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At the end of a pulsating contest in Saudi Arabia, Madrid went 3-2 after extra time and will now face either Atletico Madrid or Athletic Bilbao on Thursday in Sunday’s final.
As expected, Madrid won it to make it a quintet of consecutive Clásico victories, the first time both sides have enjoyed such dominance since Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona won 5–0 at the Camp Nou in 2010. Had it.
She Vinicius Junior and karemo Benzema, Madrid’s deadly attacking pairing, both scoring again, was also not a blow, and neither was the brilliant Anu Fati coming home in his first appearance in two months.
The surprise was that a young Barcelona team, 17 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga, pushed Madrid to the King Fahd Stadium and reached the final after Fati equalized 10 minutes late. appeared more likely.
xavi hernandez Said that the game would be a “test” for his team and that when they lost the game, it would be hard to conclude that they did not pass.
By the end, Barcelona’s 11 included Pedri, 19, ez Abde, 20, Fati, 19, Nico Gonzalez, 20, and Ronald Araujo, 22. Gavi, 17, and Ferran Torres, 21, were gone.
Madrid’s own youth gem, Vinicius, may prove to be the best, with Brazil almost unstoppable again.
Luuc de Jong, however, equalized for Barcelona and Fede Valverde needed to score the winner in extra time after Fati canceled Benzema’s strike.
Encouraged by the return of several key players, Barcelona was almost unrecognizable from the start. Fati, Pedri, Frankie de Jong and Araujo were all back from injury.
Torres also made his debut 15 days after completing his move from Manchester City. After he tested negative for Covid and was eventually registered by La Liga, Barca made room in their budget by extending Samuel Umtiti’s contract.
Real Madrid were the better side at the start, smarter through midfield and more meaningful in the attack.
Yet when the goal came, it was through an error from Sergio Busquets, the veteran robbing the ball in the center circle. Benzema caught him taking a nap, took it back from Luka Modric and sent the ball in Vinicius’s path.
With three perfect touches, he controlled, pushed away from Ronald Araujo and lifted the ball into the net.
There was little to predict for Barcelona’s draw, which came four minutes before half-time. Ousmane Dembele’s cross was met by Eder Militao at the near post, but his clearance went through de Jong’s outstretched leg, the ball rebounding off the post.
Pedri and Abde came on at half-time and Barca picked up the pace, with Pedri firing wide shortly after the restart. Fatigued for de Jong, the team suddenly looked more dangerous.
But it was Benzema who came closest to being fed up with Vinicius. He skillfully created enough space in the penalty area to crack a left footed shot against the post.
Madrid were now taking the lead again and scored in the 72nd minute. Ferland Mendy overtook Alves and cut back for Benzema, whose attempt was abandoned by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
It was Dani Carvajal to get the ball back inside and when Ter Stegen made the block again, this time it fell to Benzema, who adjusted and finished.
With seven minutes left, Madrid were closing in but Fati intervened. Memphis Depay played the corner short and Jordi Alba’s cross found a spot in the box, where Fati jumped, stretched and went into the corner.
For the remaining minutes, it was Barcelona on top, with Dembele running through and Pedri denied by Nacho Fernández. He also started better in extra time but probably worked harder because suddenly Madrid were five against three.
Vinicius ran over Rodrigo’s pull-back and Valverde, with Benzema and Casemiro beside him, rolled over.
At the end of a pulsating contest in Saudi Arabia, Madrid went 3-2 after extra time and will now face either Atletico Madrid or Athletic Bilbao on Thursday in Sunday’s final.
As expected, Madrid won it to make it a quintet of consecutive Clásico victories, the first time both sides have enjoyed such dominance since Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona won 5–0 at the Camp Nou in 2010. Had it.
She Vinicius Junior and karemo Benzema, Madrid’s deadly attacking pairing, both scoring again, was also not a blow, and neither was the brilliant Anu Fati coming home in his first appearance in two months.
The surprise was that a young Barcelona team, 17 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga, pushed Madrid to the King Fahd Stadium and reached the final after Fati equalized 10 minutes late. appeared more likely.
xavi hernandez Said that the game would be a “test” for his team and that when they lost the game, it would be hard to conclude that they did not pass.
By the end, Barcelona’s 11 included Pedri, 19, ez Abde, 20, Fati, 19, Nico Gonzalez, 20, and Ronald Araujo, 22. Gavi, 17, and Ferran Torres, 21, were gone.
Madrid’s own youth gem, Vinicius, may prove to be the best, with Brazil almost unstoppable again.
Luuc de Jong, however, equalized for Barcelona and Fede Valverde needed to score the winner in extra time after Fati canceled Benzema’s strike.
Encouraged by the return of several key players, Barcelona was almost unrecognizable from the start. Fati, Pedri, Frankie de Jong and Araujo were all back from injury.
Torres also made his debut 15 days after completing his move from Manchester City. After he tested negative for Covid and was eventually registered by La Liga, Barca made room in their budget by extending Samuel Umtiti’s contract.
Real Madrid were the better side at the start, smarter through midfield and more meaningful in the attack.
Yet when the goal came, it was through an error from Sergio Busquets, the veteran robbing the ball in the center circle. Benzema caught him taking a nap, took it back from Luka Modric and sent the ball in Vinicius’s path.
With three perfect touches, he controlled, pushed away from Ronald Araujo and lifted the ball into the net.
There was little to predict for Barcelona’s draw, which came four minutes before half-time. Ousmane Dembele’s cross was met by Eder Militao at the near post, but his clearance went through de Jong’s outstretched leg, the ball rebounding off the post.
Pedri and Abde came on at half-time and Barca picked up the pace, with Pedri firing wide shortly after the restart. Fatigued for de Jong, the team suddenly looked more dangerous.
But it was Benzema who came closest to being fed up with Vinicius. He skillfully created enough space in the penalty area to crack a left footed shot against the post.
Madrid were now taking the lead again and scored in the 72nd minute. Ferland Mendy overtook Alves and cut back for Benzema, whose attempt was abandoned by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
It was Dani Carvajal to get the ball back inside and when Ter Stegen made the block again, this time it fell to Benzema, who adjusted and finished.
With seven minutes left, Madrid were closing in but Fati intervened. Memphis Depay played the corner short and Jordi Alba’s cross found a spot in the box, where Fati jumped, stretched and went into the corner.
For the remaining minutes, it was Barcelona on top, with Dembele running through and Pedri denied by Nacho Fernández. He also started better in extra time but probably worked harder because suddenly Madrid were five against three.
Vinicius ran over Rodrigo’s pull-back and Valverde, with Benzema and Casemiro beside him, rolled over.
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