Soccer-Real earn first victory in women's El Clasico after 18 losses to Barcelona


(Reuters) - Real Madrid tasted their first ever victory in the women's El Clasico on Sunday, beating Barcelona 3-1 in a Liga F clash to end a streak of 18 straight losses to their arch-rivals.

Caroline Weir scored in the 87th minute and again deep into added time to snatch victory for the visitors at the Olympic Stadium, after Caroline Graham Hansen's strike in the 67th minute had cancelled out Real's first-half lead from an Alba Redondo goal.

The loss ended Barcelona's 10-match winning streak in all competitions, as Real avenged their 5-0 crushing by the Catalan side in the Spanish Women's Super Cup final in January.

Second-placed Real are now four points below defending champions Barcelona in the league table, with seven matches to go.

Barcelona, who are also defending their Champions League title, have a 4-1 advantage as they go into the second leg of their quarter-final tie with Wolfsburg on Thursday.

Real Madrid visit Arsenal in the second leg of the quarter-finals on Wednesday, having won 2-0 last week.

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; editing by Clare Fallon)

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