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Posted: Wednesday April 27, 2011 7:05AM ; Updated: Wednesday April 27, 2011 4:39PM
Georgina Turner
Georgina Turner>INSIDE SOCCER

Real Madrid 0, Barcelona 2: Messi shines at the Bernabeu

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This is the third of a rapid-fire quartet of clasicos thrown up by the fixture list, and a fascinating one it is too. Barcelona thrashed Real 5-0 earlier in the season and is comfortably considered the best team in the world, but Jose Mourinho has overseen a damaging couple of weeks for Barca's self-esteem. Real came back from behind to secure a 1-1 draw in La Liga, and last week lifted the Copa del Rey thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's extra-time strike. Real's 6-3 thrashing of Valencia confirms Pep Guardiola's outfit as unfamiliar underdogs, with Andres Iniesta's absence through injury only reinforcing that.

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