In this game, Guardiola arranged a close marking of Ricardo.

The one in charge of defending him was Yaya. Toure.

Yaya at this time. Toure hasn't fully developed his offensive attributes yet, but he's done a good job on the defensive end.

He is tall and big, but he is very agile, fast, quick to turn, has good defensive predictions, and his defensive movements are also clean and neat.

This kind of player with strength and agility, as well as defensive skills, is the type that is best suited to deal with a player like Ricardo who has no shortcomings.

In fact, this season, Busquets has been fighting strongly for the top position, and Yaya Toure's playing time has been compressed a little.

Sergio Busquets, who comes from La Masia, is a midfielder who is more adaptable to Barcelona's tik-tak style of play, making Barcelona's transition from defense to attack more fluid.

And Yaya Toure, although his skills are also good, are not adapted to the current rhythm of Barcelona's passing. He's good, just not suitable.

But Pep Guardiola asked him to play today, not to link him to the midfield, but to freeze Ricardo.

At this point, he did a good job.

Under Yaya Toure's close marking, Licardo felt very uncomfortable.

He's not at his best right now, he's tired from a long season and he's in a bad mood.

At least now he would never dare to use a pendulum.

His tired muscles simply couldn't support him to do such an action.

He hadn't run at full speed for a long time, because he didn't dare, and because he hadn't been cornered.

He wouldn't risk injury if he didn't have to.

Now the two sides are only drawn, so Ricardo is still patient, slowly maneuvering with Yaya Toure.

It's impossible to be completely killed, Ricardo is very well-rounded, even if Yaya Toure defends him closely, he can lead the team's attack with a single kick, not to mention that he also has the ability to take the ball under Yaya Toure's close defense.

It's hard to get past Yaya Toure, and although he's fast, even if he breaks through, Yaya Toure's long legs can disrupt his offense with a single stretch.

But he can hold the ball, he can protect the ball, he can swing out of the air and pass the ball, and that's enough.

He believes that Kaka and Ronaldo can also complete the attacking task and there is no need to rush.

Barcelona is in no hurry either.

In the face of Real Madrid's dense defense today, they patiently fell to the perimeter.

This season, Barcelona's Tik-Tak style of play has finally come to fruition.

In fact, many fans don't like to watch Barcelona's games this season, because most of the time, Barcelona is constantly passing the ball, and it makes people sleepy.

They use the ball to play together, push slowly, compress the opponent's space, and then create chances with a sudden through ball from Xavi or Iniesta, or a sudden explosion with the ball by Messi.

If fans watch the game and temporarily look away because of the aesthetic fatigue of seeing dozens of passes in a row, they are likely to miss that wonderful moment.

If the defenders are slackened in the face of their dozens of passes in a row, it is likely to expose the void and give Barcelona the chance to strike the fatal blow.

However, Real Madrid are too familiar with this old opponent and are focused enough in the national derby, so they have not given Barcelona a chance to play into the penalty area.

In the first 30 minutes, Barcelona's shots were almost always from distance.

It wasn't until the 31st minute that Thierry Henry broke into the box with his own ability and fired a powerful shot, but the angle was too straight for Casillas to confiscate the ball without difficulty.

Manuel Pellegrini calmly watched the situation on the pitch. He doesn't ask for much, a 0:0 is enough, of course, if he can steal one from the other party, it would be better.

The current situation is not unexpected, he had done many deductions for this match before the fight, and the current situation is not much different from his deduction.

Barcelona didn't have a good way to defend against Real Madrid, they could only kick up outside the box or use set-pieces to attack, but Real Madrid's frontal defense was not bad, and Barcelona's players lacked height and were not much of a threat in set-piece attacks.

Real Madrid's counter-attack also failed to cause much trouble for their opponents, as they committed too few troops.

It was to be expected that Ricardo had been heavily guarded, and so far, he had done his job, always getting the ball out at the right time or running to the right spot. Pellegrini was not in the slightest bit unhappy with Ricardo's performance.

It was Ronaldo who was unhappy with Pellegrini.

Ronaldo was too lazy today, he didn't chase the ball at all, and when Ricardo and Kaka got the ball, he didn't run aggressively.

Pellegrini has made up his mind that if this continues, he will replace Ronaldo with Higuain or Huntelaar in the second half.

In the 39th minute, Barcelona made a backward pass at the back, and Marcos made a low-level mistake, and his pass to Xavi was weak and the route was deflected.

Frozen for 39 minutes by Yaya Toure, Ricardo burst into high speed, scrambled to cut the ball before Xavi, and then quickly crossed the ball.

Kaka rushed up, brushed the ball past Marcos, and immediately passed the ball towards goal.

Ronaldo finally ran with all his might to overtake Pique, but instead of trying the goalkeeper with his hands and feet, Ronaldo fired straight at the penalty spot.

Valdés was on the verge of Kaka's pass, and when Ronaldo shot, he had already blocked most of the angle, and a nimble sideways save sent the ball off his leg.

Ronaldo quickly changed direction, was the first to run to the landing point, and fired another shot with his left foot.

But Valdés, with his divine help, had already completed his up, and made another side pounce to knock the ball off the line.

Ronaldo looked up to the sky and sighed that he had missed Real Madrid's best chance to score.

At this time, is he lamenting the ruthlessness of the years?

If he had been 22 years old, he would have been able to get to the ball faster, get away from Pique and get past the goalkeeper.

If he hadn't been seriously injured two years ago, he would have been able to turn around much faster and have a second shot on goal before Valdés got up.

It's a pity that there are no ifs.

The most unforgiving is time.

Real Madrid had just three shots on goal in the entire first half, while Barcelona had 10.

But in terms of the quality of the shots, Barcelona's 10 shots were mostly long-range and didn't pose much of a threat, while Real Madrid came close to scoring.

In terms of possession, Barcelona reached 66% and the pass completion rate was also very high.

Overall, Barcelona have a certain advantage, but it is still unknown who will die.