WHEN IS THE NEXT EL CLASICO? THE DATES OF REAL MADRID VS BARCELONA 2021

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Barcelona are back on the losing track thanks khổng lồ a painful 2-1 defeat to lớn Real Madrid in El Clásico on Sunday. Almost 87,000 fans came to Camp Nou và saw Barça put up a good fight, but the Blaugrana didn’t take their chances & saw Madrid be ruthless in front of goal khổng lồ escape with all three points.

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FIRST HALF

Barça started the trò chơi well, pressing high up the pitch and playing with intensity và good concentration, not allowing Madrid any space in possession & showing good initiative as the home team.

They had the best chance of the half in the 25th minute when Marc-André Ter Stegen sent a long ball forward, Memphis Depay spun away from Éder Militão và found Sergiño Dest all alone with Thibaut Courtois, but the American missed the target completely and sent the shot over the bar.

That felt like a turning point in the match, the type of chance an inferior team misses right before the better team takes control. & that’s exactly what happened: Los Blancos amped up their intensity and started khổng lồ trouble the Barça defense with the pace of Vinicius Jr. & the movement of Karim Benzema, and the Blaugrana became more và more vulnerable at the back with each Madrid attack.

But it was a counter-attack that opened them up for good: after David Alaba stole the ball from Memphis just outside the Madrid box, the Austrian sprinted the other way và found himself wide mở cửa on the left wing after a great pass from Rodrygo. Alaba fired a rocket into the corner, & the visitors took the lead.

Barça reacted well to lớn going behind and had two excellent chances: first Gerard Piqué headed just wide from a Memphis corner, and a brilliant team move ended with a pass from Jordi Alba & a shot from Ansu Fati inside the six-yard box that was blocked by Militão.

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At halftime, Barça had played a very good first half but were undone by a Madrid counter-attack, và they would need a second half for the ages khổng lồ pull off the comeback.

SECOND HALF

Ronald Koeman brought Philippe Coutinho on for Óscar Mingueza & Barça changed formations to lớn a 4-2-3-1, making them more attacking & aggressive in their pressing. The Blaugrana did dominate possession in the opening minutes of the second half và Madrid were forced khổng lồ defend deep inside their half, but Barça couldn’t create any real chances.

Madrid had a clear plan for the second half: concede possession and look to hit Barça on the counter lớn finish the game off. Vinicius and Benzema each had a big chance with the ball inside the box one-on-one with Ter Stegen, but the Barça defense managed lớn clear the danger both times.

The final 25 minutes were a tough watch as Barça struggled khổng lồ show any creativity in the final third while Madrid looked to slow the pace down as much as possible to try và run out the clock. They successfully managed that và even added a second goal on the counter, with Marco Asensio having a shot saved và Lucas Vázquez scoring on the rebound.

There was still time for another goal as Sergio Agüero scored his first for Barça in the last play of the game, but the final whistle came before Barça could have any hopes lớn equalize. This was a bad El Clásico, neither team looked good và Barça maybe deserved a point, but Madrid took their chances & Barça didn’t. Simple as that.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mingueza (Coutinho 46’), García, Piqué, Alba; Gavi (L. De Jong 85’), Busquets, De Jong (Roberto 77’); Dest, Fati (Agüero 73’), Memphis

Goal: Agüero (90+7’)

Real Madrid: Courtois; Vázquez, Militão, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Rodrygo (Valverde 72’ (Carvajal 90+2’)), Benzema, Vinicius (Asensio 87’)