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  • Karim Benzema doubled lead five minutes before half-time.
  • Marco Asensio opened this scoring from 30 yards out after five minutes.

Full-time: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate

Three minutes of time added on.

And now Suarez gets the first yellow of the evening for holding back Casemiro.

Suarez looks in a bit more trouble now, he's clutching at his knee after chasing a long ball in vain. The last thing Barcelona need right now is him sidelined...

And here's one for Real, Dani Ceballos comes on for Kroos. 10 minutes remaining here.

A couple of changes to bring to you, Gerard Deulofeu comes on for Andre Gomes and Lucas Digne replaces Alba.

Suarez hits the deck inside the box after Navas comes sweeping through the back of him. Penalty? Nope the flag was already up for offside. It was a heavy landing for the former Liverpool forward who is gingerly walking away from that one.

A string of chances for Barcelona! Suarez shows quick feet to shuffle the ball into Roberto inside the box but his effort is kept out by Navas. He is onto the loose ball however and works it back to Messi who fires back towards goal. Navas makes the save, but spills it to Suarez who looks for the near corner with a stooping header, only to be denied by the post. Its not their night.

Something resembling a chance for Barcelona to report. Alba does well to dart past Carvajal and lift an inviting ball across goal which Roberto is stretching for, but he can't quite stretch enough and the ball bypasses him.

Kovacic's night is over, Casemiro is on for the final half an hour.

Benzema stings the palms of Ter-Stegen! Marcelo plays the ball inside to Asensio who lays it off first time for Benzema inside the box, The angle is tight, but he lashes it on goal anyway, forcing a decent stop out of the Barcelona goalkeeper.

Messi denied by the woodwork! For the first time all night, the Argentine manages to squirm his way through the Real backline, aiming for the roof of the net after cutting across Varane but it comes back off the underside of the cross bar.

First change of the game for Barcelona, Nelson Semedo comes on for Pique. The centre-half walks off gingerly so that might not be a tactical change from Valverde.

And we are back underway for the second half at the Bernabeu.

Half-time: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

(Real Madrid lead 5-1 on aggregate)

Too easy for Real Madrid, they are just looking so much quicker than Barcelona at the moment. Busquets loses possession, allowing Asensio to pounce and move the ball wide to Marcelo. He dribbles a ball across goal and Umtiti takes an age to get to it, with Benzema coming from around the back of him to get their first and ping a half volley home.

Goal! Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona (Karim Benzema, 38)

Modric, slightly more refreshed maybe after sitting out of the first leg on Sunday, is running the show at the moment. Barcelona cannot get near him.

Real denied by the post! Barcelona surrender possession far too easily and Kovacic is able to pick out Vazquez in a pocket of space in between the centre halves. He races into the move, moving the ball onto his left but can't quite bend it enough to get it inside the post.

Real are looking in the mood. Modric wins possession and quickly shuffles it on for Marcelo who clips a wonderful ball through for Vasquez who bears down on goal, dropping a few step overs as he tries to shake Pique. Support comes in the form of Kroos and Vazquez finds him, but the German scuffs his shot for once and fails to find the target.

Asensio takes aim again, but a block saves Barcelona. Their back three is undone again with Benzema creeping in behind, waiting for support inside the box. It arrives in the form of the Spaniard who hits a first time effort on goal but Pique is in the way.

Another stunner from Marco Asensio has opened the scoring tonight.

Marcos Asensio
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Barcelona try to press Real into a mistake at the back but the home side keep their cool, elegantly passing their way out from the back before Kovacic steps it up a gear and drives up field, freeing Marcelo out on the left. He advances menacingly down the inside channel and cuts a dangerous ball across the face of goal but none of his teammates have managed to keep up with him.

Asesnio glides up field again only for Roberto to step across and haul the youngster back out on the left flank. Appeals for a free kick are waved away and boos rain down from around the Bernabeu.

It took 10 minutes for Messi to get his first meaningful touch on the ball this evening but he is looking a little more lively now, weaving his way past a series of challenges before ushering the ball wide for Roberto. He returns the ball to the Argentine who jinks inside the box but Keylor Navas, showing no hesitation despite giving away that penalty on Sunday, is out snatch the ball from his feet.

A ball flicked over the top who finds Suarez just inside the box and smashes one towards goal on the volley, but it sails well over the bar.

Barcelona's back three looks very uncertain at the moment. Two of them stood off and watched as Asensio found the back of the net there. Real Madrid are pressing them at every occasion and they are struggling to deal with it,

Well, it wasn't quite in the top corner. Looking at the replay, Ter-Stegen should have perhaps done better with that.

