Xavi’s rising Barcelona surprised and thrashed Real Madrid this Sunday in the classic, 4-0, at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, match for the 29th. Spanish football league date.
The Gabonese Pierre Emerick Aubemeyang on two occasions (29m. 1T and 6m. 2T), the Uruguayan defender Ronald Araújo (38m. 2T) and the Spanish Ferrán Torres (2m. 2T) scored the goals of the unexpected thrashing of the tournament leader.
Real, without the injured Frenchman Karim Benzema, hero in qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Paris Saint Germain (PSG) of Lionel Messi and Neymar, the same still comfortable at the top with 66 pointsnine more than Sevilla, who did not take advantage of the locality and did not go beyond the goalless draw with Real Sociedad.
Barcelona, meanwhile, rose to third place with 54 points, the same as Diego “Cholo” Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid but with one game less played.
Italian Carlo Ancelotti’s team debuted a black jersey for its 120th anniversarywhich seemed like an omen of bad luck in the classic.
The Catalans, who have an unbeaten streak in La Liga of 13 games, with 8 wins and 5 draws, also presented an alternative outfit with a yellow and red striped shirt, the colors of Catalonia.
Synthesis
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba and Nacho; Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Federico
Valvarde; Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior. DT: Carlo Ancelotti.
Barcelona: Marc Ter Stegen; Ronald Araújo, Gerard Piqué, Eric García and Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Pedri and Frenkie de Jong; Ousmane Dembélé, Ferrán Torres and Pierre Aubameyang. DT: Xavi Hernandez.
Goals in the first stage: 29m. Aubemeyang (B) and 38m. Araujo (B).
Goals in the second stage: 2m. Towers (B) and 6m. Aubemeyang.
Changes: second half, when Eduardo Camivinga started for Kroos (RM) and Mariano for Carvajal (RM), 17m. Marcos Asensio for Rodrygo (RM) and Lucas Vázquez for Nacho (RM), 25m. Memphis Depay for Aubemeyang (B) and Gavi for De Jong (B), 34m. Adama Traoré by Dembelé (B), 40m. Dani Alves for Alba (B) and Nico González for Pedri (B).
Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera.
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu.
other encounters
In other games played this Sunday, which closed the 29th. date, subtracting nine for the end, these results were recorded: Espanyol 1 – Mallorca 0, Celta 0 – Betis 0, Cádiz 1 – Villarreal 0 and Seville 0 – Real Sociedad 0.
The next date of the Spanish championship will be played between Saturday April 2 and Monday 4, since next weekend there will be a recess to play a FIFA date and within it the European Repechage for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Positions: Real Madrid 66 points; Seville 57; Barcelona and Atletico Madrid 54; Betis 50; Royal Society 48; Villareal 45; Athletic Bilbao 41; Valencia 40; Osasuna 38; Celtic and Spanish 36; Rayo Vallecano and Elche 32; Getafe 29; Grenade 28; Cadiz 27; Majorca 26; Alaves 22 and Levante 19.
