Real Madrid's tactical idea today was to defend and counter-attack, and then start the second half with 5-10 minutes each. Whether a goal is scored or not, it is immediately returned.

So in the following period, Real Madrid did not recover, but competed with Barcelona in the midfield.

The scramble was fierce enough, but neither side had too many good chances.

Ten minutes into the game, Real Madrid began to recover. Including Kaka, Saviola and Raul all retreated very deeply, leaving only Ricardo alone in the frontcourt.

Therefore, Real Madrid's formation at this time is very asymmetrical, which can force obsessive-compulsive disorder to death.

Barcelona slowly began to press, and only Zambrotta on the right did not dare to move. In order to defend Ricardo, he sacrificed his offensive ability to maintain a close defense against Ricardo at all times.

For Rijkaard, if this kind of exchange can be successful, it will of course be a big profit. But no one can guarantee that Zambrotta will be able to freeze Ricardo.

Zambrotta used to be one of the best full-backs in Europe, but now he's also getting older and not in the same form as he used to be.

So to be on the safe side, Rijkaard asked Yaya Toure to drop back and Yaya Toure to help defend if Ricardo cut in.

As time went on, Barcelona gradually took control of the pace. This is also because Real Madrid retreated, took the initiative to give up the midfield, and stationed heavy troops in the backfield.

In the 13th minute, Xavi's free-kick hit the wall.

In the 16th minute, Ricardo was brought down on the counter-attack and he took a free-kick himself to close to changing the scoreline, but the crossbar denied his shot.

In the 20th minute, Barcelona almost opened the scoring, Xavi's free-kick was headed into the bottom corner by Marcos, and Casillas quickly saved to the side, barely pulling the ball off the line.

In the 24th minute, Messi used his trademark trick to cut inside from the wing and volleyed with his left foot, but it was deflected off the goal......

From the pitch, Barcelona completely kept Real Madrid at bay, but their attacks struggled to get into the box and were mostly stopped on the edge of the box.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, threatened Barcelona's goal on the counter-attack, but the threat was not too great due to the small number of troops invested in the counter-attack.

However, in the 28th minute, Barcelona made a mistake themselves. When Iniesta returned the pass at the back, he didn't notice Ricardo's running and didn't control the strength of the pass well.

Although Marcos spotted the threat of Ricardo and took the initiative to catch the ball, he was not as fast as Ricardo, and was grabbed by Ricardo to get the ball in front of him.

After winning the ball, Ricardo knocked the ball behind his left foot with a heel of his right foot, and then the man walked past Marcos, and an imaginative man split the ball and shook Marcos away!

Marcos struggled to chase back, but it wasn't until in the box that Ricardo adjusted his posture to shoot that he was close. There was no time to think about it, and he rushed to the ground to tackle the ball and knocked him down from behind the flank.

As for whether it was the ball or the person first? I guess he himself doesn't know.

Referee Busaka ran over, tens of thousands of eyes looking at him nervously.

In full view, Busaka pointed to the corner flag.

He blew for a penalty!

The Real Madrid players were very unhappy with the decision. Captain Raul took the lead in pressuring Busaka and asking for a penalty.

But it is estimated that he has already given a penalty at the beginning, and now he has to find a balance; Or maybe tens of thousands of fans at home put too much pressure on him, and Busaka ignored it.

Ricardo slapped Marcos' hand away and got up from the ground without saying a word.

He knew very well that Marcos had kicked his foot before touching the ball.

It was clearly a penalty.

Although there is nothing he can do about the referee's decision, it does not mean that he can accept it gladly.

If the referee gives a penalty and his side can score the ball smoothly, it can be said that there is no suspense about Real Madrid's promotion.

After that, Barcelona defended more cautiously. Real Madrid, on the other hand, set up the bus, with both sides threatening only from set-pieces and long-range shots, and there were no good chances to find the back of the net until the end of the first half.

At half-time, Manuel Pellegrini praised the performance of his players in the dressing room. 'We've taken a solid step to keep this scoreline until the end and we've got one foot in the final,' said Pellegrini, 'but of course, if we can score another goal on the counter-attack, it would have been better.' However, the opponent must not be given a chance because there are too many troops to attack. Our mission is to defend, and most importantly, to defend! ”

Instead, in the home team's dressing room, Rijkaard waved his hands vigorously and shouted: "Attack! Offensive! Now we only have to attack! Show your fighting spirit, show your momentum, and attack me! Be sure to get the score back! If we fall here, we'll have nothing for the season! You don't want that to happen, do you? ”

"I don't want to!" The Barcelona players shouted unevenly.

"Well, I think, we do have a common goal. Since Real Madrid's cowards defended intensively, we played like this in the second half......"

After entering the second half, both sides invariably adopted foul tactics, that is, not letting the opponent enter the penalty area. Both sides had a lot of free-kick opportunities, but they were not in good positions and no one was able to take them.

After entering the 55th minute, Real Madrid began to recover again, and Barcelona scored several high-quality long-range shots by Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Deco, etc., although there was a certain threat, but they were all defused by Casillas.

In the 57th minute, Messi made a gesture outside the penalty area to shoot with his left foot, but he stuffed the ball into the box. Iniesta cut in, didn't stop the ball and didn't shoot himself, but made a surprise back-heel pass.

As if he had eyes in his back, his pass was accurate to Eto'o, who fired a powerful shot into the side-netting, squandering a golden equaliser.

In the 69th minute, Real Madrid finally played a sharp counterattack. Ricardo cut inside immediately after winning the ball on the flank, and under the bag of Zambrotta and Yaya Toure, he forced his way through and stumbled into the box, and was about to shoot when he was tripped from the side by Milito, who was returning to the defence.

Barcelona fans are tugging again. Tens of thousands of eyes could see clearly that the goal was an undisputed penalty.

However, after the referee ran over, he pointed a few steps behind where Ricardo had fallen and signaled Real Madrid to take the free kick.

Nari! The Real Madrid players are gone, and they say a good penalty! Several players argued around Busaka, and Baptista even slammed his chest into the referee, but Raul was quick to pull him back, otherwise he would probably have received a red card.

However, Busaka showed Baptista a yellow card as a warning.

The Real Madrid players retreated in a daze, and Ricardo stood in front of the box with the ball, ready to take the free-kick himself.