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El Clasico: Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona as Mbappe and Bellingham score amid penalty controversy and late clashes

This extended highlights video covers Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Barcelona on October 26, 2025, with commentary focused on Madrid's revenge motive, the risk of Barcelona's high line and several controversial refereeing calls. Madrid took the lead twice and held on, while Barcelona were left to rue a self-inflicted equalizer, Pedri's red card and chaotic scenes at the end.

Watch the extended highlights from Real Madrid’s 2-1 win over Barcelona in their first El Clasico match of the 2025-26 LALIGA season. Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham scored for Real Madrid while Fermín López scored for Barcelona. Sunday, the 265th ElClasico airs on ABC for the 1st time! ⚽️ 3p ET | Pregame | ABC, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes ⚽️ 4p ET | FCBarcelona vs RealMadrid at Spotify Camp Nou in Barcelona ✔️ Subscribe to ESPN Unlimited: https://plus.espn.com/ ESPN ESPNFC

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Well, four times they met last season and four times Barcelona won. They haven't won five in a row since the pomp of Lionel Messi and Xavi and Iniesta and Busquets between 2008 and 2010. So, Real Madrid really do have a score to settle today quite apart from the positions in the league table. In those four meetings last season, Barcelona hit 16 goals against Real Madrid's seven. The four meetings average nearly six goals a game. Incredible, really. For the neutrals, huge entertainment and of course we hope that is the case again here. >> What a place to play football. >> Where you can reach out and feel this atmosphere, I'm sure. Real Madrid today making two changes from their midweek win in the Champions League over Juventus. The slight surprise is a place in midfield for Eduardo Camavinga. Dean Houston is fit again and comes back into the defense. So, Brahim and Asensio drop out. Kylian Mbappé with 11 goals in eight matches in his career against Barcelona. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dani Carvajal, who've been out recently with injury, they are both available from the bench today. This is the Barcelona team and in-form Marcus Rashford appears in his first clásico today for Barcelona. Into the team come Frenkie de Jong, who was rested in midweek, and a fit again Ferran Torres. But, Barcelona do have a long injury list that could be important. No Lewandowski, no Raphinha, no Dani Olmo, no Gabby. >> No, just me pumping up at all and Lamine Yamal saying things and celebrating doing the Kylian Mbappé celebration when they won last year. And of course Barcelona winning La Liga There's a lot on it today. >> Real Madrid of course in their traditional all white Los Blancos. Barcelona two points behind them in the La Liga title. Barcelona defending the crown, but nobody's done that successfully for the last 6 years in Spain. They seem to take it in turns to win it. Frenkie de Jong with the early header. One thing to watch for with Barcelona is this high line defense of theirs, but they're on the front foot here with Fermín López who got a hat-trick in midweek against Olympiacos in the Champions League. Good work by Carreras there. He's got a job on his hands with Lamine Yamal giving it straight away to Pedri. >> I mean that's two big mistakes already. >> Rashford off the outside of the boot. He got a couple in the week as well and he's so looking forward to appearing in this massive match. >> Yeah, another huge mistake from Dean Huijsen. That's two. He came running forward and missed the ball. He's just give one away there. Falls to Rashford, gets the shot off. Militão blocks. Sloppy start from the center defender who's come back in. >> Here comes the Barcelona corner looking for the flick on. Punch was a good one by Courtois. And here's Fede Valverde for Real Madrid. Into Vinícius and there's plenty on here. They can't quite get it right. >> He should have got it right here. That's a simple ball for him. >> Here's Vinícius Júnior cutting in. AND IS HE FOULED THERE? LOOKED LIKE IT. PENALTY. REAL MADRID EARLY ON. THE