Guided again by their particular John Lennon, Real Madrid imposed the pop of the Beatles in the concert that Barça had organized so that the rock of the Rolling Stones would resonate louder. Jude Bellingham, with a double in the second half, punished the team of shattered.
The blaugranas dominated the scene until half-time and also enjoyed chances in the second half to extend the lead. However, the wood and Kepa conspired to block their way before Bellingham grabbed the microphone and offered his usual show based on class and punch.
The Englishman, a distant striker in the goal that served to balance the score, later appeared in the six-yard box when the ‘Cesarini zone’ had been reached to complete another trademark comeback, putting ground in the fight for the Pichichi taking advantage of the fact that he was stepping into Lewandowski’s lair and returning to Real Madrid the leadership that Girona held for one day.
Barcelona
Ter Stegen, Araujo, Christensen, Inigo Martinez, Balde, Gündogan, Fermin (Oriol Romeu, 72nd minute), Gavi, Cancelo (Raphinha, 76th minute), Ferran Torres (Lewandowski, 61st minute) and Joao Felix (Lamine Yamal). , min. 76).
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Real Madrid
Kepa, Carvajal, Rüdiger, Alaba, Mendy (Camavinga, min. 52), Tchouaméni, Valverde, Kroos (Modric, min. 63), Bellingham, Rodrygo (Joselu, min. 63) and Vinicius (Lucas Vázquez, min. 95) .
Goles:
1-0: min. 6, Gündogan. 1-1: min. 68, Bellingham. 1-2: min. 92, Bellingham.
Referee: He cautioned Fermín, Ferran Torres and Carvajal.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the 11th day of the League, played at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium before 50,112 spectators, the best attendance of the season.
Barça, which remains four points behind its eternal adversary, already knows first-hand how the new bug that leads Carlo Ancelotti’s team spends it. The recital that began to the rhythm of ‘Start me up’ by the Rolling Stones closed with the chords of ‘Hey Jude’, which is already the big ‘hit’ of this League.
Xavi Hernández once again assigned Araujo the role of Vinicius’ bailiff that suits the Uruguayan defender so well, he took advantage of Cancelo’s versatility to advance the Portuguese and sacrificed Oriol Romeu to give continuity to Fermín, after the great performance of the youth squad against the Shakhtar. The spearhead went to Ferran Torres and Joao Félix, since the Catalan coach preferred not to take risks with Lewandowski and reserved the Pole for the second half. More orthodox was Ancelotti, who went as planned, assigning the left back to Mendy until the physical precariousness of the former Lyon player gave way to Camavinga in the second half.
The arrangement of the cards made Gündogan the main vector of Barça’s game and the plan worked like a charm for Xavi Hernández from the start. An association between the German and Ferran Torres ended with a goal from the German after an unfortunate touch by Tchouaméni that left the former City man hand in hand with Alaba, who lacked speed and forcefulness to close the way for this phenomenal finisher from the second line .
The goal punished another lazy start by Real Madrid, the team that conceded the most goals in the first quarter of an hour of the entire championship, and rewarded a Barça that came out with the knife between its teeth. Gavi, Bellingham’s attack dog, showed it by grabbing a ball from Kroos and serving for Fermín to smash the ball against the post. The suffering of Ancelotti’s team, bound by the intensity of the culé in the opening of the cork, was evident.
With the wind in their face, Barça showed hierarchy with the ball and good organization without it. Real Madrid, disjointed and lacking rhythm, trusted almost all of its response capacity to Vinicius. But the Fluminense, handcuffed by Araujo, was left with no room to riot and Ancelotti’s squad reached the interval being an offensive wasteland: not a shot on goal for the whites in the 45 minutes against a rival who only made one in that period , but with maximum effectiveness.
The fact that Carvajal was, by far, the best visiting footballer at half-time said many things regarding the performance of both sides in a first act that closed with the Blaugranas preaching in the desert for Tchouaméni’s grab for Araujo. Gil Manzano canonically resolved an action that is usually whistled when the attacker is the one holding the ball and rarely when the defender is the one who behaves in a controversial manner.
Another recital from ‘5’
Ancelotti tried to turn the tide on his way back from the locker room, reinforcing Kroos’s role as the whites’ driving force, but Barça was about to hit again in an action in which Iñigo Martínez crashed a header against the wood and Araujo ran into line followed with a sensational intervention from Kepa.
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The emergence of Camavinga, an orthopedic winger with the ability to join the attack as a midfielder, brought energy to Real Madrid, who demanded Ter Stegen for the first time in the 57th minute with a shot by Kroos that lacked venom. Xavi enlisted Lewandowski, an exceptional reserve player, to seek the sentence in the last half hour. Ancelotti responded by replacing Kroos with Modric, who celebrated his 500th game wearing the white jacket offering brilliance, and a missing Rodrygo to entrust himself to Joselu’s pole.
Barça came close to the second in a shot by Cancelo blocked in unison by Rüdiger and Alaba, but it was Real Madrid that assumed the changes better. Tchouaméni warned first with an unsuccessful cannon shot and Bellingham immediately fired, who after sealing his first eleven goals of the season from inside the area, celebrated his baptism in a classic by launching a howitzer from the front that left Ter Stegen without the ability to appeal before knock down Barça with a target of nine. The British’s punch made the difference.
2023-10-28 20:12:31
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