The Madrid wins to the Barça with controversy, assaults the leadership and leaves LaLiga in a fist

Published:10/04/2021 - 22:52h

Updated:11/04/2021 - 00:06h

The Classical has finished with a controversial victory of the Real Madrid, after the goals of Benzema and Kroos for the merengues, in front of the discount of Óscar Mingueza for the blaugrana

The Classical never disappoints and the reunion of the greater stars of LaLiga, in a moment key of the season, did not happen unobserved. In a crash in which both teams played everything, the Real Madrid remained with the three points in Valdebebas thanks to the goals of Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos, in front of a Barcelona group that was not fine in the Spanish capital in the first part. Óscar Mingueza recortó for the culés in the second part.

In the first compasses of the meeting, the FC Barcelona did with the balloon while the Madrid took advantage of of the speed of his players, with Fede Valverde like main resource, for incomodar to the Barcelona, but without efectivdad. The ones of Ronald Koeman achieved to do with the balloon and surround permanently the area of Thibaut Courtois, but without signals of danger.

To the ten minutes, the guardameta had his first intervention. The madridistas gave him sufficient time to Leo Messi to think in the frontal and find to Jordi Alba, to back of Lucas Vázquez, and put a strong centre that cleared Courtois in front of Dembélé, that wanted to surprise. The possession of the balloon for the culés was clear, whereas the Madrid cost of the careers of Valverde to promote the attack. After a spectacular clear of Ronald Araújo, of Chilean, the Barça took advantage of to go out of against and take of surprise to the Madrilenian. Leo Messi wanted to do an autopase in the frontal, fell in front of the pressure of Lucas Vázquez, but Gil Manzano no pitó at all. And the Madrid no it desaprovechó.

Valverde Did with the balloon. With a power descomunal, left to several players of the Barça on the way and left him the spherical to Lucas Vázquez, by the right, the one who won him the back to Jordi Alba. The madridista expected to the arrival Karim Benzema to the area to put the centre to the first stick. In front of the impossibility to throw ahead, the French took out of the basket a taconazo to surpass to Araújo and surprise to Ter Stegen, that saw to go in the balloon without being able to do absolutely at all.

The Barça did not want to go down the arms, but the pressure of the Madrid became asfixiante. In the 22', Pedri wasted a contragolpe after not to understand with Dembélé. The Canarian sent him a bad pass to the 'Mosquito' and the danger finish before beginning, in front of the madridistas that took advantage of all his opportunities to leave to the ones of Koeman in a true hell in the first part. The Madrid completed the first half hour of dream. Vinicius Jr Caused a fault in the frontal of the area that cost him a yellow cardboard to Ronald Araújo. Toni Kroos was the attendant to effect the launching out of the area and his shot, with the right foot, topó with the back of Sergiño Dest in his route to the area of Ter Stegen. The American diverted the spherical and despistó to the guardameta blaugrana and Jordi Alba so that the marker went up to the 2-0.

Without moment to relax , the ones of Zidane looked for to increase the advantage and Ter Stegen dressed of hero to avoid the 3-0. In a new contragolpe, Modric gave a very dangerous pass to Vinicius that finished yielding for Valverde. The uruguayó popped it to the long stick and in the refuse, Ter Stegen finished with a paradón monumental to Lucas to avoid the third so much. However, in spite of the pressure of the whites, the Barça did not want to go to the rest without at all. Leo Messi had two opportunities to mark, the first from the corner, with an olympic shot that stamped to the stick and another chance in the extra time with finish powerful that took out of miracle Courtois.

The Barça did not go down the arms

With a deluge falling in Valdebebas, the Barça jumped to the field as it had finished the first part, with intentions of recortar the distances in the marker. Ousmane Dembélé Had the first opportunity after a very powerful centre that cleared Courtois. The reaction of the Madrid was immediate and a centre of Odriozola, that was direct to the gloves of Ter Stegen, left to see that the ones of Zidane did not want any surprise in his field.

The madridistas followed to the threaten and Toni Kroos had another opportunity, but precipitated in the frontal after precipitating . After one against of the Madrid, with open balloon for Benzema, that gave back to the half for the German. With sufficient time to control and think, Kroos kicked very high. From there, the Barça grew in the field and arrived the goal of the discount of the blaugrana. A spectacular centre of Jordi Alba, that left it happen Antoine Griezmann, arrived him to the heart of the area to the canterano Óscar Mingueza, that commanded it at the end of the network of Courtois.

The FC Barcelona was doing a lot of damage by the band of Odriozola, that had gone in by Lucas in the first part. Jordi Alba was surpassing it in all the clashes. The ones of Koeman wanted to trace back the marker, but the Madrid had a reaction momentanea. After a pass happen of Modric to the back of all the defence, Vinicius Jr went only, wanted to yield the goal to Benzema but arrived Araújo to rebañar just in time to avoid the 3-1 in the marker. Justo afterwards, Asensio sent a centre, Vinicius removed it to him to Benzema, finished to out, Kroos throws in iron and finished very bad.

In the last half hour of meeting, the party did not have changes. Lyou blaugrana looked for the tie without deseperarse, with a lot of played long, in front of a Madrid that shut very well in his field, expecting an opportunity to go out of against. The Barça could achieve the tie after a grave error of Odriozola, that left only to Jordi Alba in front of Courtois, did not hit to beat him, Mendy leaves to happen the ball and does not clear, eats him the toast Braithwaite... They complicated and the Barça finished asking penalti. The Barça shut to the Madrid in the last minutes, with finish of Braithwaite and Ilaix, but did not finish to equalise the marker.

This defeat is a vase of cold water for the Barça in the options to win LaLiga. With this result, the Madrid remains in the highest of the table, with the same points that the Atleti and waiting for the crash of the 'colchoneros' in front of the Betis, but with the 'goal average' in favour. The blaugrana, right now, will have to win absolutely all and expect a trip of the Madrid in the dates that remain.

Technical index card of the party: Real Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona

Real Madrid: Courtois; Lucas Vázquez (min. 43, Odriozola), Militao, Nacho, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos (min. 73, Isco), Modric, Valverde (min. 61, Marco Asensio); Benzema (min. 73, Mariano) and Vinicius Jr (min. 73, Marcelo).
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest (min. 45, Antoine Griezmann), Lenglet, Mingueza, Araújo (min. 73, Ilaix), Jordi Alba; Busquets (min. 64, Sergi Busquets), Of Jong, Pedri (min. 81, Trincao); Messi and Dembélé (min. 81, Braithwaite).
Referee: Gil Manzano.
Incidences: corresponding Party to the day 30 of LaLiga Santander 2020-21.
Goals of the party: 1-0, Karim Benzema (min. 12), 2-0, Toni Kroos (min. 28), 2-1, Mingueza (min.60).