Chapter 518: Battle 3

5:3, which is the largest score in a Spanish national derby in 49 years. After this game, Barcelona were tied on points by Real Madrid and relegated to second place due to goal difference.

Pep Guardiola's face was ugly in his post-match press conference, and he kept emphasizing Real Madrid's luck and Casillas's courageous play, praising Casillas as the best goalkeeper in the world at the moment, "He and Gianluigi Buffon are inseparable", praising Licardo's performance, "He's impressive, I think he's caught up with the height of Ronaldo in my mind." ”

'We were in control of the game for most of the game, but in the few moments we had the stars sparkling that decided the outcome of the game.

In short, it is to deliberately downplay the impact of this defeat.

Manuel Pellegrini wasn't too complacent, either: "It's an important win, but it's only three points, so we're going to look forward. In a few days' time, we have the second leg of the Champions League and if we want to defend it, it is a hurdle that must be crossed. Barcelona won't surrender easily, so we have an uphill battle. I wanted to get a good result, but I couldn't play on my own, it all depends on the lads' performance. ”

"I still have a lot to learn from this game, he is a real master," said Messi, who has scored 23 league goals this season and is fourth in the scorer list. So the next game is crucial for us and if we don't want to be empty-handed, we have no choice but to win Real Madrid away from home. ”

'I'm sure we can do it,' said Samuel Eto'o, 'and we've played really well this season and we deserve some honours. ”

On Real Madrid's side, no one has come out to speak. Everyone is in full swing to prepare.

Soon, on the evening of May 6, the second leg of the Champions League semifinals kicked off at the Bernabeu.

Barcelona made some changes to their formation, with Yaya Toure making a surprise move to the centre-back position to partner Gerard Pique. Keita, Xavi and Sergio Busquets made up the midfield, with Andres Iniesta being moved up front due to Thierry Henry's injury and his trident alongside Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi.

Manuel Pellegrini returned to 4321.

At the back, Pepe replaced Metzelde, Marcelo replaced Heinze, and the midfield trio of Russ was replaced. Diarra, Gago and Sneijder, with Kaka on the bench and Ricardo and Arjen Robben playing as left and right wingers respectively. The centre-forward is still Gonzalo Higuain, who scored twice in the last game, and Manuel Pellegrini will be hoping he can continue his good form.

There have been some changes to the lineups on both sides, meaning that the content of the game will also be different.

Real Madrid restarted their counter-attack, it was not a must-win game, a draw was acceptable, and Pellegrini was hoping to make it 0-0, then drag on extra time and then decide on penalties. During these few days of training, the team focused on set-pieces and penalties.

Barcelona made two changes in midfield and there was clearly some detrimental play to passing, while Sergio Busquets was tasked with keeping a special eye on Ricardo.

Barcelona obviously had some physical problems, and just one minute into the game, Messi was dribbling the ball in midfield, and when there was no one to defend him, he fell down with a weak leg himself. Diarra immediately broke the ball.

It's a pity that Russ. Diarra was too sticky and missed the best time to counterattack, and when he took a few steps and passed the ball again, Ricardo was already targeted by Busquets, and there was no space to take the ball forward, he could only do it back, Gago distributed the ball to the right, Robben took the ball and cut inside and fired a long shot, which ended the attack in a hurry.

In the second minute, Samuel Eto'o also tried a shot on goal, which was soft and deflected, but Barcelona had his first shot on goal.

Within two minutes, both sides had their first shots on goal, suggesting that this match would never be as dull as the first leg.

In the 4th minute of the opening game, Messi attracted two defenders with the ball and separated the ball, Xavi's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was blocked, but the ball still rolled towards the goal, but Ramos returned to defend and cleared the ball on the goal line.

Although Real Madrid put on a strict defensive posture at the beginning, the players were very tired mentally and physically, and the defensive effect was not good.

Of course, Barcelona wasn't much better.

In the 8th minute, Real Madrid played a fast attack, the ball came to the feet of Ricardo, he made a gesture to cut inside, but used a flower foot to pass the ball to the side to Marcelo, who inserted the assist.

Marcelo passed the ball down the middle, and Russ. Diarra passes the ball to the right.

Robben picked up the ball and went down at a gallop before crossing the ball into Yaya Toure's leg and bouncing high into the box.

Ricardo had been running since he passed the ball, first running into the box to get ready to respond, then immediately retreating, just as the ball flew towards him.

He didn't think about it at all, put on a stance, and saw Busquets rushing towards him, and he didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and directly volleyed it.

“Goallllll! Fantastic goals, super goals, unimaginable goals, Licardo hit a world wave! He copied Zidane's Flying Immortals! The ball bounced under the crossbar and into the goal, Valdés couldn't do anything! This goal qualifies as the best goal of this Champions League! ”

Licardo himself was stunned for a moment, it takes skill to play the world wave, and it takes a little luck, he obviously didn't expect his luck to be so good, he scored on the first attempt of the game and played so beautifully.

When he came to his senses, he ran to the bench, pulled Ronaldo up, and did a lullaby. Ronaldo's second son has just been born.

Marcelo and Kaka on the bench also came over and swayed together.

The goal was a big blow to the Barcelona players, who made frequent passing errors and could barely control the pace of the game.

Real Madrid recovered after the goal, but soon attacked tentatively.

In the 17th minute, Russ. Diarra sent a through ball to Ricardo, who leaked the ball with his back, then turned to catch up with the football, overtook Busquets, went down to the baseline and passed the ball to the edge of the box. Diarra followed up with a furious shot, full of power, but unfortunately let the plane go.

In the 23rd minute, Ricardo received a pass from Marcelo on the left and tried to cut inside with the ball, but was pulled down by Busquets. Ricardo took the free-kick himself, albeit from a tight angle, and tried to shoot into the far corner, but Valdés was very focused, took two steps back quickly, and then jumped up to lift the ball off the line.

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