Rashford ends 14-year El Clasico free-kick drought with first since Messi

[p]The England international smashed his effort towards the top left corner of the goal, leaving Thibaut Courtois absolutely no chance to give the Catalans a ninth-minute lead.[/p][p][b]With that, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rashford-marcus/COnT2Lh0/"]Rashford[/a] becomes the first [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] player to score directly from a set-piece in the fixture since [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/messi-lionel/vgOOdZbd/"]Lionel Messi[/a] in October 2012.[/b][/p][embed guid="62933bab-3027-4cbe-bc5d-d96e556a0f85" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2053559245585432751" social-type="twitter" /][p]Ferran Torres doubled Blaugrana’s lead in the 18th minute as the Camp Nou giants [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=tKPjjLJt"]moved closer to winning a 29th Spanish top-flight title.[/a][/p][p]Rashford’s effort was his eighth goal of the 2025/26 campaign, with his last strike coming in Barcelona’s 2-0 win at Getafe.[/p]