In the face of the provocation of the Real Madrid players, Barcelona did not react, presumably Rijkaard forbade them to be interviewed before the big game.

In his pre-match press conference, Manuel Pellegrini continued to taunt: "We are very united now, all the players are working towards one goal, so we have a lot of fighting. From this point of view, I don't think Barcelona is our opponent (Barcelona are in a state of infighting). We're going to stick to attacking football and get to the Camp Nou. Rijkaard was a great player when he was a player, but I don't think he coached at that high level. I'll teach him a good lesson tomorrow. ”

Pellegrini's words were very unkind, usually managers do not tear their faces so much, Rijkaard was so angry that he retorted: "Real Madrid is not invulnerable, although our form this season is a bit up and down, but I believe that in tomorrow's game, the lads will put everything into it and beat the opponent." ”

"Pellegrini doesn't know how to respect people, and his pride will undoubtedly blind him and teach him a lesson. Barcelona is a team, we are all part of the team, and beating Real Madrid is a dream shared by all of us. We will be able to achieve this goal. ”

He then lifted his ban and the Barcelona players began to give interviews.

Iniesta said: "I'm disappointed with Manuel Pellegrini's words, it's not a quality that a manager should have. Real Madrid are close to us and the team that plays better will win. ”

"We won't lose at Camp Nou," Messi stressed, "even if they had a great player like Ricardo, they wouldn't have been able to break us at Camp Nou." We made some mistakes early in the season and that led to us falling far behind in the league. But now that the team is improving, we will concentrate on the Champions League. Barcelona is Barcelona and we are Real Madrid's eternal rivals. ”

Eto'o said: "We can win, we will give it our all to fight for the title. If I don't get anything this season, I think it's time for me to leave. ”

On the evening of April 23, Camp Nou.

Fans poured in like a tidal wave, and the blue and red became the masters of heaven and earth, and the small amount of white penetrated during the inconspicuous period.

On the pitch, players from both sides were warming up, and Ricardo and Messi were talking. "You've been in good shape lately, do a good job, let me see what you're capable of." Ricardo said in the tone of his predecessors, although he is only one year older than Messi, although in the previous life he could only prostrate at Messi's feet and look up.

But now, he does have the right to speak to Messi in that tone. He has 4 player top honors in his hands and Messi has nothing.

Messi didn't feel uncomfortable or anything, the current Licardo does have a high status, if you talk about the coffee position of the current players, Ronaldo is the well-deserved first, Ronaldinho and Ricardo who ranks second is really hard to say.

At this time, Messi has not even scored in the top 3 of the Ballon d'Or once, and in front of Ricardo, he is a younger brother.

"I'm definitely not as bright as you, but I'm going to contribute in my own way and we can win."

"Yes." Li Cardo smiled, didn't dwell on it, took the initiative to divert the topic, and gossiped with Messi.

The line-ups for both sides have been confirmed.

For Barcelona, the 433 formation was continued, with goalkeeper Valdés, defenders Abidal, Milito, Marcos, Zambrotta, midfielders Xavi, Deco, Yaya Toure, and the three forwards are Iniesta, Eto'o and Messi.

Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry were on the bench. Ronaldinho should not be in Barcelona for long, and his conflict with Rijkaard has become public, and it is expected that he will leave at the end of the season.

Ricardo regretted that he had not been able to reverse Ronaldinho's fortunes, and that he had fallen as quickly as he had in another time and space.

Real Madrid's lineup is a little new, the formation is still 4231, goalkeeper Casillas, defenders Marcelo, Heinze, Pepe, Ramos, midfielders Diarra and Baptista, frontfield Licardo, Kaka, Saviola and Raul. Raul plays as a single striker.

Saviola has barely played much this season and his form is not guaranteed. However, Manuel Pellegrini gave him the chance to start, considering that he could be particularly energetic against Barcelona.

After the start of the game, Real Madrid dominated the counter-visitors and took the lead in attacking.

In the 40th second, Ricardo was brought down when he tried to break through with the ball, and he took the free kick himself, and the ball bounced off the wall.

Barcelona's counter-attack failed to penetrate Real Madrid's defence, and Eto'o was intercepted by Heinze when he tried to share the ball. Heinze immediately played the ball and after a quick pass, the ball was again at the feet of Ricardo.

Ricardo dribbled the ball into the box, without feints, just a slump of his shoulders and then broke in the opposite direction, a simple move that threatened due to the speed he possessed.

As he burst into the box to shoot, Milito panicked and stretched his leg to trip Ricardo.

The referee on duty, Busaka from Switzerland, immediately blew the whistle and awarded a penalty.

At this point, the opening time was less than 2 minutes.

Barcelona's players were naturally excited, and Deco even ran to Ricardo with a red face and a thick neck and shouted: "You still have to be shameless, you just cheated the penalty at the beginning!" ”

Busaka was also a little overwhelmed by the pressure, and ran to the sidelines to exchange a few words with the fourth official, and then the original verdict was upheld.

The fans at home have long been in a commotion, and all kinds of debris have fallen.

But then the big screen above the pitch began to play slow-motion replays, and video showed that Milito did make physical contact with Ricardo without touching the ball.

As for whether Ricardo deliberately hung a penalty on his lap, it's hard to say.

But there really is nothing controversial about this penalty.

The Barcelona players pulled away in a frustration, and Raul and Ricardo discussed a few words before picking up the ball and taking it to the penalty spot.

He was calm and deceived Valdés and smashed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal.

"Raul Goalllllllll! In this battle of life and death, Real Madrid took the lead, they led 1:0! "Licardo created a penalty for them and Raul didn't waste it." So far this season, Raul has not missed a penalty! ”

"Barcelona is very bad right now. Real Madrid can now attack and defend, and have a lot of tactical freedom. They can defend and counterattack from all sides, and they already have an away goal anyway, even if Barcelona can score one or two, they won't suffer. If you can score one or two more points on the counterattack, you can enter the final early. Rijkaard had to come up with a quick countermeasure, and Barcelona now had no choice but to attack, but how to attack was a problem. ”