Original title: Benzema breaks the scoring drought (citation)
Clasico, the revenge of Real Madrid (theme)
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Liu Yi reported: On October 17, the 9th round of La Liga hosted the Spanish national derby. Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 at home, avenging the 0-4 defeat at home last season. . In the La Liga standings, Real Madrid leads alone with 25 points and Barcelona are in second place with a difference of 3 points.
Barcelona have conceded just one goal in the first 8 rounds and this season also ushered in the return of French central defender Conde from injury. Although Conde has replaced “colander” Pique in the back line, he has not yet managed to fill Barcelona’s defensive loopholes. Real Madrid played a strong counter attack in the 12th minute, Kroos sent a subtle pass, Junior entered the penalty area from the left and the shot was saved and Benzema fired an extra shot for Real Madrid to take the lead.
Benzema’s last goal was far in the La Liga away win against Espanyol on 29 August. After such a long drought, the favorite of the new Ballon d’Or left the goal to his opponent in the Spanish national derby. Benzema was sidelined due to injury when Real Madrid suffered a 4-0 home defeat to Barcelona last season.
One of the highlights of this heavyweight contest is the competition between the two supercenters Benzema and Lewandowski, but Lewandowski, who took part in the Spanish national derby for the first time, still can’t find it. In the 25th minute, Rafinha made a cross from the right and Lewand made a small shovel angle from behind, which missed the perfect opportunity to equalize the score.
From the technical statistics of the whole match, Barcelona are more dominant, bringing 18 to 8 in the number of shots, 5 to 4 in the number of shots on goal, and have obtained 57% of the ball possession. However, Real Madrid counterattacked very sharply, making Barcelona’s defense impossible. At 35 ’empty in the defense of Barcelona in front of the penalty area: after the continuous passes of Junior, Joan Ameni and Mendy, Valverde heavily bombed the Real Madrid goal to widen the score.
Lewandowski breaks into the penalty area in the 73rd minute and falls to the ground under Carvajal’s defense, the referee says nothing and Xavi spreads his hands to express his misunderstanding. In the 83rd minute, Fati made a cross from the left, Lewandowski rubbed the ball back with his foot and Ferran Torres pushed into an empty net and eventually recovered a goal for Barcelona. In the 89th minute Rodrigo, released from the bench, breaks into the penalty area and is knocked down by the Barcelona defender Garcia, who scores a penalty and signs the victory of Real Madrid.
This is the 50th game of former midfield superstar Xavi, Barcelona manager, who led the team with just 28 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses. Xavi coaches Barcelona with a win rate of just 56% .Among the coaches who have led the team for at least 50 games, his performance is the worst among Barcelona managers since 2001 and the number of defeats is also the last. 7 coaches who have led Barcelona at least 50 games, the maximum.
Young Marshal Xavi is paying taxes for his growth. After the Spanish national derby, Real Madrid fans shouted: “Xavi stay, Xavi stay!”
