Recipe for the Success of Barcelona Defeating Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu

DBasia.news –  FC Barcelona triumphed at the Santiago Bernabeu, the headquarters of Real Madrid, in the Copa del Rey semi-final second leg on Thursday (28/2) early morning Western Indonesian Time. The Blaugrana won 3-1 and according to Ernesto Valverde, Barca coach, his team won because they appeared differently in the second half.

Barcelona played effectively against Real Madrid. In total, Lionel Messi and his friends only released four shots on goal. Meanwhile, El Real creates 10 more.

Barcelona’s three goals were born in the second half. Luis Suarez became a star by scoring in the 50th minute and 73rd minute (P). Meanwhile, another one was Raphael Varane’s own goal in the 69th minute. That way, Barcelona won 4-1 on aggregate.

Valverde assessed the key to Barcelona’s victory was the determination in the second half. Because, in the initial 45 minutes, the Blaugrana was locked up   Real Madrid

“Strangely, in Lyon, we fired 25 shots but didn’t score. At that time, there was the talk of a crisis,” Valverde said as reported   Soccerway.

“We have two different parts against Real Madrid. At first, they were better and we didn’t do it nicely. Because they pressed us on certain areas and our speed slowed down. We couldn’t score,” said the coach.

“In the second half, we played with more determination. What changed was intentions. We had no intention of attacking in the first half. They continued to press and we lost the position to give feedback forward. In the second half, we did that.”

With these results, Barcelona became the first team to advance to the Copa del Rey final six times in a row. Barca will wait for the winner in Valencia against Real Betis.