"In hindsight, that may have been their undoing: the sense they could just turn up, do the same thing and expect the same result. Football doesn't work like that. Teams evolve, tactics change and a failure to adapt means you are left looking in from the outside. Madrid have evolved under Xabi Alonso and on Sunday's evidence, Barca will be peering over the fence at a Bernabeu title party come May."
"Lamine Yamal did foul Vinicius Jr inside two minutes, although the officials did not believe sufficient contact was made to warrant a penalty. Madrid had three goals chalked off - all rightly - while the penalty Madrid were awarded was correct with only the brilliance of Wojciech Szczesny denying the irrepressible Kylian Mbappe from the spot. The fact is Madrid played with more intensity and purpose."
Barcelona were comprehensively beaten 2-1 by Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu, leaving supporters dejected after being outclassed in all areas. Recent head-to-head dominance bred complacency, and Barcelona failed to adapt to Madrid's tactical evolution under Xabi Alonso. Refereeing and VAR decisions did not change the match outcome, though Lamine Yamal's early foul on Vinicius went unpunished and three Madrid goals were correctly disallowed. Wojciech Szczesny saved a spot-kick from Kylian Mbappé. Madrid played with greater intensity and purpose, repeatedly breaking Barcelona's midfield and penetrating the defence with alarming ease, raising concerns about Barcelona's title prospects.
Read at 101GREATGOALS.COM
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]