By Sergio Silva
26 Oct 2024, 17:55 PM EDT
For the third consecutive game FC Barcelona He gives a demonstration of power and what better time: in the Classic. The Catalan team gave Real Madrid (0-4) a dance this Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu to establish itself as the undisputed leader of LaLiga.
Those led by the German Hansi Flick had just beaten Sevilla (5-1) in the local tournament and Bayern Munich (4-1) in the Champions League, putting an end to a long dominance that the Germans had imposed on them and now they gave a blow on the table by going over the current LaLiga champion.
The merengue team arrived at this event with their mind set on continuing with their inspired step after This week’s incredible comeback against Borussia Dortmund (5-2) for the Champions League but they found themselves face to face with a FC Barcelona team that is still in beast mode.
Whoever hits first hits double
And Robert Lewandowski enforced this saying. It took the Polish striker 54 minutes to increase his scoring quota this season, but he finally ended up opening the scoring after a pass from Marc Casadó. It didn’t take even two minutes before he shook the nets again and put the victory on track.
The LaLiga scorer, with 14 goals in 11 games, made the score 0-2 after combining with Alejandro Baldé. The experienced forward had at least a couple more chances to hurt Real Madrid, including a stick, but his aim was not on his side.
However, Hansi Flick’s troops still had a little more firepower to attack their rival and it was the young Blaugrana star, Lamine Yamal, who was in charge of continuing the culé festival at the white house. The 17-year-old winger made it 0-3 in the 77th minute.
Real Madrid did not raise its head and was already sentenced, trying to withstand as best it could the offensive power of the Catalans who did not take their foot off the accelerator and continued searching, successfully, for the goal defended by the Ukrainian Andriy Lunin who started due to Thibaut’s injury. Courtois.
And another of the players who are going through a great moment at FC Barcelona could not be left out of this victory. This is the Brazilian Raphinha, who put definitive figures to the resounding culé victory in the 84th minute, sentencing Real Madrid’s first defeat this season in LaLiga.
With this victory, FC Barcelona gives new warning in its firm intention to fight for all the titles this season after having left empty-handed last year. The Catalans are now six points away from second place, which is still held by Real Madrid.
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