At the Bernabéu, Barça decreed the end of its anguishing depression, a long period of noise and suffering, of the disenchantment that has presided over the course of the club, subjected to all kinds of bad news. That period, which in symbolic terms began with the pandemic in March 2020, has closed with two colossal victories against Bayern and Real Madrid, Barça’s nemeses. Nothing will be the same at Barça, no matter the final destination of the season. It’s October and May is far away, but it will be impossible to break the story of a team that has returned to where it belongs, to the front row of world football. His display at the Bernabéu is not the result of the chance of a match. Barça had to consecrate its impressive growth at the Bernabéu and did not give up for a minute in achieving it. He scored four exquisitely crafted goals, reduced Madrid to ashes and emerged from the classic as the most exciting team in Europe. Barça decided their fate throughout the match, in the first half through their defensive system. In football terms, he caused a neurosis of anxiety in Madrid. offside . Far from tempering the staging that drove Bayern mad, Flick insisted on advancing the defensive line to unsuspected limits. It was an act of courage, intelligence and conviction. Madrid, who gave up playing to castle in the throws to Vinícius and Mbappé, were offside all night. He capitulated, and that happened after the break, when he understood that he had no alternative to Barça’s effective plan. Madrid entered into crisis and was left in its bones, with nothing to offer.
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The deterrent effect of Barça in the first half, reflected in eight offsides that threatened to break the legendary record of Sacchi’s Milan against Toshack’s Madrid, was manifested in the second half with very high school football, interpreted with goals by the three forwards (two Lewandowskis and the other two in charge of Lamine Yamal and Raphinha) and with great ideas throughout the midfield court: Casadó, Pedri, De Jong and Dani Olmo.
Barça reduced Madrid to ashes and emerged from the classic as the most exciting in Europe
The entire team worked like clockwork, with Iñaki Peña at the helm. If the win serves to close an era of sadness, it places the goalkeeper in a position of credibility that only his coach guaranteed him. Iñaki Peña was an essential factor in Barça’s success. He will not be looked at the same from now on. It is true that Madrid threatened more than Barça in the first half, but Flick’s team enjoyed more chances. It was not a latent threat, that too, but rather the imminent sensation of a goal that Madrid transmitted with each movement of the ball behind the Barça defensive line. Goal opportunities wasted in the first instance due to bad decisions by Vinícius or Mbappé, a save by Iñaki Peña and even a goal that was celebrated with a bang in Chamartín, but that was disallowed due to offside. In reality, each and every one of those tremendous opportunities were fictitious.
Lamine Yamal shows his teeth to celebrate the third goal at the Bernabéu
Barça did not take a step back from the formula that characterizes it this season. If anything, Flick has upped the ante. Against Bayern and Madrid, the team has played with more conviction than ever, the main symptom of its impressive growth. It was obvious in his game. He had to ratify it at the right time and place. In one fell swoop he has stripped away all the cobwebs that weighed on the spirit of the club and its surroundings. At the Bernabéu, Barça gave a lesson in vitality, daring and class. He destroyed Madrid and now he is venturing back into the territory of great teams.
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