Some notes on the Classic

Mourinho's approach

He said in the previous Portuguese him to do whatever was going to criticize him, and even before you start the game, to be revealed alienation, their expectations were confirmed. If something goes wrong and the game loses imagine the consequences.'s Bet Mourinho was valid for 45 minutes, in which Barcelona had more possession but was not superior to its rival except for those who believe, with every right world, that possession means superiority. Madrid was an ordered set which sought the backlash as a means of attacking an opponent who probably expected such an approach. There was even phases of the first act, supported by a large Xabi Alonso, in which Madrid had the ball. In the rival camp, just a great Iniesta fell short of expectations. Demerit of Barcelona, ​​but also the rival merits.

However, after the break came Puyol's goal of these so-called psychological and that it was more than ever. When you talk of this sort in football should remember both the Barca captain. All credit accumulated White in the first half went to tear up the goal from Puyol, who made classics revive old ghosts before the Real Madrid squad. From there came a clear dominance Barca and Real Madrid erased the memory of the first time to be at the mercy of the networks Blaugrana. A grown Barcelona against Real Madrid and it decreases to Barcelona.

I sincerely believe that Mourinho was correct in its lineup. Altintop and Carvalho surprised, but none of them was not exactly funky and defeat for the contribution of Turkish and Portuguese. A Altintop not even playing in his natural position, this one is a versatile player. Little did he invent Setubal coach: Kaka is not, he is expected to Ozil and Sahin is unknown. He even had to pull Barn in the second half. The only one who could act as a link between midfield and attack was effectively Di Maria, who has shown versatility when acted hitch, but was not available for the clash. So, Mourinho populated the central circle of gladiators and believed in Benzema, Cristiano and Higuain to mount in a habitual pattern cons in the Calcio with a part of war and a three-pronged offensive. Things were going well until the second half, Barcelona looked like himself.

Real tried, unsuccessfully, to close the pass routes

The Barcelona game based on something so simple in theory and practice as hard as the owner of the ball has always pass routes. This requires constant mobility of their players and that these are clairvoyant when delivering the ball, something that you have left Barca. Mourinho did not want his players to persecute rival luckless had the ball but in a smart, tried to close these roads pass through marking the players without the ball. Worked part of the game, but the physical strain of this proposal is large and the guard forces with Barcelona possession.

It was the day of Higuain and Coentrao

Although the criticism is the long lead others, Higuain was not seen in the Bernabéu. On the Argentine weighs disappear in the shadow of substance and matches arguments yesterday returned to his detractors. The truth is that Pipita grown to mid-table teams down when none of his colleagues are right, thanks so much your computer, but not as effective when the opponent is stronger. Yesterday Cristiano Ronaldo annoy the opposing defense and opened the scoring (four goals leads Barcelona over the last twelve months, although no one can remember) and Benzema also knows what it is to mark the club, but the Argentine was not good at all Catalan. Maybe that's why it falls to the parish as Barça, beware. Raul, Van Nistelrooy and Ronaldo never fell as well.

Although yesterday was not his worst day, the feel Coentrao whenever wearing the sheepskin Madrid invites the conclusion that the club makes it great. And let alone the 30 kilos that took his card. It also has tried to attribute a versatile player that condition is not at all: the game is on the left as either lateral or midfielder, but Madrid is not yet seen the overflowing of which he showed at Benfica. It only takes half a season at the Bernabeu, we'll see.

The goals for errors

The three goals of the match, both marked by both the Madrid and Barcelona, ​​reached by errors of the opponent. When a team scores a little mean, in most cases, the opponent has also done something wrong, but in this case the errors were pointed. The goal from Cristiano Ronaldo, Pinto fails to hit his foot to clear a ball that was open for clearance.

But goals from Barcelona arrives failure also preceded rival that of Puyol, nobody in the local group realizes that the shark is alone in the front and Pepe does not mark anyone in the corner kick. When the Barcelona captain enters the area to finish, the Portuguese did not even see it coming. FC Barcelona's second goal in all the white team is located around the crescent and one notes that Abidal comes only from the side handed. Clairvoyance Messi did the rest. Altintop, who owns the area, seems to be aware of the movements of Iniesta. Abidal had the ball on the sidelines and Cristiano was with him. When you get the ball to the center, Portuguese forget the brand French side and ignores the play. All three goals came from errors remarkable, although in these cases always count as double that of the goalkeeper.

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