It was said before the start of the match that the greatness of this El-Clasico is different. A flying Barcelona under Hansi Flick added extra frenzy to this year's Clasico. After 2018, the Real-Barca duel spread so much interest.
Barca's goal against Madrid
And those who were the cause of interest, they had the last laugh. Hansi Flick's Barcelona beat Real Madrid at home in perfect planning. In the first half, long passes and high line defense made Real stunned. And he took his chance to find out the result of the match in the second half. One by one, they scored a goal in Real's net!
Five goals could have been scored in the first 21 minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu. Three did not happen because of the strikers. Barcelona's defense can take credit for the rest. Real Madrid have been stuck time and again in their perfect high line defence.
However, despite being ruled offside 7 times in the first 45 minutes, Real Madrid's forward line missed the goal. Kylian Mbappe didn't score against Barcelona goalkeeper Inaki Pena, who came out of the post. Vinicius Jr. left an easy chance.
Barcelona, however, will be slightly behind considering the first half. However, they had the best chance of the match. In a one-on-one, Lamine Yamal handed the ball to Real goalkeeper Andrei Lunin.
Going out of the norm today, Barcelona played by defending the high line defense. Mbappe wants to break that defense again and again. He also scored a goal. But the French striker's celebrations were cut short after being signaled for offside.
The second half got off to a slow start. Barcelona's plan was to leave the strategy of long passes and go for short passes in the game. That seemed to make the real a little confused. With the pace of the match, Real's defense was also a bit slow. That's what Robert Lewandowski used.
Marco Casado's pass was perfect. The defenders correctly trapped Lewandowski in that pass by the Rudiger-Militao duo. But Ferland Mendy was far behind the defense line. On that occasion, Lewandowski got the license to score goals. Cool-headed finish into the net (1-0).
The first goal came in the 54th minute of the match. Real's defense did not get a chance to move after that goal. This time, three people made a mistake together. Lucas Vasquez did not understand the overlap of Alejandro Bald. Then Lewandowski's superb header from Balder's cross.
Both Milto and Rudiger keep the Polish striker unmarked. Real goalkeeper Lunin had no way to stop that perfectly placed header (2-0).
But Lewandowski then missed two of the best chances of the match. Rafinha's pass was towards Barca's number nine in every attack. Bare hits a left ball at the empty post. Another time was well above the goal bar.
Real's number nine Kylian Mbappe's situation was even more devastating. He had 6 offsides in the first half. A goal was also disallowed. Barca caught him in the same trap in the second half as well. This time too, one goal was disallowed.
Of course, Inaki Pena also played a big role in denying Mbappe a goal. Barca's second-choice goalkeeper was at least ten out of ten today.
Real got the penalty for continuous goal miss in 75 minutes. The Spanish wonderkid became the youngest player to score in El Clasico history. Rafinier caught a pass and got into the box a lot. He put the shot in the near post. Lunin's out-of-touch shot into the net (3-0).
After three goals, Real Madrid did not have much to do in the match. However, the Vinicius-Bellinghams wanted to show some physical aggression in the attack. Los Blancos made a mistake there.
No one was in a position to mark Rafinha who received the ball on a long pass in the 84th minute. The Barca captain had no problem getting past Lucas Vasquez. The finish was a great chip. Real's big defeat was confirmed in that blocked goal.
