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Raphael Varane. This kid
needs to retire in this club, Real Madrid's
management would be a failure otherwise. Mourinho trusted him and the 19-year
old defender realized he had to stop Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona. He
succeeded.

Xabi Alonso's defensive
efforts helped him, and it's true that Arbeloa and Essien played a fairly
decent game as well, but he had to bare with a subpar performance from Ricardo
Carvalho, his partner in the defensive line. He even saved a terrible mistake
from the veteran Portuguese when the ball was ready to cross the goal line in
what would have been the first goal for Barcelona
even before the first half had concluded. It's frankly hard to believe Varane's
performance. If this is his true level, he will be the world's greatest
defender.

It was Varane the man who
kept Messi out of the game, but the French player also equalized with a
brilliant header in Madrid’s worst moment and
allowed Real Madrid
to walk away with a positive result considering suspensions and injuries.

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@naman: thanks!!

Random fact: Zidan was the one to find him and advise Mou and the club to sign him as soon as possible when he was 17. 

@zakzook : yeah it was ... thanks :)

@raimondo : yeah I wrote that too ... thx for mentioning it again :)