Cristiano Ronaldo scored a late goal and got himself sent off for Real Madrid in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
In what was Barcelona's first competitive match without Neymar, the team lost 3 - 1 to Real Madrid.
Gerard Pique scored an own goal to put Madrid in the lead when his attempted clearance from a Marcelo cut back some how ended in his own net.
Lionel Messi, dangerous and dictating Barcelona's tempo scored the equalizer with a penalty after Keylor Navas as adjudged to have taken down Luis Suarez.
Cristiano Ronaldo who had just come in as a late substitute scored a late stunner as Madrid broke free on a counter-attack.
The Portuguese cut inside from the left and curled past Pique and Ter-Stegen in goal. He took off his shirt and was shown a yellow card.
His second booking came when he the referee adjudged him to have dived in the box following pressure from defender Samuel Umtiti.
The third goal for Madrid came when another substitute Marco Asensio fired in from the left following a late counter attack.
Both team will face each other in the second leg to be played at the Santiago Bernabeu.
In what was Barcelona's first competitive match without Neymar, the team lost 3 - 1 to Real Madrid.
Gerard Pique scored an own goal to put Madrid in the lead when his attempted clearance from a Marcelo cut back some how ended in his own net.
Lionel Messi, dangerous and dictating Barcelona's tempo scored the equalizer with a penalty after Keylor Navas as adjudged to have taken down Luis Suarez.
Cristiano Ronaldo who had just come in as a late substitute scored a late stunner as Madrid broke free on a counter-attack.
The Portuguese cut inside from the left and curled past Pique and Ter-Stegen in goal. He took off his shirt and was shown a yellow card.
His second booking came when he the referee adjudged him to have dived in the box following pressure from defender Samuel Umtiti.
The third goal for Madrid came when another substitute Marco Asensio fired in from the left following a late counter attack.
Both team will face each other in the second leg to be played at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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