MATCH REPORT | Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid
A last-minute strike from Jude Bellingham sealed the El Clásico in favour of Real Madrid.
A last-minute strike from Jude Bellingham sealed the El Clásico in favour of Real Madrid.
A late Jude Bellingham goal sealed the three points for Real Madrid as they extended their 100% start to the season in the first outing at the Nuevo Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid started the game on the front foot as the likes of Jude Bellingham synced well with Brahim Diaz as both players lead the attack. Early chances fell on Los Blancos’ part and while Joselu could show up a few times, it wasn’t enough to make justice to the opportunities.
AC Milan slowly grew up on the match and continued establishing a 3v3 situation with Real Madrid defenders to create a goal. The Rossoneri kept the momentum ongoing and that bore fruit to them in the 26th minute when Fikayo Tomori headed home from a corner.
Continue ReadingGerrard Moreno’s penalty strike seals the victory for Villarreal as lacklustre Real Madrid goes down fighting.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti started an interesting lineup against Villarreal with Eder Militao replacing Dani Carvajal who’s out injured. The lineup came out as a historical one as this was the first time a Spanish player wasn’t featuring the starting XI for Real Madrid.
Real Madrid would consider themselves lucky to not concede in the first half after Villarreal had them on their heels. Quique Setien’s side dominated possession and made the most chances but lacked the finishing edge to their stride. Real Madrid mustered a few chances on their part but carried on with their goalscoring woes.
Continue ReadingReal Madrid’s nine-game winning streak in all competitions came to an end after they played out a 1-1 draw with 10 men Osasuna.
It was a day of thrillers as Vinicius’ deceiving cross-like shot found the back of the net and Osasuna’s equaliser came in the form of a no-look header from Kike Garcia who was completely unaware of his header’s direction.
Continue ReadingReal Madrid continued their perfect start to the 2022/23 season after running riot against 13th placed Mallorca on Sunday in Matchday 5 of La Liga.
The current league and UCL champions were under pressure from Barcelona’s last night’s victory against lowly Cadiz and Karim Benzema’s absence from the squad for today. Despite getting 1-0 down in the first half, Ancelotti’s men packed a massive punch as they soared through Mallorca scoring incisively to make it a 4-1 rout.
Continue ReadingIt ended in a stalemate at the Nuevo Mirandilla as both Real Madrid and Cadiz remained unseparated in a passionate 1-1 draw. Relegation contenders Cadiz needed three points from this match to maintain their fate in their own hands on the final matchday but failed to do so.
Real Madrid once again pulled off what seemed impossible. Los Blancos scored 2 goals in 2 minutes i.e. in the 90th and 91st minute respectively to take Manchester City to extra time. Karim Benzema sent The Citizens home with a winner from the spot in extra time.