Chapter 518: The Third Battle

5:3, this is the largest score in the Spanish El Clasico in 49 years. After this game, Barcelona's points were tied with Real Madrid's and were ranked second due to a goal difference disadvantage.

Guardiola looked ugly at the post-match press conference. He kept emphasizing Real Madrid's luck and Casillas' heroic performance, praising Casillas as the best goalkeeper in the world at the moment. "He and Buffon It's hard to tell", praising Ricardo's performance, "He is impressive, I think he has caught up with Ronaldo in my mind."

"We controlled the game most of the time, but there were a few moments when the stars shone that decided the outcome."

In short, it is deliberately downplaying the impact of this defeat.

Pellegrini was not too proud, "This is an important victory, but it is only 3 points. We have to look forward. In a few days, we will usher in the second round of the Champions League. If we hope To defend the title, this is a hurdle that must be overcome. Barcelona will not surrender easily, so we face a tough battle. I hope to get a good result, but I can't go off to play by myself. Everything still depends on the performance of the boys. "

"Judging from this game, I still have a lot to learn from Ricardo. He is a real master," said Messi, who has scored 23 league goals this season and is fourth on the scorer list. , "This is a tragic loss. Needless to say, the loss in this game may cost us dearly, and we may lose the league championship because of this. So the next game is very important for us, if we don't want to With nothing left, we have no choice but to win against Real Madrid away from home."

"I believe we can do it," Eto'o said decisively. "We have played very well this season and we deserve some honors."

On Real Madrid's side, no one spoke up. Everyone is preparing intensively.

Soon, on the evening of May 6, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals started at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Barcelona's formation has made some adjustments. Yaya Toure unexpectedly came to the central defender position to partner with Pique. Keita, Xavi and Busquets formed the midfield. Due to Henry's injury, Iniesta was adjusted to the front line. He formed a trident with Eto'o and Messi.

Pellegrini returned the formation to 4321.

Pepe replaced Metzelder in the defense, Marcelo replaced Heinze, the midfield trio of Lars Diarra, Gago and Sneijder, Kaká sat on the bench, and Ricardo and Robben play as left and right wingers respectively. The center is still Higuain. He scored twice in the last game. Pellegrini hopes that he can continue his good form.

There have been some changes in the lineups of both sides.

This means that the content of the competition will also be different.

Real Madrid started a defensive counterattack again. This was not a game that had to be won. A draw was acceptable. Pellegrini hoped that the score would be 0:0, and that it would go through overtime and finally lead to a penalty kick. In the past few days of training, the team focused on training set pieces and penalty kicks.

Barcelona changed two people in the midfield, and the passing control will obviously be adversely affected, while Busquets is responsible for marking Licardo.

Barcelona's physical fitness obviously had some problems. Just one minute into the game, Messi was dribbling the ball in the midfield. With no one guarding him, his legs became weak and he fell down. Lass Diarra immediately intercepted the ball.

It is a pity that Lars Diarra stuck the ball too seriously and missed the best opportunity to counterattack. By the time he took a few steps and passed the ball, Ricardo had already been marked by Busquets and did not get the ball. With no room to move forward, he could only return the ball. Gago distributed the ball to the right. Robben took the ball and cut inside and shot a long shot, hastily ending the attack.

In the 2nd minute, Eto'o also tried a shot, which was soft and deflected, but at least Barcelona had its first shot.

Within two minutes, both sides completed their first shot, which indicated that this game would never be as dull as the first round.

In the 4th minute of the game, Messi dribbled the ball to attract two defensive players and then separated the ball. Xavi's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was blocked, but the ball still rolled towards the goal. Fortunately, Ramos returned to defend even though , clearing the ball on the goal line.

Although Real Madrid put on a defensive posture from the beginning, the players were very tired mentally and physically, and the defensive effect was not good.

Of course, things aren't much better over there in Barcelona.

In the 8th minute, Real Madrid played a fast break and the ball came to Liccardo's feet. He tried to cut in, but he used a trick to pass the ball to the wing and handed it to Marcelo who stepped in for an assist.

Marcelo passed the ball to the center and Lars Diarra passed the ball to the right.

After Robben got the ball, he went down to the ground at lightning speed, and then passed the ball. The ball hit Yaya Toure's leg, bounced high and flew outside the penalty area.

Liccardo kept running after passing the ball. He first ran into the penalty area to prepare for the reception, and then immediately retreated, just as the football flew towards him.

He didn't think about it at all. He took a stance and saw Busquets rushing towards him. He didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground and volleyed directly.

"Goallllll! Fantastic goal, super goal, unimaginable goal, Ricardo made a world wave! He copied Zidane's extraordinary performance! The football hit the bottom edge of the crossbar and bounced into the goal, Valdes has no choice! This goal is fully qualified to be the best goal of this Champions League!"

Liccardo himself was stunned for a moment. To hit the world wave requires skills, but also a bit of luck. He obviously didn't expect his luck to be so good. He scored on the first shot he tried in this game, and he hit it so beautifully.

After he came to his senses, he ran to the bench, pulled Ronaldo up and danced a cradle dance. Ronaldo's second son has just been born.

Marcelo and Kaka on the bench also came over and swayed together.

This conceded goal dealt a big blow to the Barcelona players. For a while, they made frequent passing errors and could hardly control the rhythm of the game.

Real Madrid recovered for a while after the goal, but soon attacked tentatively.

In the 17th minute, Lass Diarra sent a through ball to Ricardo. Ricardo missed the ball with his back, then turned around to catch up with the football, overtook Busquets, went down to the baseline and passed the ball to the edge of the penalty area. S. Diarra followed up with a furious kick, which was full of power, but it was a pity that the plane was released.

In the 23rd minute, Liccardo received a pass from Marcelo on the left and tried to cut inside with the ball, but was pulled down by Busquets. Ricardo personally took the free kick. Although the angle was relatively small, he still tried to shoot the far corner. However, Valdez was very focused and quickly took two steps back, then took off and lifted the ball out of the baseline.