DRAMA starts already and it was Lamine Yamal who did it. >> Extraordinary challenge from Lamine Yamal. Extraordinary. I'll wait for the replay. Vini Jr. holds his run up. Tries to put him in that space, doesn't get there. >> Was Vinicius offside in the build-up? There might be a question here before that happened. There's no doubt about that being a penalty. >> Yeah, he doesn't get the ball. Vinicius Junior kicks into his foot and it's a penalty. Referee's not going to change his mind or VAR certainly shouldn't. >> Not on that. But I just wonder when Vinicius got the ball earlier on in the move, whether he was in an offside position, which will be checked. >> Yeah, looked very tight. I thought he was just on actually. >> Judging. >> So he's offside there even with the lines of the pitch. It's just whether he's leaning forwards. His shot is that left shoulder of his. But Lamine Yamal doesn't get anything of the ball. >> Has Lamine Yamal played the ball first? >> No, he hasn't cuz you can see the other angle, he hasn't. >> That's what they've got to decide. >> It's what a strange angle. >> Well, there's never any shortage of talking points in this game and it is not going to be a penalty kick. He's decided that he got a touch on the ball before the contact. >> That's extraordinary, that. That's the only angle the referee was given. I'm amazed. >> The VAR Javier Viana Nueva has clearly been in the ears of the referee. That's what he thought he saw. Real Madrid have won 11 of their 12 matches in all competitions this season, but the slip-up was in their biggest game of the season so far, and they were hammered 5-2 by their Madrid rivals Atletico, which did pose a lot of problems about their defending. Pedri to switch the play to Balde. Now, here's Marcus Rashford. Into Torres. Rashford again bursting through that gap, or trying to Real just managed to shut the door on him. Eric Garcia. Yeah, the flag does go up in the end. It looked offside. >> Yeah, he just played it a bit late, actually. Eric Garcia made a decent run. Balde, just slow. See, he makes the run. Should have went there. He has another little stutter, and then by the time he does it, it's too late. Can't hold his run. Yeah, and rightly so, cuz he's probably the best teenager in the world. >> Rashford inside to Ferran Torres, who's playing the Lewandowski role today, back after injury to South. Lamine Yamal looking to bend one. Seen that, haven't we, uh, few hundred times already in his embryonic career. >> And sort of first game of the season, didn't we, in the way at Mallorca, cutting in onto his left foot, slightly different angle, trying to bend it into that far corner. >> That's a big match-up today, him against Careras, playing his first classico for Real Madrid who had a well, frankly, bit of a nightmare against Atletico. Needs to step up on that. Referee says play on. De Jong and then Pedri can control the match in that midfield area if Real aren't careful. >> And then Real Madrid not pressing the ball here, and just getting back in the shape, trying to be defensively strong. >> Through by Fermin Lopez. Couldn't quite pick up Torres' run. It's that possession football we've seen so much from Barcelona teams down the years. They have scored in their last 48 matches. In fact, every game. >> Yeah, 2025. >> Yeah. Well, they'll score today, won't they? I don't think there's any question about that. Real Madrid will score as well. It's just who scores more than each other, that's the ONLY THING. >> MBAPPE! WOAH! HOW ABOUT THAT? HE ONLY NEEDED A SPLIT SECOND. The master marksman. >> And a simple turnover like that falls for Mbappe. It's just whether he's offside, whether it's a Real Madrid kick, or whether it's a Fermin Lopez one. Tight enough. Falls from Tchouameni out of position. Really good connection on the outside of the right foot, just spinning away from the goal. Goalkeeper slices across it, lovely finish. >> He's just not missing, is he? >> No. >> This season. Look at Xabi Alonso there who scored in this fixture himself way back in 2011. They are just having to check it, of course. >> offside. It was very tight. There we go. Oh, no. Offside. >> It's offside, so Real Madrid have been denied what they thought was a