Real Madrid, which beat Barcelona 3-2 with a goal in extra time by Englishman Jude Bellingham, completed the series of official classics of the campaign with three victories, something it had not achieved since the 1935-36 season.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team, which left the fight for the title practically doomed by having an eleven-point lead with six games to play, has beaten Xavi Hernández’s team this season in the two LaLiga EA Sports games and in the final of the Riyadh Super Cup.
Although in preseason, back on July 29, 2023, the Dallas Cowboys’ AT& Stadium was the scene of a clear 3-0 victory for Barcelona with a good performance, including the first goal, by Ousmane Dembele, who He ended up going to PSG, in the official matches Real Madrid has emerged victorious this season.
On the eleventh day, at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, Ancelotti’s team took the victory with a comeback to an early goal from German Ilkay Gundogan after six minutes. They came back with a double from Bellingham. The second goal was achieved in the 92nd minute.
In the Super Cup final, on January 14, the white victory was more authoritarian. 4-1 thanks to a hat trick from Vinicius Jr. and a goal from fellow Brazilian Rodrygo Goes, who annulled a Barça team that was weak at the back in which the Polish Robert Lewandowski scored and the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo was sent off with just under twenty minutes left. , now with the final score on the electronic.
And in this third and last classic of the season, which could bring life back to Barcelona or leave the title practically doomed for Real Madrid, Bellingham was once again the decisive factor in the end with a goal in the extension from a pass from Lucas Vázquez, another of the protagonists of the match, by forcing the penalty for Vinicius’ first tie and taking advantage of a cross from the Brazilian to sign the second tie.
As in Montjuic, Ancelotti’s team had to come back. In fact, it is the Real Madrid with the most comebacks in the league tournament with nine, surpassing its mark from the 1996/97 campaign and that of Deportivo in the 2002/03 edition.
The Madrid team had only managed to win the three classics in one season in 1935-36. He won both league games and the Cup final.
The team led by Paco Bru won 0-3 in Les Corts with goals from Luis Regueiro, Francisco Diz and Simón Lecue, who achieved a double in the second round of the league in Chamartín to repeat the result with another goal from Emilín.
Barcelona, led by Irishman Patrick O’Connell, could not get even in the cup final at Mestalla. Real Madrid won the title by winning 2-1 with two goals early on from Eugenio Hilario Calvo and Lecue.
With this Sunday’s victory, Real Madrid has now accumulated four consecutive victories in the classics of the official tournaments, since we must add the 0-4 they achieved at the Camp Nou last season in the second leg of the Cup semi-finals King.
The last time it reached this mark – and which it surpassed with five wins in a row – was between the 2019-20 season, with a 2-0 in LaLiga, and 2021-22, with a 3-2 in the Super Cup semi-final.
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2024-04-23 06:50:56
