The referee was not the only one to blame for Barça's tough defeat against Real Madrid

The hard defeat of the FC Barcelona in front of the Real Madrid (3-2) in the Classical follows generating debate. A priori, the most evident criticism directs to the referee, César Soto Degree, the one who took a series of questionable decisions, as not validating the goal 'ghost' of Lamine Yamal, or signal a penalti in favour of the combined merengue, or not showing a red card to Eduardo Camavinga. These actions, without place to doubts, bent the field of game in favour of the white group.

However, in the middle of all these opinions, has overlooked a very important point: the self-criticism. It is necessary to tackle this appearance, since further of the deplorable performance of the referee, the Barcelona square showed some weaknesses in his defensive line that can not allow in front of a cast of the hierarchy of the team of Chamartín, that will capitalise any minimum opportunity to mark an annotation.

The errors of the FC Barcelona in the first two annotations of the Real Madrid

We begin analysing fail them notorious of the picture culé in the played of the first target of the Real Madrid, that although it was of penalti, revealed defensive weaknesses in the Catalan group. In the first place, in the previous action by the right-handed side, Lucas Vásquez surpassed with remarkable ease to Joãor Cancel, the one who initially attained to win the duel body to body, but could not snatch him the leather of conclusive way to the Galician. This left to the '17' of the picture merengue in an advantageous position inside the area, so that later it took advantage of an error of 'inexperienced' of Pau Cubarsí, the one who when trying do him opposition planted him in front, but left his widespread leg, question that Vásquez did not waste for 'manufacture' a penalti that Soto Degree him 'bought' without any type of doubt.

Regarding the second target of the whites, again goes in in scene the name of Joãor Cancel, the one who did not have his more hit night to defensive level. The played originated by the left-handed side of the combined merengue, and although Jules Koundé has less responsibility in the action, did not attain to intercept the centre to the area of Vinícius Júnior. From this, the spherical visited all the area and neither Ronald Araújo neither Pau Cubarsí could clear it. The Portuguese, the one who had the best opportunity to clear the leather of this zone, did not warn the arrival of Lucas Vásquez by the right side. The Galician finished finishing totally free of mark to equalise the marker 2-2. In this occasion, the luso had to exert a greater defensive pressure for, at least, try hamper the advance of the '17'.

The defensive oversight of the Barça in the goal of Jude Bellingham

To culminate, in the third goal, Brahim Díaz, from the near central zone to the area, attained to open the spherical to the right-handed band, where Lucas Vásquez received the spherical and again had total leeway to the not having a near mark, taking advantage of the opportunity to send a centre to the area, that in a first moment did not attain to be cleared of effective way by Ronald Araújo, what allowed that Jude Bellingham, almost like a left extreme, arrived to zone of goal and finished comfortably to put the 3-2.

In this action, Jules Koundé had to watch the zone where received the English, but, instead, was in a position of defender, neglecting completely his back and without percatarse of the arrival of Bellingham. These small desatenciones translated unfortunately in the three annotations against for the picture culé and, therefore, in a regrettable defeat that hampers even more the aspirations of the FC Barcelona to win The League.