penalty kick and now a Kylian Mbappé goal. >> That's where we are. >> Koundé with a little flick on. Towards López now then. Lamine Yamal, but just bounced away from him and Éder Militão was able to do the rest. >> Dean Huijsen picture. >> Cubarsí to get it away, not very well. Sloppy pass which Guerreros was able to pick up. Picked up by Vinícius. Real definitely having the best of the early argument. They have won their last 10 home games here at the Bernabéu. >> Here we go in. Fermín López, it's >> Oh, it was a hair's breadth, wasn't it? >> There you go. There you go. Look at that. >> Wow. Needs to wear a smaller size of boot. >> I mean, I'd like to see I'd like to see that again. It must have been a millimeter. >> Yeah. Very, very tight. Ooh. It's uh dicing with danger. Guler wanted that, didn't get it. Hasn't been able to really get into the game as yet the playmaker. And Eduardo Camavinga to Bellingham. >> ON MBAPPE'S IN BEHIND HERE. And yes, HE MAKES IT COUNT AGAIN. UNSTOPPABLE. Kylian Mbappe, give him a chance, he's going to take it. Of course they're going to look at this one again as well. Let's check it. >> You see goes into Jude and you see Kylian Mbappe there. There's his run. I mean, looks onside. Balde looks as if he's playing him onside. And once he gets in that position one-on-one with the goalkeeper, he is definitely not missing there. >> For club and country, if this counts, it's his 19th of the season. >> Yeah, I think this one will be all right. This one will be okay. >> Everybody 75,000 fans are out of their seats. It stands. It's 1-0. And Mbappe now incredibly in his last 27 games for club and country has 32 goals. Well, he's like Erling Haaland, isn't he, and Harry Kane at the moment. Everything's going in. Can Barcelona bite back from that? Real Madrid there. >> Now yellow card for Fede Valverde. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it was a yellow card. Camavinga thought he was fouled. But either way, Fede Valverde was bringing down Marcus Rashford. You you there, nowhere near the ball. >> Kick the floor. That one is on time and time and time again. >> I mean, he's a dangerous bloke, isn't he, to be playing a high line against Mbappé? >> incredibly dangerous. >> Remember the first clásico he played in? He was caught offside eight times in the first half alone, but uh he's learned from that. >> Yeah, that looked offside, actually, that one. >> Here he is again. >> But of course, even if he was offside, because it goes out for a corner, nobody looks at it. See if he goes early here. Yeah, it's tight again. At least his timing of his runs is much better than last year. >> No big trophy for Real Madrid last season. That hurt. Barcelona won three. La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Spanish Super Cup. Here comes the corner kick, which goes a long way. TCHOUAMéNI HOUSSEM'S IN THERE AND NEARLY SCORES. Took a big save in the end from Szczesny. >> Yeah, lovely ball by Tchouaméni. I thought Houssem was just going to flick it back across to Militão. Just out of his reach, so he could poke it forwards. Sharp save, actually, by the keeper. Szczesny gets his punch to that one. >> Loose again, really. That time from Lamine Yamal. Real Madrid at the moment look like a team who would tackle any bits of paper that happened to just float across the pitch. They're that fired up for some revenge on Barca. >> Need an injection of tempo Barcelona. You're right here and it's all a bit side to side, isn't it, at the moment? >> GARCIA INSIDE. TORRES! BIG CHANCE not taken. Didn't really hit it. >> Side foots it. Trying to beat Thibaut Courtois. You need to be better than that to beat the big Belgian. >> Here's Torres again. >> Quite quick fade. He wanted a free kick. He wasn't going to get one. >> This Camavinga who's playing that role specially invented for him for this game out towards the right hand side. Usually a central midfield player, but occasionally a left back. >> Jude, never put Killian in. >> Mbappe's in again here. Might have been tight Vinicius. >> I think he thinks he was offside. Mbappe just needed to wait. He never put That's why >> It's just how close and tight a rivalry this has been and usually an enjoyable one. Asensio who was who