A lethal Real Madrid taking advantage of other people’s mistakes was isolated this Sunday at the top of the Spanish Football League after beating FC Barcelona 3-1, giving the eternal rival the first defeat in the championship, on matchday nine.
Paired ahead before the game at the Santiago Bernabéu, the meringues became stronger against a Catalan team that had only conceded one goal in the previous eight games, now conceding three in a game in which defender Eric García, with compromising errors , ‘helped’ rival success.
El Clásico is Benzema to always score
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At 12 minutes, the German Toni Kroos, in a fall, managed to unmark the Brazilian Vinicius Júnior who, isolated, had no art to beat Ter Stegen: the ball went to the central area of the area where the Frenchman Benzema appeared, without scoring , to put the ball between a wall of four defenders and the goalkeeper.
It was also in a quick transition, Real Madrid’s specialty, that the 2-0 was produced, in an offensive carousel that left the defense watching until they reached the Uruguayan Valverde who, at the entrance of the area, was also accurate in shooting, crossed, between several opposites.
A LOT OF STRENGTH, VALVERDE What this Real plays for
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Real Madrid was an expert in capitalizing on mistakes, but not the Dutch De Jong who, at 37, against the Ukrainian Andriy Lunin, did not put the goalkeeper ahead.
In the 74th minute, the Catalans complained about Carvajal’s foul on Lewandovski in the area, but the referee let him play and the VAR did not intervene, contrary to what it did in the 90th minute, to sanction the indisputable foul by Eric García on the ‘Canario’ Rodrygo, who was responsible for making the final 3-1 from a penalty.
What a scam by Fati Ferran Torres
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Before, in minute 83, Ansu Fati shone on the right, Lewandowski finished off with a heel and Ferran Torres lowered the 2-1, leaving the locals in check.
With everything open, the game could have changed completely if Fati, in minute 87, narrowly missed his acrobatic shot, with the penalty that came later to sentence the game.
Rodrygo closes the game
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Real Madrid now leads, alone, with 25 points, three more than FC Barcelona, with third place, valued at 19 points, shared by Atlético de Madrid, who won 1-0 in Bilbao on Saturday, and Real Sociedad, who today won 2-1 in Vigo, with the Portuguese Gonçalo Paciência, who was a starter in 79 for the Galicians, to be expelled in 90+4.
Source: TSF
