Real Madrid Stun Barcelona In Women's Clasico, VAR Controversy Mars Historic First Win

Real Madrid are now within touching distance of champions Barcelona in the Liga F table.

Real Madrid's women's team earned their first ever victory over Liga F champions Barcelona with a shock 3-1 away triumph on Sunday at the Olympic stadium. Pere Romeu's Barcelona remain top of the table, four points ahead of second place Madrid after losing their second league match this season under rain and hail before a crowd of nearly 36,000 fans. Barcelona have won the Spanish top flight five years running and last season lifted the quadruple.

However they have not hit the same heights so far in the current campaign, with a 46-game unbeaten streak in Liga F ended by Levante in February, as Barca suffered a first ever domestic defeat at their Johan Cruyff stadium.

"We're upset, like the day when we lost against Levante at home," said two-time Ballon d'Or winner and Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas.

"It's part of sport, losing, winning or drawing. You can never be certain of winning.

"Over the 90 minutes when the result is like this, we did something badly and they did something well so we have to correct that and continue."

Real Madrid's women's team began in 2020 after taking over CD Tacon, which was founded in 2014.