played that one forward. It's Vinicius Junior who's having a good game today and then Carvajal CUTTING THIS ONE BACK AND IT WAS another opportunity. This time Jude Bellingham. Good football. >> Yeah, he didn't catch all of it Jude. Nice ball by Carvajal. Just on his left foot just doesn't generate the power. Fairly simple. >> Torres is little play back towards Fermin. Lopez who's hustled out of it. Can't get in the game really. Here's Arda Guler the young Turkish player who's playing a big role this season. Lost out there though. This could be a problem. CUT BACK AND THERE'S THE EQUALIZER. FERMIN LOPEZ STRIKES AGAIN AFTER HIS HAT-TRICK IN MIDWEEK AND Barca are level. >> And it's easy to make his mind up. Stolen by Pedri, touched by Rashford into Balde, back to Rashford on a plate for Fermin Lopez, another assist for the Englishman. Really nice finish by Fermin Lopez, but that as you rightly said, Ian, self-inflicted by Arda Guler. >> Important little punch by Szczesny. Yamal inside there. Breaks on here. Lopez again. Pedri towards Torres, couldn't quite find him, but they were outnumbered there, the Real defenders. >> Yeah. From a Real Madrid corner. They're They're outnumbered. That's a lovely little flick by Pedri. Camavinga does really well, actually. >> Looking for the NEAR POST. FLICK ON. And it nearly found its way past Courtois. >> That was Dean Huijsen, I think, with a miraculous save. >> Look at Vinicius here. He's held back there by Pedri, who's definitely going in the book for that. >> Yeah. >> Real Madrid having bossed the early stages, they've got to go and try and win this game again. Vinicius gets to the byline, can't quite cut it back. Still in play, MIND YOU. HUIJSEN'S OUT NOW. IT'S TURNED IN. >> JUDE BELLINGHAM >> JUDE BELLINGHAM ON THE BACK post and REAL MADRID ARE BACK in front. Just attacks Kounde, too quick for him. Floats it up. Look at this header by Militão. Doesn't give it up. Heads it back into a really dangerous area. Araujo misses it. And Jude Bellingham's eyes must have lit up. What a gift. What a gift. Thank you very much. Two-yard tap-in to take the lead. >> They normally did warm up as a group. Keep an eye on that one for you. Vinícius again. He's in the mood today, all right. Güler to help it forward. Mbappé's there again. GüLER'S THERE AGAIN. MBAPPé'S THERE AGAIN. AND IT'S 3-1. BUT THE FLAG'S UP. THE FLAG'S UP. And yet again, it looks like Real are going to be foiled. >> Yeah, is it the Arda Güler pass to Kylian Mbappé? Oh, no, that's onside. Thoughts on that one. Bellingham shot. Szczęsny save. Falls back to Kylian, who's in an offside position. >> Carvajal has missed the last four matches played. It's out towards Torres. His scoring record is good and probably underrated. De Jong trying to dance his way through. There was no pathway. Camavinga >> Got numbers up here in Madrid. >> Vinícius Great stuff. Beats Kounde easily. Looking to bend one for the far post. That was the idea. Didn't quite pull it off. And somewhere amid all of that, the half-time whistle goes. What a half of football it was. Real Madrid scored two goals. >> France Balde, who's done well. Those two emerging against the odds with the ball down this left-hand side. It's Rashford. Thought about the shot for a moment. Lopez! >> I don't think the ball did go out. Some of the Real Madrid players gave up. >> He's really enjoying that central role. Here he is again now. He's got a goal or two in him as well. It's nice football ball this. Vinicius off the outside of the boot. He loves doing that. >> It's trying to fizz it in there off Kounde's foot. Nearly. >> Rashford's lost out to Camavinga who did well. Bellingham's picked it up now. Threat here from Real Madrid. It'll be a corner kick. >> I imagine Bellingham thought it came off Eric Garcia's arm. >> Yeah, it couldn't have been handball that, could it? >> No. From that close range. >> No, it took a couple of deflections. Off Jude and then back onto his arm. >> Yeah. Which was in a slightly unnatural position. It's all in slow motion, isn't it? >> That's correct. Oh, please no. >> From that range. >> Please no. >> There was no hint of that being a deliberate handball. >> Of course. >> However, >> bounces off Jude Bellingham and bounces back