Real Madrid ended the first half of the game against Barcelona with the lead thanks to an impressive effort by David Alaba, who also made history for himself in the first 45 minutes of the match.
Carlo Ancelotti's men had their good portion of good luck after watching Barcelona waste at least two clear chances to score, and when they had one themselves, they were able to make it count thanks to the Austrian footballer.
Alaba's contribution during the play that ended up with the team's first goal of the evening was something else, as he stole the ball away from Memphis Depay just outside Real Madrid's box. To top it all, he was on the receiving end of a pass by Rodrygo, who assisted him to give Los Blancos the lead.
Have a look at Real Madrid's first goal of the day (Image might be geo-restricted).
Alaba's first Real Madrid goal comes in El Clasico #ElClásicoESPN+ pic.twitter.com/dy350kLZng
— ESPN (@espn) October 24, 2021
This goal gave David Alaba a chance to join a couple of elite lists of scorers. First off, he joined some top-class strikers with his box-to-box effort at Camp Nou.
5 - David Alaba is the fifth player to score on his debut for @realmadrid in #ElClásico in all competitions in the 21st century, after Ronaldo Nazário in 2003, Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2006, Raphaël Varane and Jesé Rodríguez in 2013. Missile. pic.twitter.com/cDa0O7ojht
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) October 24, 2021
If that was not enough, he also became the first Austrian player to score a goal in El Clásico while being a member of Real Madrid's squad. Before today, only two Austrian footballers had scored a goal in such a game, but both of them played for Los Blaugranas, according to stats expert Mister Chip.