La Liga News, Transfers, Match Reports & Updates – Football Espana
Barcelona lost the first El Clasico meeting of the season as they fell to Real Madrid by a 2-1 scoreline at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Starting XI
Wojciech Szczesny – 9
Outstanding performance from the Polish goalkeeper, who made nine saves – including one to deny Kylian Mbappe from the penalty spot. He could do little about either of Real Madrid’s goals.
Jules Kounde – 6.5
A better performance compared to recent weeks, but he did miss a huge chance to equalise in the closing stages.
Pau Cubarsi – 5.5
Struggled in the first half, better in the second before he was taken off.
Eric Garcia – 6
Did pretty well, and was perhaps unfortunate to have a penalty given against him for…
