Barcelona are going via a section of resurgence underneath new supervisor Hansi Flick, as they construct on their latest kind with a 4-0 hammering of Actual Madrid, on the Santiago Bernabeu. The consequence additionally ended Madrid’s unbeaten run in La Liga at 42 video games, one shy of Barcelona’s report streak in 2017-18.
Lamine Yamal copies Cristiano Ronaldo’s celebration.
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring within the 54th-minute, fed in by a shocking via ball from younger expertise Marc Casado. Then three minutes later, he rose as much as head in a cross from Alejandro Balde to make it 2-0.
Then teenage sensation Lamine Yamal made it 3-0 within the 77th-minute, driving a shot from a good angle over Actual Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin. The fitting winger additionally grew to become the youngest goalscorer in an El Clasico at 17 years, 105 days. Then within the 84th-minute, in-form Raphinha broke free to chip the goalkeeper, making it 4-0.
Yamal’s celebration, particularly, caught everybody’s consideration. After scoring, he copied Cristiano Ronaldo’s well-known ‘Calma, I’m right here’ celebration.
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Talking after the match, Yamal stated, “We came here to do just this. We had lots of confidence and when we scored the second goal, we wanted to score a third, and then a fourth, as many goals as possible. To win 4-0 at this ground and beat Bayern 4-1, we showed that we are ready for anything.”
In the meantime, Flick stated, “I’m delighted to be working at Barcelona and to live in Barcelona. It’s a fantastic job, I’m very happy… We have played a fantastic game and I am so proud.”
“We pressed better with and without the ball. We had more possession and that’s why the game changed.
“The defensive effort was key. Now we have skilled quite a bit tips on how to defend with a excessive line and on how we need to press on the ball. It is also essential to not depart areas once you play Actual Madrid as a result of they’ve unbelievable gamers. I believe we’re doing properly. We’re sticking to our concept and proper now we’re fluid and we need to transfer ahead,” he added.
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