Carles Puyol Saforcada

The Spanish legend handed over the first ticket to the 1911 Mohun Bagan captain's descendant.

The former Barcelona captain retired from the game in 2014 after he and Lionel Messi shared six league titles and three Champions League crowns with the Catalan side.

The announcement by the iconic 36-year-old came about an hour after Barcelona announced it had sacked its football director Andoni Zubizarreta who was under contract with the club until 2016.

The 35-year-old has been dogged by injury problems over the last couple of seasons and has only featured four times in the last three months.

Barcelona say Carles Puyol won't travel after picking up a knee injury while Dani Alves is sidelined due to pain in his right leg.

Goals from Neymar and Alexis Sanchez had put Barca 2-0 ahead before youngster Jese Rodriguez netted a late consolation for Madrid.

Neymar gave the hosts a deserved lead with a neat finish from a narrow angle on 19 minutes before Alexis Sanchez sealed the points 12 minutes from time with a delightful chip over Diego Lopez.

Barcelona dropped their first points of the season with a 0-0 away at Osasuna last weekend and were then held 1-1 by AC Milan at the San Siro on Tuesday. Madrid took advantage of that rare slip-up by their rivals with a 2-0 win over Malaga.

Osasuna stood firm to prevent Barca scoring in the league for the first time since January 2012.

Moyes's delayed arrival from Everton meant the only major signing United made during the last transfer window was Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini from his old club. United failed in their attempts to bring Spain Under-21 captain Thiago Alcantara and midfielders Cesc Fabregas, Ander Herrera and Daniele de Rossi to Old Trafford.

A scan by Bayern Munich's team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt confirmed the need for an operation on Thiago Alcantara's right ankle and recuperation for up to seven weeks.

The 29-year-old, who scored Bayern's winning goal in May's Champions League final against Dortmund, only returned to the starting line-up last season after injury to Toni Kroos, but the he said competition for places is a healthy thing in the Bayern ranks.

Munich coach Pep Guardiola gave Goetze 30 minutes off the bench in a friendly at Hungarian champions FC Gyor.

Barcelona are known to be in the market for a ball playing central defender as back up to their ageing and increasingly injury-prone captain Carles Puyol.

Bayern showed plenty of attacking intent without reward in an evenly matched first half as Arjen Robben, Thiago Alcantra and Mario Mandzukic were kept at bay by Dortmund's defence. At the restart Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp made a straight switch in midfield, Sven Bender replaced by Sebastian Kehl.

Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes has been replaced by ex-Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola, Spain under-21 captain Thiago Alcantara has been recruited from the Camp Nou and Germany midfield star Mario Goetze has joined from Dortmund. Dortmund have also rung the changes by signing attacking midfielders.

Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes has been replaced by ex-Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola, Spain under-21 captain Thiago Alcantara has been recruited from the Camp Nou and Germany midfield star Mario Goetze has joined from Dortmund.

Vilanova's sudden departure - due to cancer treatment - has left Barca without a coach less than a month before they are due to begin the defence of their Spanish title.