A goal in stoppage time from Frank Kessie has given the victory 2-1 to the FC Barcelona ante Real Madrid in El Clásico and with it the blaugrana club has practically secured the championship of The league.
When it seemed that Barcelona and Real Madrid would split points after the own goal by Ronald Araujo (9′) and goal by Sergi Roberto (45′)at 90 + 2 ‘Kessie appeared as a hero to give the three units to her team.
Real Madrid also had chances to win the game. In fact, he scored through Marco Asensio in the 81st minute, but the goal ended up being annulled by the VAR for offside.
“The game was complete from the first to the last minute. We have not won because of the offside that we still have doubts that it is”, commented Carlo Ancelotti, the Real Madrid coach.
For Barcelona, the best chance of scoring in the second half, beyond Kessie’s goal, was a shot from Robert Lewandowski in the 59th minute that narrowly missed after hitting the Real Madrid defence.
Barcelona, led by Xavi Hernández, is positioned in this way with 12 points of advantage in the classification of the Spanish league over the meringues and there are only 12 days left.
“For me it is not a definitive distance. Far from it we feel like champions. But we have taken a big step forward. It is time to assess what these players are doing. They have only lost 10 points in the entire League”, Xavi remarked.
There is a lot of championship left, but it is a difference that seems practically impossible to overcome for a white team without fangs, with Vinicius Junior practically as the only resource in attack since Karim Benzema He proved to be far from his best version.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois admitted that “You have to be honest, there are four games difference” with the 12 points of advantage that Barcelona has achieved.
