Barcelona, Real draw in Clasico semi-final

Barcelona drew 1-1 with Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey first leg semi-final at the Camp Nou.

Real took the lead on six minutes when Vinicius crossed from the left, Karim Benzema kept the ball in play and set-up Lucas Vazquez who ghosted in front of Clement Lenglet to make it 1-0.

Barcelona had started with Lionel Messi on the bench and it was while he was warming up that his replacement Malcom scored the equaliser in the 57th.

Keylor Navas charged out of his goal to close down Jordi Alba and when Luis Suarez shot the loose ball on to the post it ran out to Malcom and he scored into the empty net with Navas still scrambling back.

Messi came on for the last half an hour but could not force a Barcelona winner.

"We deserved the draw for the way we played in the second half," said Sergio Busquets.

Navas said: "We both had chances to win the game. A draw is a fair result. We hopefully our away goal will count over the two legs."

The second leg will take place on February 27. Real Betis host Valencia in the other semi-final first leg on Thursday.