Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid: Reaction

First of all, as a Barca fan, do I want to blame anyone for this defeat? The answer is yes. However, as a lot of Barça fans are totally put their anger toward Pep Guardiola, I do not think the same. About one hour before the match time, the official line-up was released to public. My first reaction to this was: "Oh Sh*t". Barça line-up has shown that the concentration of the team was put toward Champions League game more than the El Clasico, which was pretty wrong. It is true that Barcelona had just lost to Chelsea in a midweek game, but we still need to focus on La Liga, even though it is very hard. On the other side, Madrid put on their best squad. They put all the big names and does not seem to concern about the upcoming Champions League clash against Bayern Munich.

Here, I'll just brief about the game. The Blaugrana started the game pretty strong, with a lot of attacks and active performance especially for the right-wing back, Daniel Alves. We had several chances, but still unable to shoot on target. Until the 16th minute, when Madrid had the corner, Di Maria (or either Ozil, can't remember) crossed in. Pepe headed the ball which only allowed Valdes to push the ball away. The ball was on Puyol's feet, until Khedira took the chance and scored. From then, Barcelona controlled most of the game. Several close attempt from Xavi and Thiago, while Messi has been very quiet. First half ended with the score of 1-0 to Real Madrid.

Second half started with Barcelona put all their pressure on Real Madrid. With strong defenses, Barça still had no great attempt against the White Kings. However, there were about 2-3 great chances for Cristian Tello, a young winger, to equalize but failed.  To be honest, some of those chances were unforgivable. What made more angry was that 60th minute passed, Pep still has not will to change his tactics or any substitution. Until the 69th minute, Pep decided to take Xavi, who was having a poor game, out and put in half-fitted Alexis Sanchez. Sanchez made miracle when he scored just a minute right after he was subbed in. Hopes back as Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid. Sh*t happened again when Ozil made a brilliant pass to Ronaldo, then dribble tricking Valdes and scored a stunning goal. Just about 15 minutes, fouls and yellow cards started to appear often in the stadium, like usual Clasicos. Barcelona tried a lot of good chances but still failed to make a miracle. Match ended, Barcelona unexpectedly lost to Real Madrid which means the White King have another step to be crown as a Liga 2011-12 winner with 7 points ahead of Barça. :/

I went to several Facebook and Twitter pages after the game, most of the fans reaction were pretty negative, which was expected. Most of the reactions were shocked by this defeat which they were so confident of otherwise before the match started. As one of them, tries to convince squad to focus the upcoming Champions League game now.  A lot of fans also want Guardiola to get out, which I think that it's pretty stupid.  3 years of glory and a match of defeat does not put me into a situation to lose trust and hope in him. Sure, we need to find new tactics and new players, especially left-wing back. Tello is a good player, but I still think that he shouldn't start in a big game like this, Pedro should. Overall, last night performance was pretty poor for both team, however, for Barcelona, it was EXTRA poor. All I can say now is "FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS on Chelsea game this week.". Let's hope to have a fun season again next year, congratulations Real Madrid.



El Clasíco (21.4.2012)

FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid CF

ps. I really miss David Villa :(

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