2022-2023 season La Liga finally ushered in the first first leg of the national derby , Real Madrid faced Barcelona at home. In the first half, Benzema and Valverde scored one goal in succession, Lewandowski missed the empty goal. In the second half, Benzema scored twice and was blown offside. Ferran Torres scored a goal. Then, the substitute played Rodrigo 's final game, helping Real Madrid defeat Barcelona 23-1. It was avenged for the loss of 0-4 last season.
Before the game, both teams scored 22 points in the La Liga standings, and Barcelona ranked first in the La Liga list with a goal difference of 7 more goals. The performance of the two teams on Champions League is very different. As the Champions League champion last season, Real Madrid has already 3 wins and 1 draw in the first four rounds of the game, while Barcelona's 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses resulted in the group stage being eliminated, and they were eliminated in the group stage for two consecutive seasons to play Europa League .
Real Madrid defeated Barcelona and returned to the top
After the game started, Barcelona led by Xavi continued to press the game at high positions, while Real Madrid adopted the tactic of fighting defensive counterattack . In the 11th minute, Kroos carried the ball in the midfield and still used a "lying pass" method to break through the opponent's defense line under the interference of Busquets. Then Vinicius inserted and broke into the penalty area. The shot from a small angle was saved by Telstegen . Benzema then made a follow-up shot and broke the deadlock, and Real Madrid took the lead in breaking the deadlock. Benzema also scored his 12th goal in the national derby, ranking 8th in history.
In the 25th minute, Rafinia crossed from the right to the back point, and De Jong's encirclement in the middle did not touch the ball. Lewandon at the back point shot and shot the ball high when facing the empty goal! Barcelona, which had constant offensives, was still unable to score a goal, but instead scored another goal by Real Madrid's counterattack. In the 35th minute, Valverde received an inverted triangle pass from Mendi and , and hit the ball to the ground and scored. The ball went straight to the dead corner Real Madrid expanded the score 2-0. Real Madrid entered the halftime break with a two-point advantage.
In the 51st minute, Vinicius made a big long pass, and then Benzeman cut inward and shot the far corner, successfully completing the bracelet twice. Unfortunately, he was offside before receiving the ball, and the goal was invalid. In the 74th minute, Lewandowski successfully counterattacked the ball into the penalty area, but under the defense of Kavajal , he fell in the penalty area. The referee on duty Martinez did not award a penalty.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Fati made a cross, and Ferran Torres at the back point scored the empty goal and successfully recovered one goal. I thought Barcelona could win a goal while morale was rising. Unfortunately, in the injury time, due to Garcia's foul on Rodrigo, the referee awarded a penalty kick, and Rodrigo took the penalty kick and scored the ball. With the penalties being entered, the score between the two sides also remained at 3-1, and Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-1 at home.
Is Barcelona strong? Fans shouted that Xavi was dismissed
Barcelona's biggest problem this season is that when they meet strong teams, they almost always lose. In the Champions League group stage last week, they drew 3-3 with Inter Milan, which basically confirmed that they were eliminated in the Champions League group stage. In the league, Real Madrid also lost 1-3. When they met strong teams in other games this season, Barcelona lost 0-2 to Bayern at home, and then lost 0-1 to Inter Milan away. It can be said that when Barcelona meets a strong team, they almost couldn't win the game.
In this year's Champions League group stage, it has basically confirmed that it will be eliminated and the successive defeats of the national derby, and once again pushed head coach Xavi to the forefront. When Barcelona fell behind Real Madrid two goals in the first half, "Xiawei was dismissed" had already become a hot search in Spain. Xavi and Barcelona have a contract of one and a half years. If they still cannot win the game when they meet the strong team Xavi, I think Barcelona's management will most likely not let Xavi stay. After all, Barcelona is already under so many leverages and , and basically can no longer continue to buy players.
