Football: Abidal gives Barca high hand
Eric Abidal celebrates similar to his goal safe a 2-1 victory pro Barcelona concluded Real Madrid fashionable the Spanish Cup.STORY HIGHLIGHTSBarcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 inwards their Spanish Cup quarterfinal originally prop tieFrench defender strikes 13 minutes from instance in the function of holders suffer defeat on household stadiumCristiano Ronaldo had known Real the main previous to Carles Puyol equalizedMilan beat Novara to progress into the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup A belatedly goal from Eric Abidal gave Barcelona a 2-1 comeback victory inwards the originally prop of their Spanish Cup quarterfinal clash with arch rivals Real Madrid.The French defender scored the certain goal popular the match acknowledged to the same degree El Clasico next to Reals Bernabeu stadium taking into consideration Barcelona captain Carles Puyol had canceled ready Cristiano Ronaldos starter.It resources Barcelona are favorites to progress into the final four of the competition and eliminate the holders after the two contest the support strut after that Wednesday.later a cagey opening, here which Barcelona dominated possession, Real took the be in charge of with their originator meaningful attack on 11 minutes.Karim Benzemas pass found Ronaldo scampering through the medium, and the Portuguese presumptuous stepped gone Gerard temper beforehand firing away from Barca keeper multicolored.