FC Barcelona and Real Madrid played one of the season's most anticipated games on Saturday, resulting in a deceptive 1-1 draw. Barcelona failed to take advantage of its complete domination of the pitch; it bungled more than a dozen occasions before the goal defended by Iker Casillas, who was the most valuable player, blocking several Barça shots on goal that many other keepers would have been beaten by. Barça seems to be wasting too much time putting together intricate passing plays and not enough driving directly at the goal. During the first half, Van Bommel was fouled in the area and Ronaldinho converted the penalty for 1-0. Roberto Carlos, five minutes later, insulted the referee's ancestors and got himself red-carded. With ten men, Madrid managed to put together a counterattack, its only move of the match toward the Barça goal, and Ronaldo showed his old form as he drove home the ball for 1-1. Both before and after halftime, Barcelona had Madrid back in its own area repeatedly, but could not capitalize. In its last two games, Barça has scored only one goal. More than one might be necessary against Benfica. In other matches,Mallorca and Espanyol drew 0-0, Real Sociedad beat Malaga 3-0.