Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-0 in the El-clásico match at the Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday to end its seven-match winless streak against its rival and return to the top of the Spanish league.
Vinícius Júnior scored in the 71st minute and substitute Mariano Díaz sealed the victory in stoppage time to give Madrid a one-point lead over Barcelona and halt the team’s recent struggles.
Lionel Messi had a quiet night, squandering a couple of good chances on one-on-one situations and being shown a late yellow card for a hard foul from behind on Madrid midfielder Casemiro.
The second goal was all Mariano’s own work. He ran to receive a long throw down the right, then let the ball run past him and sped away from his marker Umtiti. Mariano kept going, all the way into the area, and screwed a shot over ter Stegen from a tight angle. I think he mishit the shot, but who cares: he’s in tears of joy!
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This year El-clasico had Former Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was among the nearly 80,000 in attendance at the Bernabéu, as were players from the Wuhan Zall soccer team based in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus coronavirus outbreak.
Disappointed Sergio Busquets while speaking to the media after his side crashed to a first El Clasico defeat at the Bernabeu since 2017 said.
“We had a very good first half, with clear chances, but in the second half, it changed. We lost control of the game because we lost balls and they took advantage with a lucky goal.”
Real go back to the top of the table with an ultimately deserved victory in the clasico.
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