Asensio has done it again! From 30 yards out, the 21-year-old receives the ball and Barcelona stand off him, giving him more than enough time to take the shot on, bending another superb effort into the top corner!

Goal! Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (Marco Asensio, 3)

Early chance for Real! Asensio peels into space down the left flank and is brilliantly picked out by Marcelo. He cuts the ball back precisely to Modric but Umtiti manages to hurl himself across the path of the shot and make a crucial block.

And Barcelona get us underway at the Bernabeu.

Barcelona
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Barcelona fans are in the house tonight but let's face it, they are in need of a minor miracle this evening.

Kick-off in five minutes.

Real Madrid fans were never likely to let Gerard Pique forget about his own goal on Sunday. But they had more ammunition to unload on the Spain international when he arrived in Madrid today.

AS report the centre-half was greeted with shouts of "se queda" as he left the team hotel - a reference to his "he stays" post on Instagram predicting the Brazil international would remain at the Nou Camp. Good work.

A good omen for Real Madrid tonight?

Looks like Ernesto Valverde will experiment with a back three of Gerard Pique, Javier Mascherano and Samuel Umtiti tonight with Jordi Alba and Sergio Roberto serving as wing backs.

Andre Gomes comes into that midfield and with Andres Iniesta missing out tonight due to injury, he sits in there alongside Ivan Rakitic and Sergio Bsquets. Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi start as a front two up front.

Zinedine Zidane makes three changes to the side that won at the Nou Camp three days ago. As expected, Luka Modric comes back into the starting XI but not to replace Mateo Kovačić. Instead, the two Croatians start together in midfield with Casemiro dropping to the bench.

Gareth Bale and Isco are also handed a rest with Lucas Vasquez and Marco Asensio, the latter who netted that tremendous strike in the last minute on Sunday, into the starting XI.

BREAKING: Gerard Deulofeu drops out of the Barcelona starting XI with Andre Gomes stepping in.

BREAKING: Gareth Bale and Isco both drop to the bench for Real Madrid, Lucas Vazquez and Marco Asensio start.

Real Madrid squad to face Real Madrid

Navas, Casilla, Luca, Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo, Theo, Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Asensio, Isco, Kovacic, Ceballos, Benzema, Bale, Lucas

Team news: Real Madrid

Isco has been named in Zinedine Zidane's last two starting XIs ahead of Ronaldo who has only recently returned to training following his delayed summer break. On Sunday, the Spaniard was deployed just behind the front two of Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, excelling in that role and leading Barcelona on a merry dance for much of the match.

With Ronaldo out of the equation, Zidane could opt for the same starting XI, although Luka Modric's availability once again following his suspension could prompt a change in the middle of the park. Marco Asensio, who bettered Ronaldo's strike on Sunday with one of his own, may also be pushing for a start.

Isco
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Barcelona 19-man squad to face Real Madrid

Ter Stegen, Cillessen, Semedo, Piqué, Rakitic, Sergio, Denis Suárez, Suárez, Messi, Mascherano, Deulofeu, Paco Alcácer, Jordi Alba, Digne, Sergi Roberto, André Gomes, Aleix Vidal, Umtiti and Aleña.

Team news: Barcelona

As mentioned, Andres Iniesta misses out this evening due to injury. The Barcelona skipper made the starting line-up in the first leg after being selected alongside Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic in midfield but was replaced in the second half by Sergi Roberto.

Barcelona confirmed today it's a muscle problem that is keeping the Spaniard out. Rafinha Alcantara and Thomas Vermaelen (shockingly) are also unavailable.

Andres Iniesta
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Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed perhaps one of the best footballing cameos in recent memory on Sunday night. Not necessarily for him, but for the rest of us watching on. In the space of 23 frenetic minutes, the reigning Ballon d'Or emerged from the Real Madrid bench to a chorus of boos before subsequently silenced said boos with a superb goal, whipping off his shirt in celebration, as one does.

Having shrugged off the yellow card thrown his way for stripping off, a minute later he burst through on goal before going down inside the Barcelona box. A penalty? Nope, a free kick for Barcelona for simulation, prompting Ronaldo's second yellow in the space of a minute. Ronaldo didn't take too kindly to a red card being flashed in his direction, giving referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea a push for daring to go against him.

The end result? A comfortable 3-1 win for Real but a five-game ban for Ronaldo. The 31-year-old did start from the bench on Sunday and in the European Super Cup win over Manchester United last week however, which bodes well for Zinedine Zidane's side seeing out a win tonight.

Barcelona have an absentee of their own to deal with tonight in the form of captain Andres Iniesta. We will have all your team news in full coming up shortly.