Barcelona celebrated on the field at Camp Nou after winning the final Spanish association “clasico” of the era, which they had been closer to winning than at any other time. After Real Madrid’s title chances nearly vanished, the referees received criticism.
On Sunday, Barcelona prevailed 2-1 over Madrid despite a deficit. With 12 games remaining, Franck Kessié scored the winning goal for the Catalan team at home, giving them a 12-point advantage over Madrid, who is in second place. This was a significant step on the road to Barcelona’s most memorable association title since their victory in 2019.
In front of their enthusiastic fans, the Barcelona players croaked and celebrated at the final whistle.
Marco Asensio’s Madrid goal was disallowed for offside in the 81st minute, saving Barcelona for the second game in a row. Athletic Bilbao prevailed over Athletic Bilbao after Athletic forward Iaki Williams’ balancer in the 87th minute was disallowed by video review.
Regarding Asensio’s goal, Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti stated, “We are still not sure that it was an offside.” It seemed to be a little true. When we get back to Madrid, this uncertainty will be with us.
The Barcelona coach and Xavi were at odds.
He stated, “I’m surprised by Ancelotti’s comments.” It seemed to be wrong.” Either it is or it is not offside. There is no discussion. The outcome was fair.
The controversy over Barcelona’s payments to the nation’s former vice president of the refereeing committee, which totaled several million dollars and were spread out over a number of years, persisted prior to the match. Barcelona has been officially accused by the prosecution of dishonest management, corruption, and document falsification. Madrid, the government of Spain, the league, and the soccer federation all lend their support to Barcelona in the legal proceedings. Despite the fact that it paid for technical reports on referees and never attempted to influence their game-by-game decisions, Barcelona has consistently denied any wrongdoing or conflict of interest.
Madrid would stand a real chance of acquiring Barcelona and maintaining its title if it won.
Thibaut Courtois, Madrid’s goalkeeper, declared, “We’ll keep fighting.” However, we must tell the truth; The four games we play help us. It is not impossible, but it will be challenging.
In 2019, Barcelona won eight league titles. It completed second to Madrid in 2020, third to Madrid in 2021, and again second to Madrid last season regardless of Lionel Messi’s nonattendance. In the event that it were to win the relationship for the 27th time, it would fall eight spots to Madrid’s second place.
On Sunday, Barcelona seized control of the game for the majority of the match by making the most of opportunities that presented themselves.
In contrast, Madrid forward Vincius Junior crossed the field from the left half in the tenth minute, and Barcelona defenseman Ronald Araujo headed the ball into the net for an unlucky own goal.
As Madrid attempted to win, Kessié scored the winning goal from the center of the box following a late breakaway after receiving a free kick inside the box in the 45th minute.
Madrid thought it was a goal when Asensio scored from close to the goal after receiving a pass from Dani Carvajal; Eventually, an error led to the goal being disparaged in a video study that was close to failing. In less than three weeks, the adversaries had met for the second time. On March 3, Barcelona prevailed 1-0 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal matchup at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. On April 5, the return journey will begin at Camp Nou.
At the Bernabeu, Madrid won the first league “clasico” 3-1. Barcelona was without playmaker Pedri and forward Ousmane Dembélé because of injuries; Furthermore, a real issue prevented Madrid’s monitor David Alaba from attending.
Players wore the Rosala global vocalist logo rather than Spotify’s as part of Barcelona’s essential competition with Spotify. Rosala was chosen to commemorate her critically acclaimed album “Motomami”‘s one-year anniversary.