Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid 5-1, with a triplet by Luis Suárez, this Sunday in the Liguero Classic of the 10 th round at Camp Nou, to retake the lead in the standings and leave coach Julen Lopetegui practically with a foot and a half out of the white team.
Coutinho opened the scoring (11) and Suarez made it 2-0 (29), before Marcelo cut distances (50), but the Uruguayan Barca took charge of making the 3-1 lead (74) and then sentenced itching the ball over Thibaut Courtois (82), leaving almost like an anecdote the 5-1, work of Arturo Vidal (87).
The win left Lopetegui in a critical situation, after accumulating five defeats in the last seven games.
With the white team ninth in the league ranking seven points behind the Barcelona leader, the continuity of the former Spanish coach at the helm of Real Madrid seems very uncertain, despite the support shown during the last week by the white team.
The Real Madrid only appeared briefly in the second part, after a first time in which the Barcelona took control of the game before a lethargic white team, that suffered before the azulgrana pressure.
The locals, driven by their public, seemed to forget that they did not have the injured Leo Messi and they arrived clearly, especially on the left wing, where Jordi Alba put Nacho in constant trouble.
- The lethargic Real Madrid -
The azulgrana lateral reached the bottom line to pass back, where the Brazilian Coutinho appeared to open the scoring (11).
The goal was a blow for the whites, who multiplied the errors and inaccuracies in the passes: Sergio Ramos cleared badly leaving a free ball to Arthur, whose shot was taken by Courtois with a great stretch (19).
The Real Madrid, anesthetized, suffered with the evolutions in the area of Coutinho and Luis Suárez, who soon did the second.
Knocked down by Varane, the referee whistled a penalty, after consultation with the VAR, who threw the Uruguayan to make the 2-0 (30) and celebrate showing a shirt with the photo of his third child, the little Lautaro, who was born this week .
Real Madrid needed to go to the break to clarify ideas and leave renewed with the entry of Lucas Vázquez by Varane in the second part.
The Whites gave a point of intensity to their game, pressing up and preventing the Barca out with clarity, soon achieving the prize of the goal.
Isco went to the end line to leave a ball behind, which ended up hunting Marcelo to make the 2-1 (50).
- The goal of honor -
The Brazilian has become an artilleryman over the white team, having converted three of the last four goals of the Merengue team.
The goal encouraged the whites who shortly afterwards hit a ball on the post by Modric (56).
It was now his turn to suffer the Barcelona that was looking for the exits to the counter to surprise Real Madrid and in 60 Luis Suárez finished off the post (60), before making his second goal.
In a new azulgrana counterattack, Sergi Roberto advanced a ball to the area where Suarez appeared to head to the bottom of the white nets (74) and put the third goal that cut the white illusions to equalize the match.
The goal encouraged the Catalans who left in search of the fourth, the work of Suarez stinging the ball before the departure of Courtois (82).
The Uruguayan, who came to this match with only four goals in nine games, erased with a stroke of the pen the doubts about his supposed difficulties to score this season.
With Barcelona launched, the Chilean Arturo Vidal who had just left the field for Arthur (83) made the final 5-1 (87).
The victory culminates a dream week for Barcelona with three consecutive wins over Sevilla and Real Madrid in the league, and Inter Milan in 'Champions', while sinking a little more in the crisis to the white team.
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