"Valdés brilliant save! Licardo played a very high quality ball, which is a pity," said the commentator, "and so far in the game, Real Madrid have some advantages. Barcelona don't seem to be coming back from their last defeat and there are a bit of problems with the form of the players, who didn't have the usual pass success rate today and made too many mistakes. ”

Real Madrid is getting braver.

In the 26th minute, Ricardo took the ball to get rid of Busquets's entanglement and sent a lethal through ball, Higuain burst into the penalty area with a single knife, and Abidal used both hands and feet to put Higuain to the ground.

The Real Madrid player immediately called for a penalty, but referee Henin signalled the game to continue.

Pellegrini made a gesture of holding his head, he thought it was incredible, such an obvious penalty, why not award?

Soon a slow-motion replay was shown on the big screen above the pitch, and Abidal was defending Higuain, pulling his hand on Higuain's waist, obviously making a powerful move, and at the same time his leg also tripped over Higuain's supporting leg.

It's never an exaggeration to give a penalty.

But the referee made a decision, and everyone had to abide by it.

Real Madrid slowed down their offensive and gradually took it back. Barcelona have fitness problems, Real Madrid are not much better, they can't support 90 minutes of high-intensity games, and this is the time to take a break.

Barcelona also started to patiently keep the ball, reducing errors and improving pass completion rates, but with little time to pick up the pace, it seemed they were in no hurry to equalise.

Real Madrid played a few counter-attacks, but Ricardo was conserving his stamina and not fighting every ball, so the counterattack did not start much.

Until the 41st minute of the game, Real Madrid launched a counterattack from the right side, and Robben inserted the ball at high speed, which instantly ignited the passion of the players in the field.

Towards the baseline, Robben passed the ball and the ball flew high and flew past the goal to the back post.

With his back to the goal and Busquez, when the ball fell in front of him, he stretched out his leg and hooked it lightly, and the ball came to a stop. Then he suddenly slammed the heel of his right foot and quickly completed the turn to face Sergio Busquets.

Busquets moved his foot, but did not stretch his legs, which was in the penalty area and he did not dare to move casually.

Ricardo then slammed the ball to the right with his left foot, and this time Busquets stretched his leg, but Ricardo quickly slammed the ball to the left with his right foot, poked the ball lightly on his left heel, and broke through from the bottom line.

Valdés took two steps beyond the goal line to prevent Ricardo from passing the ball to Higuain, who was ambushed in front of goal, but Ricardo suddenly stabbed his foot and Valdés couldn't react, and the ball slipped through the tight space between his legs and the post and rolled over the goal line.

"Ricardo Goallllllll! It was a great goal and he played on Sergio Busquets and scored the ball from a tight angle! ”

In the 41st minute of the first half, Licardo scored twice, and Real Madrid led the opponent by two goals. This is really bad news for Barcelona, who were forced to the brink again in their last game after giving up the initiative in the league! ”

"Of course, Barcelona is not without opportunities. They only need to score two goals to knock out their opponents by scoring more goals away from home. It's not impossible for a team like Barcelona to score two goals! Real Madrid should concentrate and not give their opponents a chance to turn the tables! ”

The stimulus of two goals conceded made the Barcelona players quickly counterattack like a fried cat.

In the 43rd minute, Messi staged a good play in a tight space to connect two people, passing the ball to the back post, Eto'o may not have expected Messi to complete the breakthrough, followed up in time and missed the opportunity to pull a goal back.

In the 45th minute, Xavi received Messi's return and shot directly at the top of the penalty area, and after hitting the defender and popping up, he immediately made up for it himself, but hit the ball high.

In stoppage time, Messi broke through and handed the ball back to Xavi, who immediately shifted the ball to the left, and Iniesta adjusted a step and shot from a tight angle, deflecting off target.

Real Madrid walked into the dressing room with their heads held high with a two-goal advantage.

Manuel Pellegrini set the tone for the second half: retreat across the board.

Needless to say, the players know that the opponent's attack is strong and will not take it lightly.

And for Barcelona, there was no choice but to attack in the second half.

Pep Guardiola was on the sidelines of the pitch since the start of the second half, a situation that made it impossible for him to sit still.

Barcelona attacked from the first minute, but Real Madrid defended well, only getting a few corners, and the height difference didn't make them much of a threat.

Instead, Real Madrid had some good counter-attacking chances in a row.

In the 52nd minute, Ricardo cut inside the penalty area with the ball and sent a behind-the-back kick, Higuain cut in, deftly deftly buckled Alves, and a powerful shot was blocked by Valdés. Robben's follow-up shot hit the defender, and Russ. Diarra followed up with another follow-up shot, and this time Valdés struggled to keep the ball out of the line.

In the 55th minute, Xavi tried a long-range shot and bounced off the defender, Real Madrid immediately launched a quick counterattack, Higuain took the ball in front of the box and stuffed it to the left, Ricardo cut into the box at high speed, and when he tried to shake Yaya Toure, Yaya Toure tripped over his outstretched leg.

Referee Henin still signaled for the game to continue.

Ricardo was furious, got up from the ground, ran to the referee, and said a few words loudly.

Of course, he paid more attention not to spit out dirty words, because Raul did not play today, he wore the captain's armband and had the right to communicate with the referee, so Henin did not show him a card, but just pointed to his eyes, signaling him to see clearly, so that Licardo should not quibble.

Soon after, a slow-motion replay was shown on the big screen above the pitch, showing that Ricardo had flicked the ball past Yaya Toure before stumbling on Yaya Toure's outstretched leg and falling to the ground.

It should have been a penalty and Barcelona escaped again.

Perhaps to find a balance, in the 66th minute, when Abidal knocked Robben down on the edge of the box, Henin showed Abidal a red card directly.

The Barcelona players all expressed their incomprehension of this decision, Abidal's actions were not rude, and Robben did not have a direct chance to shoot directly on goal, and a yellow card for this kind of ball is the limit.

Barcelona can only play with 10 men, and it looks like Real Madrid have the win.

Manuel Pellegrini replaced the slightly injured Arjen Robben with Kaka, who was in the midfield, and Ricardo came up front to partner Higuain, and the team played in a 4312 formation.

Manuel Pellegrini is already planning to replace Gonzalo Higuain with a defender in a 5311 formation. As long as he can win the game smoothly, he is not afraid of being scolded for being conservative.