The first bit of controversy in the Clásico came right at the end of the first half.
Cristiano Ronaldo was slightly forward of Rakitic when he slipped the ball on to Bale before his disallowed goal. Bale was onside when Cristiano Ronaldo flicked on Karim Benzema’s centre, but the linesman correctly disallowed the move as Ronaldo was a little bit ahead of the last player in the line of the Barcelona defence, Rakitic.
