Barcelona has practically sentenced the fight for the league title after beating the Real Madrid 2-1 in a classic that was resolved between the lack of punch from Carlo Ancelotti’s team when he had options to recover options and two goals in the final stages of both periods, the last was the work of the Ivorian Franck Kessie in the prolongation
The win gives the team Xavi Hernandez twelve points ahead. There is a lot of championship left, but it is a difference that seems practically impossible to overcome for a white team without fangs, with Vinicius Junior practically as the only resource in attack since Karim Benzema He proved to be far from his best version.
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Ancelotti’s team could not even make the most of the Uruguayan’s initial own goal Ronald Araujo (m.9) by deflecting a cross from Vinicius, which could have been a very hard blow for Barcelona, which had come out with much more bite and made the Belgian goalkeeper work Thibaut Courtois more than his team would have wanted.
Sergi Roberto, in the last action of the first period, returned the balance to the scoreboard. The draw was a good result for Barcelona to maintain their clear lead. Real Madrid had no choice but to go after the win and, in the midst of a crazy rhythm from one side of the field to the other, they even scored nine minutes from time, but Marco Asensio’s goal was annulled after the VAR review for offside.
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The punishment for the Madrid team and the prize for the Catalans came in the final extension with a Kessie shotwho had already been decisive in the first leg of the Copa del Rey in the victory at the Santiago Bernabéu.
