Real Madrid dominate Barça and win first clasico behind closed doors

Published on : 24/10/2020 – 18:29Modified : 24/10/2020 – 18:34

Clear victory for the Merengue at his rival Blaugrana. Real Madrid came to win at Camp Nou (1-3), Saturday, October 24, for the first clasico played behind closed doors between the two teams.

There was no observation round in this clasico between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. The Merengue wasted no time and cold picked Barça at Camp Nou, Valverde finding the small net with a roll (5^e, 0-1) on a through pass from Benzema.

A few minutes later, Messi found Alba who delivered a cross to Ansu Fati within six yards of Real. The young Barça striker then adjusted the Madrid goalkeeper at close range (8^e, 1-1), becoming at 17 years and 359 days the youngest player to score a goal in a clasico. The first half was then lively, with several chances on both sides, but the two rival clubs joined the locker room in a draw.

A realistic Real

The second period lost clearly in rhythm, the opportunities not being legion for the two teams. Coutinho still missed an important one (53^e): alone against the Madrid goalkeeper, the Barça player did not frame his head after a perfect cross from Ansu Fati.

It was then necessary to wait ten additional minutes for the score to evolve … in favor of Real (62^e, 1-2). After watching the VAR, the referee whistled a penalty for a shirt pulling from Lenglet on Ramos, who was responsible for converting the set-piece himself.

Barça did not really react to come back to the score, and it was even Real who were the most dangerous at the end of the match. Kroos’ double chance (85^e) was rejected by the goalkeeper of FC Barcelona, ​​but the latter ultimately only delayed the deadline. Modric, freshly entered the field, undertook to subtly mystify him to score in the empty goal (89^e, 1-3) and seal the victory of the Merengue.

With AFP