Great goals from Benzema and Valverde and leadership of Real Madrid after defeating Barcelona
Madrid took advantage of the football quality that it has in all its lines compared to Barcelona, and got a resounding result at the Santiago Bernabéuin El Clásico that was played this Sunday.
When they most needed to show superiority and forcefulness, Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid took the field with the mentality set on the three points and, in the end, the leadership of the Spanish LaLigaof which he now heads the standings con 25 points over 22 of Barcelona in second place.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring, a player who received a lot of criticism after recovering from injury which led him to miss several games with Real Madrid and “divorce” with the goal.
But reunions are always a reason for joy. Today, the Frenchman marked Barcelona with a shot that beat Ter Stegen and that Barsa’s defense little could do to deflect the trajectory of the ball, after a spectacular counterattack play by Toni Kroos.
Le but de Benzema: pic.twitter.com/88r5NnczSc
— X. (@XEYOH_) October 16, 2022
The Uruguayan emulated him minutes later Federico Valverde, who is also still in love with the goal. “El Halcón” gave Barsa a “swipe” with a sensational shot from outside the area that once again left the Barça defense and goalkeeper with no options to react.
⚽️🇺🇾 | Great goal from Federico Valverde! Fourth goal of the Uruguayan this season.
🔥👀 What an animal you are, Fede.pic.twitter.com/yuk7yCyqtd
– Nicholas Saavedra (@NicoSaavedra_) October 16, 2022
Eight minutes from the end, Barcelona finally could get the discount goal after trying several times without success during the second part.
The pride goal was the work of Ferran Torreswho defined without a goalkeeper in front after receiving a very good cross from Ansu Fati that, intelligently, passed by the Polish Robert Lewandowski.
Ansu ➡️ Lewandowski ➡️ FERRAN TORRES AND GOAL! pic.twitter.com/qGMp1ytL2w
— Menina Culé | Videos (@MeninaCule_VD) October 16, 2022
But when Barcelona was at its best, Eric García provoked a very clear penalty on the recently entered Rodrygo. The referee had to review the play in the VAR and confirmed that there was a stomp by the Barça defender on the Madrid striker.
Rodrygo took responsibility for collecting the penalty and beat Ter Stegen with a powerful definition for 3-1 in favor of Real Madrid.
That Rodrygo is a substitute speaks of how well the others are, but what a player. Goal for the Brazilian. pic.twitter.com/uDVpDDkINX
— doubleD (@danielmahomes) October 16, 2022
Real Madrid thus received “revenge” from the last Clásico in which Barcelona humiliated the whites with a historic 4-0 winalso at the Santiago Bernabéu for LaLiga.
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