New Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente made wholesale changes in his first squad selection since replacing Luis Enrique as head coach of the 2010 world champions.
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Benzema, 33, has become the latest player to sign a contract at the Bernabeu following extensions Thibaut Courtois, Luka Modric, Lucas Vazquez, Nacho Fernandez and Dani Carvajal in recent months.
Barca had a half-chance inside the first four minutes when Jordi Alba volleyed a brilliant pass into the path of Luis Suarez inside the Madrid box, but the Uruguay international just could not make contact.
The Juventus star revealed that his overhead kick for Real Madrid against his current side in April 2018 is his pick for his favourite goal ever, but it does not compare to being with his current partner
The hosts took a three-goal lead by halftime but conceded twice in a shoddy second-half display, which left them clinging on for all three points at the Santiago Bernabeau.
As Real Madrid’s injury crisis deepens, defender Nacho Fernandez will miss two months and midfielder Casemiro around three weeks, reports in Spain indicated on Monday.
The 23-year-old was voted the Red Devils’ Player of the Month for August after impressing during a rare run of games under boss Jose Mourinho.
It was the European champions’ first league game in the post Cristiano Ronaldo era, and they rose to the occasion
Real Madrid needed just three minutes to make the breakthrough as Ronaldo expertly poked a low Isco cross into the far corner of the net to become the first player ever to score in 10 Champions League matches in a row
Former FC Barcelona player, Neymar, PSG’s 222 million euro ($263 million) world record signing, will line up against Madrid on the left, but right back Carvajal is suspended for the game.
UEFA said on Tuesday it would uphold the decision to suspend defender Dani Carvajal for deliberately picking up a booking.
But Real Madrid pulled themselves level in the 36th minute when Lucas Vazquez tapped in from close range after Levante goalkeeper, Raul Fernandez could only parry a header from Sergio Ramos.