Lionel Messi settled El Clasico in incredible style with a late, late winner against Real Madrid. Lionel Messi settled El Clasico in incredible style with a late, late winner against Real Madrid. Lionel Messi delivered a sensational display to hand Barcelona a 3-2 win against Real Madrid on Sunday, in one of the most entertaining Clasicos in years. Real Madrid were three points ahead of their rivals atop La Liga with one game in hand, but Zinedine Zidane still wheeled out his big guns in an attacking 4-3-3, and was rewarded when Casemiro hit the opener. But Barca had Messi who, in Neymar's absence, was handed a free role behind the strikers in a 4-3-1-2.