THE Real Madrid prevailed upon her Barcelona with 2-1 and reversal in “Louis Conpans,” for her 11th matchday of this year’s Primera Division, in a “satisfying” game.
The “Blaugrana” took the lead just at 7′with its maiden goal Gintoganwhile they saw the beams to deprive them of the 2-0, both in his shot Lopez in the 17th minute, as well as in his header Martinez in the 51st minute…
However… they were calculating without him Bellinghamwho after the Champions League and La Liga, scored on his debut and in a clasico, initially equalizing in 68′while with a second “hit” at second minute of stoppage time“signed” the final 2-1.
With this result, Real reached 28 points and caught it Girona in peak of the standings, while Barcelona remained at Third Placewith 24 points.
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Barcelona lined up having formation the 4-3-3, Ter Stegen in goal and Araujo, Christensen, Martinez and Balde at the back. Gavi, Guidogan and Lopez were the inside midfielders, with Cancelo-Joao Felix on the wings and Torres at the top of the attack.
THE Real Madrid on the other hand it “went down” with a system 4-1-3-2 and Kepa under the goalposts. Carvajal, Riedinger, Alaba and Mendy formed the four in defense and Tswameni was the “cutter” in front of them. Valverde, Bellingham and Kroos made up the treble on the axis. With Vinicius and Rodrigo being the attacking duo.
The match:
Barcelona was lucky to take the lead with… a goal from the locker room, a “courtesy” of their opponent. Because of a wrong turn by Tswameni and bad chasing of the ball by Alaba, Gintogan took the counterattack and with a dream position in the four-four with Kepa, he achieved 1-0 in just 7′!
With the momentum in their favor, the “Blaugrana” were the ones who even came close to a second goal, in the 16th minute. When Xavi stole from Kroos, probably with a foul, for the ball to reach Lopez whose shot from inside left was stopped by Kepa’s right post…
From that point on, Real balanced the game, increasing their pressure up the pitch and looking to equalize, with good ball movement and patience. However, they found a well-organized defense against them, with Barcelona controlling the pace and not allowing them to make any phases.
In fact, the only time the “white queen” managed to step into the area, in the 38th minute, was unlucky since it was Carvajal who found himself in a shooting position, from a difficult angle of course, only to miss.
With the hosts having the last phase of the first half, in which they protested for a penalty by Tsoameni on Araujo, in a corner kick in stoppage time.
Real appeared improved in the second half, where they threatened first with Vinicius, in fact, in the 47th minute, but it was Barcelona who found themselves a breather from 2-0, four minutes later…
When from a “sweet” filling by Lopez, he headed it, but the ball stopped at the left post of the home goal, while in the restart, Kepa impressively blocked Araújo’s shot in the corner!
The Catalans continued to not feel much pressure in their frames, they saw Cancelo make a very nice individual effort in the 65th minute but then… they faded.
Which resulted in the visitors not only “staying alive” in the derby, but, finally, reaching a great victory with an upset!
With Tswameni “warning” at 68′forcing Ter Stegen into a great intervention and Bellingham to send the ball into the opponent’s net in the development of the phase, for 1-1!
JUDE BELLINGHAM HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!! pic.twitter.com/EgQ3Lp0F6x
— TC (@totalcristiano) October 28, 2023
Having the psychology with them now, but also with Carlo Ancelotti’s changes playing an active role, Real got the upper hand and had a good moment for 1-2 in the 87th minute, but Joselu… put them at sea.
On the contrary, in second minute of stoppage timeBellingham did not do the same, scoring with a set piece after countering the ball to Modric, shaping the final score at the same time!
JUDE BELLINGHAM WHAT A GOAL! ?? pic.twitter.com/GDVzJDx69J
— TC (@totalcristiano) October 28, 2023
MVP: Jude Bellingham has taken Real Madrid by the… hand, until now. Something that was also confirmed in the Montjuic derby today, with the English central midfielder scoring two more goals. Thus reaching 13 in… the same number of matches with the “merenches” jersey and offering the other three points.
The compositions of the two teams:
Barcelona (Xavi Hernandez): Ter Stegen, Araujo, Christensen, Martinez, Balde, Guidogan, Gavi, Lopez (72′ Romeo), Cancelo (77′ Yamal), Torres (61′ Lewandowski), Joao Felix (77′ Rafinha).
Real Madrid (Carlo Ancelotti): Kepa, Carvajal, Riedinger, Alaba, Mendy (52′ Kamavinga), Tswameni, Valverde, Bellingham, Kroos (63′ Modric), Rodrigo (63′ Joselu), Vinicius (90’+6′ Bathketh).
See here the description of the match from the Match Centre
Source: Sport Fm
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