Real Madrid wins the Classic and tightens LaLiga even more

This was a tense Classic, like everyone else, but without great scoring chances. Until the 13th minute arrived. Valverde showed off his verticality and went to the goal of Ter Stegen without anyone from Barça being able to stop him. The Uruguayan saw the arrival of Lucas Vazquez who put the ball in the area and at the near post, Benzema he finished off spur to make it 1-0. Real Madrid, in their first shot on goal, had scored a goal protested by the Catalans who understood that there was a foul to Messi at the start of the play. Gil Manzano did not whistle anything, the VAR did not rectify him and the 1-0 went up to the scoreboard.

Barça continued with its strategy of pressing up with Dembelé and Messi as references in attack. Madrid, for their part, entrusted everything to Vinicius and it turned out well. The Brazilian caused a foul by Araujo on the edge that ended in 2-0 de Kroos. The launch gave in Dest, Jordi Alba could not avoid the goal and Madrid led 2-0 in the 28th minute. The white effectiveness was imposed on a Barça that could not find the way to the goal and things could get worse because in the same play,Valverde crashed a ball into the stick and Ter Stegen avoided the goal of Lucas Vazquez that shortly after he had to leave injured entering Odriozolea instead.

Barcelona could not resist going to rest with that 2-0 and in the last minutes he was able to score, but the post prevented an Olympic goal from Messi that later he met Courtois He was stopped by a point-blank shot. Thus it was reached the break of a Classic in which the effectiveness of Real Madrid was being decisive. The second part began with Koeman introducing Griezmann by Dest to change the drawing and play with defense of four and going to Dembelé from the center of the attack to the right wing. Real Madrid, for its part, continued with its script to hold back and go against it. With the cards on the table and under a real flood, the two teams were very clear about their roles in the Classic.

Mingueza cuts distances

Barça emerged the winner of that battle with the goal of Mingueza in the 60th minute. The defender took advantage of a cross from Jordi Alba to score the 2-1 that made Barça enter the game. Real Madrid looked for the reaction and was about to score ViniciuYes, but Barça was the one who came up with Mingueza's goal. To seek the comeback, Koeman removed Busquets and gave entrance to Sergi Roberto. Zidane, for his part, put Marco Asensio for Valverde.

Barça controlled the ball, but each against Madrid was little less than an occasion. Y Kroos was very close to scoring, but Mingueza cleared the ball over the goal line. Zidane and Koeman put their last bullets on the field. The one from Real Madrid made a triple change giving entry to Isco, Marcelo and Mariano taking out of the field Kroos, Benzema and Vinicius. Koeman, meanwhile, gave entrance to Ilaix for Arauj
or, to Braithwaitefor Dembel
and already Trincao for Pedri.

And as a good classic, there was controversy. Barça claimed a penalty of Mendy to Braithwaite that despite the protests of the Barça players, the grandstand was not pointed out by Gil Manzano and the VAR did not correct it. Thus they reached the last minutes of a match in which anything could happen, from Madrid's third goal to the Barça draw. Real Madrid finished with one less for the expulsion of Casemiro for double yellow. Barcelona pressed until the end in search of the tie that it had in the last play with Ilaix sending a ball to the crossbar. There a Classic died that leaves the League tighter than it was.

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