MIAMI, United States. – Real Madrid beat FC Barcelona (3-1) this Sunday thanks to goals from Karim Benzema, Fede Valverde and Rodrygo. The victory led him to win the Classic and become the sole leader.
Benzema’s goal before the first quarter of an hour of play laid the foundations for Real Madrid’s game, which found its lifeboat at 2-0 before the break to navigate the remainder of the match safely and with confidence, Europa Press agency said.
In this way, this Sunday’s victory puts the madridistas at the top with 25 points, three more than Barça.
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona reached the Clasico this Sunday at the top of La Liga Santander, with 22 points each after the first eight games.
It was the third meeting for Xavi Hernández and Carlo Ancelotti as coaches, each with a classic win.
The top, one of the events most followed sports in the world, followed with expectation on the Island. As is customary, the Cuban fans brought out jerseys and scarves from “their” respective teams.
After 2000, when the matches were not yet televised live and there was hardly any Internet access in Cuba, peñas proliferated in which hundreds of Cubans gathered around a large screen to enjoy the Clásico.
This was the case at the Habana Libre hotels, Hotel Cohíba, Hotel Nacional, Hotel Riviera, at the Yara cinema, among other places in the capital. Tickets were sold in advance, sold out in a couple of days.
Although many still prefer to enjoy the game in a crowded place, and meeting in bars (especially Cubans with greater purchasing power), this context has changed, especially since the island’s government began broadcasting most of these classics live. , and these rocks have moved to the houses.
On the other hand, soccer is gaining more and more strength among Cuban fans, even surpassing the passion aroused by baseball, the national sport.
In this sense, a Barcelona fan, resident in the municipality of Regla, in the capital, commented to CubaNet: “Today football opinions are much more formed than before. We have been watching Barça and Madrid for years and we have acquired a knowledge of football that we did not have before. Maybe you ask a young boy on the street and he doesn’t know anything about the ball, but everyone has an opinion to give about football”.
“People spend the day talking about the game. And if his team wins, then he goes out to play soccer. As a Barça fan, I always put on my sweater on game day. People usually do the same, even with scarves in the heat here,” he added.
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