Barcelona's defense had too many injuries in this game, Christensen suffered an ankle injury, while Araujo's injury is more serious and may not be able to catch up with the World Cup, Barcelona could only play Kounde and Eric Garcia to play the center back of the defense, the midfield put away Gavi to send out F.de Jong, the forward line has not been changed.
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Real Madrid soccer team
Tchouameni, who played at the back of the defense, and the rest of last season's UEFA Champions League team, will be the starting lineup.
Final line-up
The national derby, which was expected to be a close one, lost all its suspense at once, and only 11 minutes into the match, Real Madrid
Kroos took advantage of a counterattack from the midfielder Kroos, taking advantage of the fact that Busquets and F.de Jong were both on the front foot. Kroos kicked the ball forward before being pulled down by Busquets, and played a beautiful pass from the left side of the field, which was followed up by Vinicius, who took a shot from the penalty area, and although ter Stegen pounced on it, Benzema was already there. Although ter Stegen parried the ball away, Benzema was already there and easily pushed the ball into the 13-yard box, and Barcelona already had three defenders in front of the goal who could not stop the fast ball.
Barcelona later had a ground ball from Raphinha on the right at the 24:00 mark, which Levan came close to scoring at the far post, but that didn't change the unfavorable situation for Barcelona, whose midfield's physicality was not as good as Real Madrid's.
There was too much difference and in order to maintain possession the midfield had to press forward in order to push the wingers deep, while Real Madrid
It's certainly no problem to play on the counterattack, so just let Real Madrid
Three midfield and Barcelona three midfield in a one-on-one state, time long Barcelona gradually into a disadvantage, of course, this also has to do with their three midfield and the front of the three sharp knife link is not good enough, three sharp knife on the organization of the midfield operation is not that good at Real Madrid!
The three midfielders certainly have a good enough understanding with the defense
And then Real Madrid.
Let the center back to greet Levin, Levin was put down many times greatly affect his state, and Barcelona three midfield as long as the front back is empty, here to mention the veteran Kroos, his game's activity is extremely incomparable, the defense is almost chasing the Barcelona players to the bottom of the line to go, and then in a very short period of time rushed to the center of the field, and so on constantly back and forth running the whole game, so that Modric can be very comfortable in the next to control the rhythm, and the Barcelona three midfield also broke down. The first goal was a direct result of Busquets losing the positional control and physical confrontation before allowing Kroos to pass the ball.
Barcelona in this state is equivalent to no waist defense, in 35 points Real Madrid
The second goal of the match was the same, Carvajal watched the position of his teammates on the right side of the field and then passed the ball to the center of the field, Vinicius took the ball and waited for Tchouameni and Mendy to pound the ball out of the field. At this stage, Barcelona had seven players back to the penalty box but no one was paying attention to the top of the penalty box, as a result of a cross by Mendy, Valverde rushed to the top of the field and hit a high speed low ball. The result was a cross from Mendy, Valverde rushed to the top of the box and scored with a high speed low ball.
After 2-0 the game was already kind of packed early, Barcelona wanted to play offense but Real Madrid
It's always good to play their counterattacks, and Barcelona can't control the situation.
At the 60:00 mark of the second half, Xavi began to make substitutions, taking off Balde, Busquets, and Raphinha and replacing them with Gavi, Jordi Alba, and Ferran Torres, and then tactically moving the two wingbacks into the center of the field to deliver the ball near the center line, while the midfield backed off a little bit not to let Real Madrid
Playing counterattacks again and controlling the situation in this way, and then only in the 73rd minute did they replace AnsuFati under Dembele, so that both the left and right flanks were replaced with players who could play in the midfield, and Real Madrid
Then at the 83:00 mark AnsuFati had a chance to accelerate down the left side of the field and made a quick pass to the center, where Levine intentionally fumbled the ball, and Ferran Torres came up from the back and pushed it into the empty net.
Barcelona had seen a glimmer of hope for an equalizer, but Real Madrid
Camavinga, Asensio, and Rodrygo were brought in to strengthen the midfield and the physicality of the game, and then time ran out, and in the 90th minute Rodrygo broke into the box and got a 12-yarder, which he scored to bring the score to 3-1 and close out the game.
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Now Barcelona, after a complete reorganization, has given Xavi the ability to use substitution tactics to play against Real Madrid.
The strength of the opponent, but the overall quality of the personnel is not comprehensive enough, like the physical confrontation in this game will be difficult to beat Real Madrid!
But for the experienced and smart Real Madrid, it's a good thing they're not.
For that matter, Barca can't afford to be an enemy right now, so maybe wait until the second half of the season when they return to the Camp Nou to see what happens.
