Barcelona deal with rivals
Real Madrid experienced a pitch-black Sunday
03/20/2022, 23:23
All in black, the “white ballet” of Spain’s record champions Real Madrid experienced a Sunday to forget. Arch-rivals FC Barcelona, who are so accustomed to success, inflicted a humiliating home defeat on the Madrilenians, which could have been worse.
Real Madrid suffered a painful and memorable home defeat in Spanish football’s Clásico against arch-rivals FC Barcelona. The “royal” around the German ex-world champion Toni Kroos and the former Bayern defense chief David Alaba lost 0: 4 (0: 2) on Sunday evening in the venerable Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.
With two goals, the former Bundesliga professional Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (29th minute and 51st) made a significant contribution to the prestigious success for the financially troubled Catalans, who even had to part with their icon Lionel Messi before the season. National goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen spent a rather quiet evening in the goal of the guests against completely disappointing hosts. Without the injured goalscorer Karim Benzema, the offensive of the Madrilenians, who this time played their black 120th anniversary jerseys, achieved almost nothing.
Ronald Araujo (38′) and Ferran Torres (47′) scored the other goals for Xavi Hernandez’s side, who will face Eintracht Frankfurt in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
Barça last won 4-0 at Real Madrid in November 2015. The club had not managed to win in the past six classics. In the table, Real remains under coach Carlo Ancelotti with 66 points ahead of Sevilla FC (57), who had only played 0-0 at home against Real Sociedad San Sebastián before Real lost. FC Barcelona is third, level on points with Atlético Madrid.