Report by Andrew Hill

The Camp Nou stadium witnessed a lesson of football at its greatest expression and surrendered to the feet of their gamers, for the disgrace of Genuine Madrid fans.

When you defy the laws of physics you have two choices: accept your impotence to go in opposition to them or understand the tough way. And when the law that you are trying to defy is gravity and you are not willing to accept your limitations, a heavy drop will be awaiting for you to train you a lesson. This is the explanation about Genuine Madrid’s resounding defeat in “El Clasico” from Spain in opposition to Barcelona for five-. A staff that was flying substantial in all 3 competitions in dispute -Copa del Rey, Liga and Champions League- exactly where they had not identified what a defeat was, till Barcelona taught them a easy rule in Planet Earth: every little thing that goes up, need to sooner or later arrive down.

The man or woman accountable of defying gravity was Actual Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho, who was comfortably sitting on a cloud bragging about his achievement and how he had annoyed Barcelona as former Chelsea and Inter coach. Then the Portuguese sticker Cristiano Ronaldo followed his countryman’s measures, and said that Barcelona could by no means score eight targets versus -which they didn’t, but they arrived genuinely near to- them, spicing factors even much more before the Monday’s game.

With their feet on the ground, Barcelona head coach Joseph Guardiola and his gamers played deaf ears and waited to give a response on the pitch. They avoided all provocations and just concentrated on becoming truthful to their type, that one particular that the legendary Johan Cruyff -former Barcelona coach and player- implemented in 1989 with the beginning of his dream staff, a squad that didn’t just focus in winning by all signifies, but winning with a beautiful game, exactly where the ball did most of the operating as an alternative of the gamers.

The previous four video games against Barcelona had been nothing at all but a nightmare for Real Madrid, and the fifth 1 was not heading to be an exception. The very first 18 minutes of the very first fifty percent wherever enough for Barcelona to choose the game, many thanks to the objectives from Xavi following help from Iniesta, and Pedro who obtained the courtesy from Villa. Mourinho pictured what was waiting for them in the 2nd half, and determined to sacrifice his playmaker Ozil for a defensive midfielder: Lass. But the tale was currently created and there was practically nothing he could do about it.

With a Real Madrid by now resigned, Barcelona didn’t have to worry about defending -as a simple fact the white team only reached Valdez aim when in the previous 45 minutes- and continued with their demolishing attacks, which led into Villa’s 3rd and fourth target. With the end result in their pocket, Guardiola did 3 substitutions: Bojan, Keita and Jeffren for Villa, Xavi and Pedro, which have been unnoticed, as Barcelona continued creating objective possibilities and managing the game at their pleasure. Bojan even had two probabilities to score, but it was Jeffren who scored the fifth and ultimate target of the match.

With their eternal rival humiliated and the very first location of the Liga BBVA taken away from them -Barcelona is the new and solo leader with 34 factors, two more than Real Madrid- there was absolutely nothing else for the red and blue group to do, but to wait for the final whistle. Regrettably for the show, Genuine Madrid’s defender Ramos misplaced his head and violently kicked Messi from behind, making the disapproval from his rivals, and that led to his red card. Even now impotent with the situation, Ramos had 1 much more sample of his lack of sportsmanship, and he pushed Puyol in the encounter, which produced the captain fall to the ground, followed my another push in Xavi’s face before last but not least leaving the pitch.

It was a depressing conduct from Ramos, but it obviously exemplified the feeling of impotence and frustration from all True Madrid gamers and followers, that couldn’t digest what was going on. Barcelona taught them a lesson about humbleness, and the so awaited response to Mourinho’s and Ronaldo’s provocations was translated into objectives.

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