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UPDATE: Real Madrid also out witted Barcelona in the Copa Del Ray final but sadly my cable provider could not broadcast that match and hence, it is going to take a little bit before I review that, from what I have seen on youtube, it was little bit the same as in the Clasico two weeks ago. Real Madrid defended well and hit on the counter with Ronaldo scoring a superb header from a cross by Di Maria after he had a great one two pass with Marcelo on the left hand side of the field.
What a match it was. Real Madrid vs Barcelona, this time was a very evenly contested match. 1-1 it ended. Messi and Ronaldo scored a penalty each to level the scoreline. It has to be said though that throughout the match Real Madrid defended like seasoned Italians and Barcelona attacked like born Brazillians.
Barcelona’s tactics in this game were a bit questionable. Messi, most of the time, played in the center of the midfield when his best position is the left flank down the line and that is the position where he could have hurt Marcelo and consequently Real Madrid a lot.
Instead, what we saw was Denial Alves taking on Marcelo and obviously that did not turn out to be as effective as it would have been had Messi played on the left. Anyhow, Barcelona attacked from the first minute till the 70nth minute after which Real Madrid also started to take a lot of chances .
I think Real Madrid was the better of the two sides. I think we defended really well and attacked on the counter really effectively. Ronaldo missed two golden opportunities to score simple goals and Adebayor missed two clear cut chances. There was also the chance of Pepe which he could not take and fluffed his shot into the air.
Real Madrid basically played with two lines of 4 players who defended like hell against the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Villa and Pedro. It was quite clear from the outset that Mourinho was not too interested in this match as Barcelona had 8 points lead on Real Madrid and even if Real Madrid had won, it would have made very little difference in terms of La Liga Title race.
I think Mourinho was just not too much interested in getting any sort of a result from this match. I think he was saving his secrets for the crucial matches in Copa Del Ray and Champions league ties against Barcelona and may be he did not want to let loose all his plans to stop Barcelona in a, basically, a meaningless football match.
Anyway, it was not the match that everyone had expected but man, who the hell cares. I am more excited about what’s to come rather than what has passed. Go Real Madrid.
If we can draw against Barcelona with ten men and a lot of missed chances, I think we can easily beat them with 11 men.
Lastly, I would just like to tell Mourinho that he should give Kaka a chance. I think he can make the difference in the Clasico which can tilt the scales of balance in Real Madrid’s favor. HALA MADRID!!!!!
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