The Catalan side took advantage
of slack defending and scored the
opener in the second-half
courtesy of Fabregas' well-taken
finish past Diego Lopez, before
Varane equalised in the 83rd minute. The Blaugrana's goalscorer feels
they could have added to their
tally, but refused to be drawn
into commenting on who were
now favourites to secure a place
in the final. "The result could have been
better for us," the former
Arsenal captain told AS. "In a derby anything can happen.
We are fine with the result and
now we must concentrate on the
league. We achieved a good result
and think we will cope in the
home leg." Fabregas also commented on his
side's poor start to the game,
which saw Cristiano Ronaldo come
close to scoring from a free-kick
in the opening minutes. He added: "As always derbies are
very intense. In the first few
minutes we were distant with the
ball and did not compete, but
after that we held on to it well." Barcelona's assistant manager
Jordi Roura, who led the team in
the absence of Tito Vilanova, also
bemoaned his players' lack of
cutting edge, but maintained the
draw was a decent result. "We had a lot of chances to
increase our lead, but a draw at
the Bernabeu is always a good
result," the 45-year-old told
reporters. "People were saying Madrid were
missing lots of players, but they
have a very good squad. Those
that played showed why they are
at Madrid." The second leg of the two sides'
Copa del Rey semi-final is at Camp
Nou on February 26.
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