The goal of the Catalan team, led by Xavi Hernandezconverted by the Brazilian defender eder militao against, after a play by the Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie.
The second leg will be played on April 5 at the Camp Nou.
For this meeting, the Italian Carlo AncelottiReal Madrid coach, had all his figures, while Xavi Hernandez He had to improvise since he had important absences in his offensive zone such as those of the Pole Robert Lewandowskithe French Ousmane Dembele, Pedri and the Danish andreas christensen that for not being one hundred percent he had to go to the substitute bench.
With that panorama, real Madrid he went on top of the Catalans who prepared to play on the counterattack. the croatian luca modricthe German Toni Kroos and the Uruguayan Federico Valverde took control of the ball beating Sergio Busquetsand with Vinicius Jr. opening a groove for his band and driving crazy Ronald Araujo and to French Jules Koundé.
With many crosses and some starts Vinicius, real Madrid frame preponderance until minute 26 when the Frenchman Eduardo camavinga I deliver a back pass with much disdain, kessie recovered and gave it to ferran torreswhich qualified the Ivorian who faced the Belgian Thibout Courtois and defined, the goalkeeper rebounded, but military who was running back, put it in the goal, giving the Catalans the advantage.
After the goal, the game changed. Xavi Hernández stopped two lines of four, he put his eleven directed in his field and closed the roads to his rival, who had to go looking for the match. The Catalans began to play with the nerves of the locals, the match “stung” a couple of times with the corresponding tumult and that favored the visitors.
In the second half, ancelotti sent the Brazilian to the field Rodrygo and to French Aurélien Tchouaméniwhile Xavi brought in the Spanish Ansu Fati by the hard-working Brazilian raphinha to stop the rises of the “merengues” sides.
But Barcelona had a great night in defensive matters since the double five made up of Busquets and the dutch Frenkjie de Jong captured all the balls that passed through the area, and in the figures of the Uruguayan Araujo and the Spanish Mark Alonso that cleared all the centers launched by the meringues.
to the team of ancelotti He lacked ideas, filtered passes and precision in the centers and in the last passes. Despite the pressure, Barcelona stood his ground and the German Marc-Andre ter Stegen confirmed that he is among the best archers in the world.
Source: Ambito
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