El Clasico: Jordi Alba gave Real fans one finger salute, Valdes arrested for punching ref

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Jordi Alba gave Real Madrid fans the finger while celebrating Leo Messi’s goal
In the second Clasico of the last five days, Real Madrid picked up right where they left off in their 3-1 second-leg win at Barcelona on Tuesday to advance to the Copa del Rey final. Karim Benzema opened the decidedly less important La Liga edition with a goal in the sixth minute, but Lionel Messi was able to snap his inexcusable streak of one whole match without a goal by scoring in the 18th minute. (UPDATE: Real Madrid won 2-1 with an 82nd minute goal from Sergio Ramos.)

As Barcelona celebrated the equalizer, Jordi Alba was caught giving the Bernabeu what looked like a middle finger salute.

After the match, Alba denied making any gesture to the Madrid fans.

FIRST ANGLE

LOOKS LIKE AN INDEX FINGER TO ME

Valdes arrest claims are false; came from fake Twitter account
Reports that Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes was arrested after punching referee Miguel Angel Perez Lasa are false.

The story emerged this afternoon from a Spanish journalist working for Cadena SER – but it has now emerged that the Twitter account is a fake.

The Blaugrana shot-stopper was said to have hit the official inside the changing rooms at Santiago Bernabeu, before being taken away by police.