Real Madrid
FT
0
:
3
vs
HT 0 : 0
Barcelona
Real Madrid
FT
0
:
3
vs
HT 0 : 0
Barcelona
- Kick Off at 12:00 (GMT) on 23rd December, 2017
- The referee for this match is Jose Sanchez
- Attendance of 80737 fans at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
- This is a match in La Liga - Primera Division, Season 2017/2018
- Real Madrid
- Cards
- Ramos (59')
- Carvajal (63')
- Marcelo (83')
- Barcelona
- Goals
- Suarez (54')
- Messi (64')
- Vidal (90')
- Cards
- Vermaelen (18')
- Busquets (88')
Full lineups: Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Real Madrid
Starting XI
- 1. Keylor Navas
- 2. Daniel Carvajal
- 5. Raphael Varane
- 4. Sergio Ramos
- 12. Marcelo
- 14. Casemiro
- 10. Luka Modric
- 23. Mateo Kovacic
- 8. Toni Kroos
- 9. Karim Benzema
- 7. Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes
- 13. Francisco Casilla
- 6. Nacho Fernandez
- 11. Gareth Bale
- 15. Theo Hernandez
- 17. Lucas Vazquez
- 20. Marco Asensio
- 22. Isco
Coach
- Zinedine Zidane
Barcelona
Starting XI
- 1. Marc-Andre ter Stegen
- 20. Sergi Roberto
- 3. Gerard Pique
- 25. Thomas Vermaelen
- 18. Jordi Alba
- 4. Ivan Rakitic
- 15. Paulinho
- 5. Sergio Busquets
- 8. Andres Iniesta
- 10. Lionel Messi
- 9. Luis Suarez
Substitutes
- 13. Jasper Cillessen
- 2. Nelson Semedo
- 6. Denis Suarez
- 14. Javier Mascherano
- 19. Lucas Digne
- 21. Andre Gomes
- 22. Aleix Vidal
Coach
- Ernesto Valverde
Visca el Barca
The most important thing it seems that Valverde succeeded at changing Barca's mentality. The players have to understand that they are not the almighty Barca that they used to be 5 years ago, and they cannot just dominate their opponent the whole 90 minutes. They are playing much more patiently and carefully this days, and pay much more attention to their defense. As for the El-Classico game.... the game was very balanced and could go either way. It was weird though the easiness with which Barca scored the first 2 goals. The first goal looks like total Carvajal fault for failing to backtrack and cover Suarez, but I think the real fault is on Marcelo. It was his slow backtracking that allowed Barca players to go 3 on 2 attack and create space for Suarez goal.
The second goal Carvajal looked to be again caught out of his position, but I would blame more Varane here than Carvajal. Varane was covering Suarez, and for some reason decided to leave him and go more to the center to meet the incoming Pique, even though Ramos was free and could do that by himself. By doing that Varane left Suarez all by himself which led to the second goal.
So for me the blame is not on Carvajal, but more on the whole Real team and their sloppy defending.
The second goal Carvajal looked to be again caught out of his position, but I would blame more Varane here than Carvajal. Varane was covering Suarez, and for some reason decided to leave him and go more to the center to meet the incoming Pique, even though Ramos was free and could do that by himself. By doing that Varane left Suarez all by himself which led to the second goal.
So for me the blame is not on Carvajal, but more on the whole Real team and their sloppy defending.
Ronaldo also had a great game, even though he didn't score. U could see that Barca defenders were afraid of him and his runs were very dangerous.
The second goal Carvajal looked to be again caught out of his position, but I would blame more Varane here than Carvajal. Varane was covering Suarez, and for some reason decided to leave him and go more to the center to meet the incoming Pique, even though Ramos was free and could do that by himself. By doing that Varane left Suarez all by himself which led to the second goal.
So for me the blame is not on Carvajal, but more on the whole Real team and their sloppy defending.
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