The Bernabeu was buzzing with fans in white jerseys bouncing and singing cheerful songs. In stark contrast, many Barcelona fans have begun to leave the stadium. They angrily tore up the tickets in their hands and threw them down, and the white shredded paper fell like snowflakes.

"This goal is another typical counterattack, after Barcelona's corner kick was pushed out, Real Madrid's players used speed and personal skills to successfully counterattack and score," after the game restarted, the commentator finally calmed down a little and analyzed rationally, "This season, Real Madrid has played this kind of counterattack many times." This has been their hallmark this season, moving quickly through midfield, using the individual ability of three or four players up front, with two full-backs barely involved in the attack, and two midfielders rarely assisting, always ensuring that there is plenty of defensive strength at the back. ”

'It's a very difficult situation for Rijkaard right now. If Barcelona continue to press the attack, then it is possible to continue to be counterattacked by Real Madrid; But if Barcelona doesn't press and don't invest a lot of troops, they won't be able to penetrate Real Madrid's defense at all. ”

As soon as the words fell, Real Madrid launched another counterattack. Ricardo ran down the left flank to link up with Raul, and after the pair shook off Zambrotta, Thuram broke the ball at Raul's feet. But Ricardo reacted very quickly, he rushed over in three or two steps, and Thuram still wanted to control the ball slowly before passing, so he was delayed for half a second, and Ricardo had already arrived and cut the ball off from his feet.

Ricardo poked the ball and quickly overtook Thuram and glanced at the box, but surprisingly did not pass to Van Nistelrooy in the middle of the box, but again to Raul.

Raul picked up the ball and quickly flicked it across the corner of the box, and the ball made a near-perfect arc and slammed into the crossbar.

"Raul shoots! Unfortunately, it was blocked by the goalpost. It was Raul's second goalpost of the game, and Ricardo scored a hat-trick, so he probably wanted to score a hat-trick at the goalpost, right? The narrator joked.

The Barcelona players on the pitch were in no mood to ridicule. Despite the danger of the defensive line, they still chose to continue the attack.

In the 56th minute, Rijkaard made his first substitution, replacing Deco with Giuli.

The small man has great technique and speed, and is also good at playmaking, playing as both a winger and a midfielder.

His appearance represented that Barcelona's midfielders had almost given up on defense, after all, Gyuli's defensive ability was much worse than Deco's, and his position was higher than Deco's.

As for counting on Xavi and Iniesta to defend? Forget it.

In the coming period, both sides had some chances, but they weren't too good chances. Puyol, on the other hand, significantly strengthened his defence after Ricardo's hat-trick. When he first debuted, Puyol moved a lot and often ate cards, but he has grown up rapidly over the years, and his defense has been much more stable, with more accurate defensive movements and fewer cards.

But when defending Ricardo, he once again showed the momentum of the year, not thinking about whether he would eat cards or not, as long as he defended Ricardo.

In just a few minutes, Ricardo was kicked down and rolled four times.

Capello couldn't bear it anymore and protested to the fourth official, believing that it was time to play his cards against Puyol, who coldly rejected his request.

After a brief period of thought, Capello decided to replace Ricardo. Although there are about 30 minutes left in the game, Real Madrid's three-goal lead should not be reversed.

So in the 63rd minute, Real Madrid also made the first substitution, Reyes replaced Ricardo, and Kaka came to the middle.

When Ricardo came off the pitch, the crowd gave him a standing ovation, and even some Barcelona fans gave him a round of applause.

Rijkaard also continued to adjust, replacing the underperforming Gudjohnsen with Saviola, so that Barcelona's midfield was even more lacking in height, and could only rely on ground ball advancement, and the attacking style was relatively monotonous.

Real Madrid continued to shrink their defence, leaving Barcelona with nothing to do.

After Ricardo went off the field, Real Madrid didn't even play much on the counterattack, if the ball was safe, they would fall in the backfield, and if the Barcelona players pressed, they would drive up and let Cassano and Kaka rush.

As the minutes ticked by, the last 30 minutes of the game were not spectacular, but the Real Madrid fans were already high, and many people no longer paid attention to the game, but entertained themselves, singing and dancing to celebrate a clean victory against their sworn enemy.

With the referee's three whistles, the battle finally came to an end.

The Real Madrid players greeted the fans under Raul's leadership, while the Barcelona players walked down the tunnel in disappointment.

Only Messi remained.

He took off his jersey, walked up to Ricardo, and said a little shyly, "Can I swap jerseys with you?" ”

Although Ricardo often reminds himself that he is already a big name and one of the top big players, he can't help but feel a little bit of joy when Messi comes to exchange jerseys with him. This is a superstar at the level of the king of the ball.

"Okay!" Ricardo took Messi's No. 19 jersey, neatly took off his wet jersey and handed it to Messi, "You performed very well today, you were just a little bit of luck away from scoring." ”

"I haven't done enough," Messi smiled shyly, "you're fantastic, if you're not a Real Madrid player, I'm your fan." ”

Ricardo laughed, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Plum Ball King almost became his own fan? It's an honor to be able to talk about for a lifetime. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "You, you can't imagine how good you will be in the future." Frankly, you're the player I admire the most besides Ronnie. ”

Messi looked a little flattered: "I just need to be half as tall as Ronaldo. ”

"Coincidentally, so did I."

……

In his post-match press conference, Rijkaard was unconvinced by the loss. 'We did everything we could to prepare and the lads worked hard. We had the advantage in the game, but we lost the game due to a great performance from the opponent Licardo and some luck issues. We could have taken one or two penalties and if we had been awarded it would have been different. ”

Capello scoffed at this: "He probably forgot, Raul's two goalposts. We almost won by five goals. Ricardo has always played so well, and his lack of preparation for this is the reason for him. And since I have a top player like Ricardo, of course I have to work around that player. It's not good, but we can win and that's enough. ”