The most anticipated match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid was a thriller as Barca scored 5 goals hammering Real Madrid
FC Barcelona was headed by Puyol with the line-up of Victor Valdes, Dani Alves, Carles Puyol, Gerard Pique, Eric Abidal, Hernandez Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Rodriguez Pedro, Lionel Messi, and David Villa with a 4 –
3 – 3 formation. Whereas Real was led by Iker Casillas with line up as Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Junior Marcelo, Sami Khedira, Xabi Alonso, Di Maria, Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema with a formation of 4 – 3 – 2 – 1.
The match started and Iniesta conceded a free kick which was taken by Ramos because of a foul to Ronaldo. Pedro was penalized for a handball and a free kick was taken by Ronaldo and saved by the Barca keeper comfortably. An in-swinging
corner was taken by Xavi and cleared by Pepe. In the ninth minute, Iniesta gave a good ball to Xavi who fired the ball and managed to grab the first goal for Barcelona thereby leading the score 1-0. In the eleventh minute, Ozil took the corner which was cleared
by Xavi. Dani Alves took the free kick because of a challenge by Di Maria on him. In the 17th minute, David Villa provided assistance to Pedro who scored a second goal for Barcelona. Dani Alves took an unfair challenge on Benzema and a free kick
was taken by Xavi Alonso. Alves again provided a free kick to the hosts for a challenge, the kick was taken by Marcelo. At the 31st minute, the referee gave a yellow card to Ronaldo for his unusual behavior. At the 33rd minute, another
yellow card was shown to David Villa for the very same reason. David Villa was offside and the kick was taken by Casillas. At the 36thminute, a corner taken by Di Maria and cleared by Puyol. In the 42nd minute, an out-swinging corner
was taken by Ozil and cleared by Puyol. In the 43rdminute, Marcelo was offside and a free kick awarded to Valdes and in the very next moment Ronaldo took a shot saved by Valdes.
The second half started with David Villa offside and a kick being taken by Casillas. Messi gave a free kick by challenging Pepe unfairly, taken by Cassilas. In the 51st minute, Xavi made an effort but missed the target.
In the 54th minute, Lionel Messi gave an excellent ball to David Villa who scored the third goal from the left bottom. In the 55th minute, the referee showed a yellow card to Casillas. Real Madrid was extremely under pressure and loosing
the faith. In the 57th minute, the Messi – Villa duo played their magic again and Villa scored the fourth goal from a good ball from Messi. Barcelona was now 4-0 and Real had lost all hopes to fight back. In the 59th
minute, Puyol conceded a free kick for a reckless tackle to Ronaldo and at the same time Arbeloa came in for Marcelo as a substitute. Then a series of unfair challenges were seen from both sides. At the 70th minute, Carvalho was penalized for
handball and the free kick was taken by Xavi. At the 74th minute, Khedira challenged Iniesta, was given a yellow card, and gave a free kick to the opponents which was taken by Xavi. At the 86th minute Xavi went off for Keita and Jeffren
came in for Pedro. At the 90th minute Krkic Bojan passed the ball to Jeffren who scored the fifth and final goal for Barcelona right from inside the penalty area, beating Casillas. Messi was fouled by Ramos, the referee awarded a free kick taken
by Puyol and shortly after, the final whistle was blown.
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