onto him. Of course it's not handball. If they get involved in this >> with no skin in the game at all, neutral commentator, this would be a form of madness if this is called as a penalty kick. But you know what? It's going to be. Up against Szczesny. OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT A SAVE! WHAT A BRILLIANT SAVE from Szczesny! And maybe that was poetic justice. Very busy day for Javier Villanueva, the VAR official, who to my way of thinking should have stayed out of that. And supporters will say there's no way it should have been a penalty kick. On we go. Fermin. It's a good run from him. And he goes on and on and on and then hits it straight at the goalkeeper. Been in the team since he was 15. 18 now. >> Oof. Well, that was a foul. >> That was a hefty challenge. And Lamine Yamal and a card for Dean Huijsen. >> Smashes right into the first Smashes right into >> Takes the ball and then the man. Remember when he was at Manchester City as a youngster, they really did rave about him. Mbappe plays it wide. Vinicius, curling one. You wonder where that was ending up, but it was quite a way wide in the end. >> Yeah, you're right. He was a bit flat, a bit straight. It's the way he wants to use Kounde's body to disguise the shot, but no bend on it at all. >> Huijsen fell over, but picked his pass anyway to Valverde. And Brahim Diaz looked offside. Flag stays down for the moment though. AND BELLINGHAM'S IN HERE AND SCORES BRILLIANTLY. BUT THE FLAG NOW DOES go up to deny him. >> I think the players realized ball from Huijsen. They all went early. I mean, the high line does too well this time around. I mean, whether it's Kounde on the far side, it was a little A close, but I think he was offside. >> Played up there in the week, didn't he? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And he can play as a center forward, can't he, Marcus? >> I think Hansi Flick quite likes him. >> As a number nine, though. >> He usually is used on the left-hand side these days. Oh, it's a lovely ball in. It took some intercepting. And then the flag goes up. Offside, anyway. >> Dani Carvajal's first touch of the game. Didn't look offside, actually. See here. Oh, yeah, just, yeah. Good line, actually, by the VAR side. Lovely touch. >> Mbappe's in again here. Just him. >> Ah. >> And even the angle was a little too tight even for his talent. >> always a no that on his left foot. From that angle, could he have just sliced it across the penalty area? See Brahim Díaz at the top of your shot there. I know it was hard, but >> Every wide for Balde. Swedish player's cross is not a problem for Alisson. Nobody in any hurry to really get forward for Real Madrid. Then Brahim Díaz is going to give it a try. He's the only one. It's him against the Barcelona defense. Everybody else making sure that they're keeping nice and tight. Ceballos fed it wide. And Rodrigo! >> Real Madrid have still had the better chances, I think. That was a really good chance, Rodrigo. Goes inside Conte really easily, but fluffs his lines really. Straight at Szczesny. >> Long run in the team when Balde was injured. Camavinga has got over that cramp. >> Well, thank you very much. >> Yeah, that's exactly what they want. >> Yeah, Pedri fell for that one this time. Shows you even the most experienced, even the best just fell for it. Doesn't need to have a nibble, does he, at all? And they will take their time now, Real Madrid. 2 minutes left. They'll probably take the 2 minutes and hit and miss. Rodrygo lining this up. He needed saving. >> Even better. Corner. >> Yeah. Which will eat away a lot more time and we're down to well, coming up to 98 >> Yeah, I don't know why >> minutes, so >> I don't know why Dani Ceballos is taking his time. Now he's slowed down for the corner, rightly so. >> Yes, certainly. >> They go short, Barcelona, which is unusual. >> It's in the DNA, isn't it, to do that almost? Pedri to bring it away. Last chance for Barcelona. Surely the last attack. He's overrun it. >> That's a foul. >> It's cleared. >> Could we get him sent off as well, Ian? There we go. >> Yeah, second Pedri gets the second yellow and is sent off and faces a ban as well. And a bad day just got a lot worse for Barcelona. >> Yeah, well, I think