Awesome and terrible Barcelonabroke up with the imperative 4-0 the Real Madrid inside the “Santiago Bernabeu”!
In a derby that was exciting from the first minute to the last, at a tremendous pace and with the ball constantly going up and down, the Blaugrana scored four times in the second half to put an emphatic end to their… crazy unbeaten run streak of the “queen”, which was to be defeated in La Liga from September 2023!
Lewandowski (54′, 56′), Yamal (77′) and Refineries (84′) the scorers for Barcelona, ​​who after their triumph remained at the top of the Spanish league, even increasing their difference from their biggest rival to 6 points!
In the minds of the coaches:
With 4-4-2 lined up Real Madrid o Ancelottiwho did not have Courtois, Rodrigo, Alaba and Carvajal available. Lunin started under the posts, while Bathketh, Militao, Rudiger and Mendy formed the back four. Valverde and Bellingham were on the two ends, Tswameni, Kamavinga on the axis, while Vinicius and Mbappe were the attacking duo.
On the other hand, Mr flick opted for 4-2-3-1, without Ter Stegen, Araújo, Christensen, Ferran Torres and Erik Garcia at his disposal. Peña was preferred to Széni, Cude, Coombarsi, Martinez and Balde were in front of him as a back four, while Casado and Pedri started in the axis. Yamal, Fermin Lopez and Rafinha were moving behind the more advanced Lewandowski.
The match:
With the support of their fans, who created an impressive atmosphere from the first minutes, Real Madrid entered the pitch stronger. In the 2nd minute, Mbappe went one-on-one with Pena after Kamavinga’s cross, but he missed and the assistant’s flag was raised for offside as Barcelona leveled after the first quarter. In the 10th minute, Yamal “dug” beautifully for Lewandowski, but the Polish striker failed to make the shot on the move, under pressure from Militao.
In the 12th minute, Pena went too far from his goal and Mbappe tried to “hang” him from a distance, without success, while seconds later Yamal came out on the back of the “queen” defense, but he made a bad finish on Lunin.
In the 15th minute, Pena made a terrific tackle on a close-range shot by Bellingham, but Mbappe was ruled offside earlier in the period, while in the 21st minute, Rafinha took a pass from Yamal and shot high from the edge of the box, while also having the option. of the pass to the promoted Balde. The pace of the Clasico was very fast in the first 20 minutes, with Real squandering a great opportunity to open the scoring in the 22nd minute, when Tsouameni found Vinicius with a vertical pass and he stepped into the box, but put it wide from a very advantageous position.
Barcelona’s defensive line remained very high, which in the 28th minute came close to the goal, with Lunin barely saving a long-range shot from Pedri, while Militao saved Real in the next phase with a crucial shot from his shot Refineries.
In the 30th minute, Real found the back of the net, with Mbappe beating Pena after Bathketh’s pass, rising to the Santiago Bernabeu’s feet, but with his goal disallowed after a VAR review for the French striker’s offside . The… up-and-down continued, with Mbappe trying to capitalize on a mistake by Koubarsi in the 33rd minute, only to see Martinez stop him before he could finish, while in the 37th minute, Yamal came in from the left and shot wide, high out. This was also the last phase of a first half that was exciting, but without a goal.
With both teams returning from the dressing rooms, Flick replaced Fermin with De Jong, promoting Pedry to a ‘penny’ role. In the 49th minute, Mbappe made a moderate control after Bathketh’s cross, giving Koumbarsi the right to intercept him, while in the 52nd minute, Yamal tried to “hang” Lunin from a distance after a mistake by Kamavinga, without success.
Finally, Barcelona opened the scoring in the 54th minute, with Casado producing a superb vertical pass and Lewandowski perfectly placing Lunin to make it 0-1, and three minutes later the Polish striker scored again, sending the ball into the net for hosts with a wonderful header, after Balde’s cross.
After getting over their initial shock, Real tried to fight back, with Mbappe missing a huge chance to make it 1-2 in the 64th minute when Vinicius found him with a magical pass with the outside of his foot, but the Frenchman was beaten in his tete-a-tete with Pena.
Having come forward to find the goal that would put them back in the match, the “queen” were constantly exposed to Barcelona’s quick counter-attacks, with Lewandowski… flirting with a hat-trick. Initially, in the 66th minute, the Pole received a one-way pass from Rafinha, but sent the ball onto the post despite shooting in front of an empty net, while in the 69th minute, he was again in a very advantageous position, placing a high clearance.
The match continued to have a frenetic pace, with Bellingham unable to score after a Modric free-kick, while in the 72nd minute, Mbappe was again beaten by Pena, in another four-on-four. However, it was Barcelona who scored again in the 77th minute, in a phase that started with Peña’s volley and with Rafinha passing to Yamal, who “wrote” the 0-3 with a perfect side position, sending the ball to top of the hearth of the unable to react Lunin!
Barcelona’s triumph was completed in the 84th minute when Real’s defense was again exposed after a deep ball, with Rafinha beating Bathketh and making an exemplary ‘hang’ of the home keeper to make it 0-4!
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Source: Sport Fm
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