Real Madrid Defeated Barcelona, Leon Messi Disappointed
Real Madrid defeated Barcelona, Leon Messi disappointed in his home. Real Madrid, including captain Sergio Ramos.
On Saturday, thrashed arch-rivals Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3–1 at their home camp in the now vacant Camp Now Stadium in the El Clasico of the Spanish Football League La Liga.
The win would have also brought relief to Madrid manager Pep Guardiola as his team lost their last two matches.
Guardiola’s team had lost 2-3 to the Shakhtar team in the Champions League at home, while the team also suffered a 0–1 defeat to the Cadiz club, who played in the top league.
At the same time, this loss would have put a lot of pressure on Barcelona manager Ronald Coman as the team had to face Messi’s defeat at their home in El Clasico.
Coman kept Antoine Griezmann out of the playing XI for the second consecutive game, who play a key role in the team’s goals.
Captain’s game
Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was playing in this important match after recovering from an injury and also proved once again that he is the best player of the big occasion and he also scored a penalty in the match.
At the same time, Messi disappointed the team despite playing at his home. He could neither score any goals nor create good chances of scoring goals.
Apart from this, he also took a yellow card during the Injury time (90 + 1 minute) so that he may have to face a match ban if he gets another yellow card.
First half equal 1-1
The first goal for Real was scored in the fifth minute by Valverde, who made no mistake in getting the ball from inside the box to the goal post.
But just three minutes later, 17-year-old Fati helped Jordani Alba from the very close leg of the goal post Putting the ball in the goal post, Barcelona brought it to a 1–1 draw. Both teams were on par until the first half.
Gordiola’s team played more aggressively in the second half
Gordiola’s team played more aggressively in the second half. In the 61st minute, the field referee did not give a penalty to Madrid, but then he gave a penalty to the guest team with the help of Var, so that the players of Madrid looked happy, but the host team was disappointed.
Ramos converted a penalty goal in the 63rd minute to put the team ahead 2–1. Barcelona’s team tried to equalize the score, but they could not succeed. In the match’s injury time, substitute Modric, playing on the field in place of Valverde, made his team’s winning margin 3–1.
