El Clásico: Real Madrid beats Barcelona – Benzema & Kroos goal help Madrid beats Barca 2-1, Madrid reach on top of points table.
Real Madrid rose to the top of the Spanish La Liga standings after winning the El Clasico duel against Barcelona with a score of 2-1 at Alfredo Di Stefano on Sunday (11/4) early morning in the India.
With this victory, Los Blancos collected 66 points from 30 matches, the same as Atletico Madrid, who will travel to Real Betis headquarters on Monday (12/4) early morning INDIA. Meanwhile, Azulgrana is in third place with only one point behind.
Karim Benzema strike a crucial goal for Madrid with help of Luca’s cross assist to Benzema. And Benzema finished the goal beautifully in the 13th minute. 
The hosts’ lead increased in the 28th minute after Ronald Araujo brought down Vinicius Junior in front of the Barcelona penalty box. Toni Kroos, who acted as the executor of the free kick. He managed to direct the ball into the middle of the goal with his right foot.
Vázquez was so close to score the second goal of the game for Madrid. But Barcelona goal keeper denied Luca’s goal by his leg.
In the second half, Barcelona stepped up the game and had some good chances.
The goal Barcelona had been waiting for finally came in the 60th minute. Oscar Mingueza managed to reduce his position when Jordi Alba’s cross continued with a right footed shot.
Entering the 90th minute, Casemiro received a second yellow card, aka a red card after tackling Griezmann. In fact, the first yellow card was only obtained a minute earlier after breaking Lionel Messi.
Messi takes a free kick with his left foot and the ball heads to the top of the net. But Thibaut Courtois catches it.
Seconds before the final whistle blew, Barcelona came close to equalizing when Ilaix Moriba hit just the crossbar.
With this win Real Madrid reached on top of points table after defeating Barcelona 2-1.
