Real Madrid’s dominance in El Clásic continues. Xavi and Piqué complained: They only played on breaks, we were better

Ancelotti’s team dominated the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Los Blancos have won five times in a row in El Clásic, they have not even known defeat six times. Madrid’s dominance continues, but after the match, Piqué and Xavi were very upset.

Real Madrid started the match more actively and used the space behind the defense that Barcelona offered them. The deadly breaks drawn by Vinicius, Benzema and Asensius could easily have culminated in three goals in the first thirty minutes. The score was 1: 0 for Vinícius Junior.

But then Los Blancos was satisfied with the lead and stopped playing, so the Catalans took over the reins of the match. They also equalized in the 41st minute after the happy goal of de Jong, who was hit by Militao during the kick and the ball bounced into the goal.

Barcelona had a better start in the second half, but every time the Merengues launched an attack, there was danger. After one such action on the left, he got to Benzema’s ball and returned Real to the lead.

Culés didn’t give in and with 83 minutes played Ansu Fati was able to make the score 1 – 0 after an attack on the right. The match thus reached extra time. Real was more successful when Valverde scored in the 98th minute after a lightning and incredibly well-coordinated counter.

After that, Real logically waited for his opponent deeper, let Barcelona play and from other break situations, by the way, he could easily have scored three more goals.

This is exactly what the Barcelona icons, stopper Gerard Piqué and coach Xavi complained about after the match.

“They only won the match with breaks. We held the balloon much more, “ Piqué complained in a post-match interview. The match statistics, which show a ball possession of 53% – 47%, do not completely match his opinion.

“We were better than Real Madrid. We are angry and disappointed. We checked Real Madrid, which was just waiting in its own lime, “ Xavi told reporters.

But Los Blancos coach Carlo Ancelotti has the opposite view, according to whom this was the intention.

“Barcelona did not dominate us. We just went deeper to enjoy break situations, for which we had a lot of space. We tried two different styles in the match. The block is not aesthetic, but when it comes to us…, “ Ancelotti showed his point of view.

Source: the beach bar

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