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Real Madrid Edge El Clasico Clash Against Barcelona Without Messi, Sergio Ramos

By Izuchukwu Okosi
Real Madrid claimed a priceless 2-1 win over Barcelona Sunday at Camp Nou in the latest installment of the El Clasico and without Lionel Messi as a player of Barca.

The match arguably the biggest fixture in European football has lost some its sheen following the departure of Messi to PSG as well as Sergio Ramos who is now his teammate in Paris.

Madrid scored first after 32 minutes through David Alaba as he was teed up by Rodrygo from a fast counter attack.

Vini Junior had lost a glorious chance to put his team ahead before the eventual opener.

Madrid grabbed their second through Lucas Vazquez in the 94th minute, seemingly putting the final nail in Barcelona’s coffin. Sergio Aguero then got a consolation in the 97th minute, his first goal for Barcelona.

The icobic game was the first to welcome fans in the stands since the Coronavirus outbreak.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.