At six o'clock in the evening on October 28, the first leg of this season's La Liga "National Derby", which has attracted much attention from the world, officially kicked off at the Camp Nou.

With Pepe, the team's main centre-back, suspended for accumulating yellow cards, and the fact that the game was played at Barcelona's home stadium, Real Madrid focused more on defense.

Therefore, for the sake of stabilizing the defense, Ancelotti sent two defensive midfielders at the same time in the middle of the midfield, Khedira and Iliaramendy.

Facing the Real Madrid team that put on a defensive posture, the Barcelona team, which had the advantage of home stadium, did not launch an offensive rashly, but firmly controlled the initiative on the field in their own hands with the team's excellent passing ability.

After about ten minutes of "tentative" attacks, the Barcelona team, which dominated possession, finally "made up its mind" to launch a substantial attack on the opponent's hinterland.

In the 11th minute of the first half, Iniesta came to the left corner of the penalty area after two wall collisions with Messi on the left side of the field.

Andres Iniesta, who attracted two Real Madrid defenders, first took a long-range shot, but when German defender Khedira stepped forward to try to block his shot, the Barcelona captain suddenly shifted the ball to the relatively empty area on the right side of the penalty area.

Chilean star Alexis Sánchez stopped the ball with his right foot in front of his body, then made a slight adjustment and fired the ball directly into the top right corner of the goal.

Fortunately, Real Madrid goalkeeper Diego López reacted very quickly and made a beautiful flying sideways save to block the ball off the right sideline.

3 minutes later, Messi, who did not play well in the last round of the league, quickly told the world with practical actions why he is the core player of this unbeatable Barcelona team.

At that time, Sergio Busquets (Sergio Busquets) after the ball was successfully broken in his own half, he directly handed the ball to the feet of Messi cruising near the center circle.

Messi, who stopped the ball and turned around, quickly dribbled the ball to get rid of the defense of Isco and Ilia Ramendi and came to the top of the penalty area.

In the face of Sergio Ramos, who pounced on him fiercely, Messi first made a gesture to continue to break through to the left, and after deceiving the opponent's center of gravity to the left, the Argentine suddenly dunked the ball with his left foot to the right side of his body.

Then, when the young French central defender Raphaël Varane, who started in place of the suspended Pepe, came up to make up for the defense, Messi's own flexible movement advantage was reflected.

As soon as Messi made a left-footed pull movement, Varane immediately stretched out his right leg sideways in the direction of the ball rolling, trying to block Messi's path with his body.

However, before Varane's lateral right foot landed on the ground, Messi, who was just halfway through the pulling action, suddenly poked the ball between the legs of the French central defender with his toes.

Immediately afterwards, Messi, who bypassed the right side of Varane's body, rushed ahead of Diego López, who abandoned the goal, and gave Barcelona the first goal with a spoon with his left foot to help Barcelona take the lead in scoring against rival Real Madrid.

Although Real Madrid, who conceded the first goal, immediately launched a counter-attack, due to the lack of playmaker in the midfield, they relied more on the individual breakthroughs of two wingers, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale, to threaten Barcelona's defence. Moreover, the Barcelona attacking line, consisting of Messi, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior and A. Sanchez, also forced the two full-backs of Real Madrid not to press too much.

Therefore, even if Barcelona's defense is not very solid, but when the opponent's offensive means are relatively single, and they are very afraid of their own forward combination, they still have a thrilling one-goal advantage until the end of the first half.

In the rematch, Ancelotti replaced Ilya Ramendi and Isco with Modric and Ozil, who are good at organising attacks.

Real Madrid's attacking organization improved after the introduction of Luka Modric and Mesut Ozil, but the departure of Ilia Ramendi weakened their midfield defence to a certain extent.

As a result, Barcelona were under increased defensive pressure in the second half, but likewise, their attacking threat increased as they switched from defence to attack.

In the 19th minute of the second half, Modric sent a penetrating through ball from the left side of the field near the halfway line.

Bale, who was high forward, dribbled down the left flank and sent a cross to the back of the net.

Benzema, who was ambushed at the back post, fought for the first point before Javier Mascherano, but his header was easily denied by Victor Valdes due to interference from the opponent.

Valdés received the ball and immediately passed it to Fabregas near the top of the box.

Cesc Fabregas stopped the ball and turned around, and after playing a wall-to-wall link with Busquets, he passed the ball to Messi in the middle of the field near the centre circle.

After receiving the pass, Messi changed direction twice in a row past Modric, and in the face of Sergio Ramos, who pounced, the Argentine king did not continue to break forward, but passed the ball to the feet of Neymar, who was swimming on the left side of the front.

Neymar used a series of feints to shake off Carvajal's mark before bursting into the box.

Just as Sergio Ramos turned around and pounced on Neymar, the Brazilian star suddenly stabbed the ball to the penalty spot with his right foot.

Immediately afterwards, Messi, who was inserted near the penalty spot at the right time, directly pushed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal with the instep of his left foot in the direction of the incoming ball.

After taking a two-goal lead, Barcelona immediately slowed down the pace of attack, and firmly controlled the situation of the game with skillful foot skills and tacit passing coordination.

In the end, the Barcelona team, which had the advantage of being at home, won the first national derby of the season with two goals from Messi, the core of the attack.

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With Barcelona already taking the lead in the national derby, Atletico Madrid must also win Betis to retain their top spot in the league table.

But even so, to be on the safe side, Diego Simeone did not put Feng Feng, who has basically healed from his ankle injury, into the 18-man squad against Betis.

Although it lacks the sharp "sharp knife" of Feng Quan, Atletico Madrid, which has the advantage of strength and occupies the advantage of home field, seems to have been favored by Lady Luck.

Less than a minute into the first half, Atletico Madrid's first shot blasted past Betis.

At that time, after attracting the attention of two defenders in front of the opposition, Koke passed the ball to Alda Turan who was ambushed at the edge of the box. The Turkish star received the ball and made a slight adjustment and fired straight into the visitors' goal.

Fifteen minutes later, Felipe Luiz sent a fast cross to the goal post from the left side of the pitch.

David Villa, who arrived on the horse, got ahead of the opposition defender and headed the ball into the top left corner of the goal.

After the restart, David Villa scored a goal of his own, and then assisted Diego Costa and Gabi to score two goals.

In the end, after Atletico Madrid's five-goal victory over Betis, they continued to dominate Barcelona on goal difference to occupy the top spot in the league standings.