This morning in the Spanish press, it was all about a certain Raphael Varane. The young French defender has  been magnificent in defense in the Clasico in Madrid and perfectly contained the offensive strike force of Barça. The icing on the cake: he scored the equalizer to give Madrid a draw. The former Lens player had the best game of his career. So naturally, the press made ​​its  headlines on the new ‘defensive rock’ of Real Madrid.

Author of an outstanding game yesterday against FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, Raphael Varane is the new star of Real Madrid. The French defender -19 years old- equalized for Real with ten minutes to go

Author of an outstanding game yesterday against FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, Raphael Varane is the new star of Real Madrid. The French defender (19 years old)  equalized for Real with ten minutes to  go(1-1), but his main exploit was to silence the four times FIFA Ballon d’Or winner, Leo Messi, throughout the game.

“This is my best game since I joined  Real Madrid,”  he says on the official website of the Casa Blanca. “This is not the best result, but the qualification is still possible. My teammates congratulated me. I know that I must continue to give the best of myself. “Didier Deschamps, who should announce the list of players selected to face Germany, has surely taken good notes of the former Lens player game.