DBasia.news – Barcelona experienced disappointment in the El Clasico duel against Real Madrid in the Spanish League. However, at least there is a sweet record carved by their player, Ansu Fati. Barcelona must recognize the superiority of their bitter rivals 1-3 in the duel at Camp Nou on Saturday (24/10/2020).
For his first El Clasico as Barcelona’s boss, Ronald Koeman made three changes from the squad that featured in the Champions League. Koeman played Sergio Busquets and Pedri in midfield. Meanwhile, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele sat on the bench.
In Madrid, Zinedine Zidane chose a massive rotation by making five changes from the team that appeared in the Champions League. Sergio Ramos, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema started again.
Not even five minutes into the game, Fede Valverde managed to break into Barcelona’s goal. Receiving a breakthrough bait from Karim Benzema, Valverde fired a hard shot that Barcelona goalkeeper, Neto was unable to contain. The visitors were ahead 1-0.
Madrid’s advantage lasted only three minutes. In the eighth minute, Barcelona through a fast counter-attack was able to equalize the score through Ansu Fati’s goal receiving an assist from Jordi Alba. Score 1-1.
A Historic goal for Barcelona and Ansu Fati. This young player became Barcelona’s 400th goalscorer in El Clasico history, as well as being the youngest ever goalscorer in El Clasico.
Successfully balancing the situation, Barcelona began to be more in control of the game by dominating the ball. On the other hand, Madrid immediately counterattacked through Vinicius Junior’s speed.
In the 19th minute, Barcelona received a chance through Lionel Messi. But the Argentine star’s kick still pointed right into Thibaut Courtois’ arms.
The opportunity for Barcelona through Lionel Messi was again thwarted by Courtois in the 23rd minute. The goalkeeper was able to block Messi’s shot from close range. After one minute it was Neto’s turn to break Real Madrid’s chance through Benzema.
The match ran for half an hour, the game began to be evenly matched. The two sides took turns launching attacks as soon as the opponent lost the ball. However, both sides failed to add goals until the first half ended.
The second half ran for five minutes, the hosts received a chance through Ansu Fati. Receiving the ball on the right side, Fati decided to release a horizontal kick which was still off target.
Barcelona received another golden opportunity in the 55th minute. Through a stab from the right, Ansu Fati released a hull to the far post, but Philippe Coutinho’s free-standing header was slightly off.
The match ran for an hour, after seeing VAR, the referee provided a penalty to Real Madrid for Clement Lenglet who tugged on Sergio Ramos’ shirt. The Madrid captain who became the executioner successfully carried out his duties. Madrid won 2-1.
Being behind again, Barcelona had difficulty presenting opportunities to endanger Madrid’ defense. Sergio Busquets, De Jong and Coutinho failed to flow the ball which was the meal of the attacking line.
Ten minutes remaining, Barcelona put Dembele, Griezmann and Trincao to replace Ansu Fati, Busquets and Pedri. But Barca’s efforts to equalize failed to show results. Failing to equalize, the Barcelona goal was conceded again, this time it was Luka Modric who came on to replace Valverde who listed his name on the scoreboard.
The 3-1 score for Madrid lasted until the game was over. With this victory, Real Madrid temporarily rose to the top of the LaLiga standings with 13 points. Meanwhile, Barcelona are stuck in tenth position.