then, through an advance, Sergio Busquets put in a long pass for Ferran Torres to control and escape through the point. The former Manchester City reached the height of the large area and launched a service down the middle.

The balloon passed by if it was rejected by the defenders of Real Madrid. Thus, Aubameyang took advantage of the favorable context to rehearse a direct shot at the goal of the ‘White House’. The ‘1’ of the meringues waited until the last moment and moved opportunely to block the Gabonese’s shot.

However, the scene continued inside the large box of the premises. Frenkie De Jong to recover the ball and when she took a turn, she delivered with Dembélé. The ‘Mosquito’, immediately, was outlined to look for the far post, but Cortuois flew, stretched out his hand and prevented the first joy for the Catalans.

Real Madrid vs. Barcelona: the previous

Barcelona will go to the Santiago Bernabéu this Sunday, it will take 1,113 days without winning a classic. Six consecutive games without winning against the eternal rival, who during this period has given up a draw and has defeated them in the last five times they have faced each other.

The Catalans have not celebrated a victory against Real Madrid since defeating them at home in LaLiga, on March 2, 2019, with a solitary goal from Croatian Ivan Rakitic (0-1). So, Ernesto Valverde was still on the bench.

For his part, the Extremaduran coach would also lead Barça in the following classic, a goalless draw at the Camp Nou, on December 18, 2019, in the match of the first round of LaLiga of the 2018-19 season.

The French Karim Benzema is not 100% fit and was ruled out to participate in the match. A problem in his left calf forced him out of Monday’s clash against Mallorca and, even though the injury is not serious, the merengue store prefers not to risk it.

“We have never taken risks, not even in Paris, where I could play. Tomorrow he can’t play because he hasn’t trained, he feels a little discomfort, ”said coach Carlo Ancelotti, in the preliminary conference on the eve of the match.