On Sunday, an extraordinary 10th round of matches was played in the Spanish "La Liga" championship, where the two biggest football names faced each other.
Barcelona, in front of their fans, welcomed the struggling Real Madrid club. Julen Lopetegui and the entire team's tragedy continued in Barcelona - the Catalan team, demonstrating helpless defense, found the net of the "white" team five times and achieved a crushing victory with a score of 5:1.
For Real Madrid, this was a great opportunity to turn their season around, but after the performance at Camp Nou, the situation not only did not change but also became uncontrollable.
Already in the 11th minute, Jordi Alba took advantage of the freedom given on the right side of the opponent, made a good pass to the middle of the penalty area, and Coutinho, finding enough space there, scored a simple goal to put the Catalans ahead.
The Real Madrid team looked tragic in the first half - committing childish mistakes in defense and failing to create dangerous opportunities on the opponent's side of the field.
In the 30th minute, Luis Suarez was brought down by Raphael Varane in the penalty area - after a VAR review, a penalty kick was awarded. The Uruguayan, who took the kick, did not miss, and the score became 2-0.
Real Madrid started the second half decisively and scored a goal in the 50th minute when Marcelo finished a well-organized attack with a precise shot into the opponent's goal.
The "Whites" continued to dominate and pose a threat to the opponent's goal. In the 56th minute, Luka Modric had a great opportunity to equalize, but his shot was not accurate - the Croat shot wide.
Real Madrid had a great 15 minutes, but then errors in defense started to pile up again - in the 75th minute, Luis Suarez, after a brilliant pass from Sergi Roberto, scored with a header. In the 83rd minute, the Uruguayan celebrated his hat-trick - Sergio Ramos carelessly lost the ball in the middle of the field, and Suarez took advantage to sprint towards Thibaut Courtois' goal and lifted the ball over him.
In the 87th minute, Arturo Vidal added the final nail to the coffin for Real Madrid after coming on as a substitute - the score became extremely humiliating. In 2010, Barca humiliated the Madrid team at this stadium as well - Jose Mourinho lost his first "El Clasico" with a score of 0-5.
After the victory, Barcelona became the sole leader of the league with 21 points, while Real Madrid is in a difficult position - in ninth place. They are already 7 points behind the leaders, but the situation is still tragic, as only 9 points separate them from the last place and their current position.
Undoubtedly, after these matches, Julen Lopetegui, who took over the Real Madrid team's reins only at the beginning of the summer, will receive a dismissal letter.
Result:
Barcelona 5 - 1 Real Madrid
11' [1 - 0] Coutinho
30' [2 - 0] L. Suarez (penalty kick)
50' [2 - 1] Marcelo
75' [3 - 1] L. Suarez
83' [4 - 1] L. Suarez
87' [5 - 1] A. Vidal
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