Rage Towards Yamal: Real Madrid Celebrate Clásico Victory After Heated Exchange

“As long as I win they are unable to say a word,” the young star once stated, but on this occasion he didn’t win and they closed in for him. Comments were made he spoke too much; they replied that, yeah, they were going to meet him off the pitch; they told him talk is cheap. This included only the players: further remarks from commentators in media platforms, men who always have opinions.

Just before the clásico, the teenager who says he left fear back in Mataró implied that Real Madrid rob and moan, or so it goes. He also offered a reminder that the last time he stepped onto Madrid’s home ground – a kid with blaugrana dental work, a glint in his eye and his shooting ability they didn’t know he had – his team triumphed 4-0. But that was then and this was now. And, an adult now, exactly a year on, his side fell short. It was clear, as opponents made sure.

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When the final whistle sounded on an intense, intense latest Madrid-Barca match that felt a little like past encounters, Lamine Yamal walked towards Madrid’s captain, hand out. Rather than taking it, Madrid’s captain made the old talking gesture. The match was hard enough following with everything that happened in the 105 minutes that went before, a match of 38 shots, three goals recorded and three more ruled out; now it was too much.

Suddenly appeared players everywhere, running back and forth of view and converging, security separating individuals apart. In the middle the melee, Madrid’s goalkeeper was accepting the invitation to resume this down the tunnel. Vinícius was restrained, he saying to someone else they talk to much. Barcelona’s winger hurried to intervene with his countryman, Antonio Rüdiger there too. “The scene resembled when we youth,” Aurélien Tchouaméni commented.

Turning Point

Earlier this year, Tchouaméni posted: “They celebrate our losses as if we will never win again. We’ll be back.” Real Madrid had just lost the clásico Spanish Cup final 3-2 after additional minutes, emotional scenes following the end, projectiles flying. A fortnight afterwards, they suffered another loss. In four encounters, Madrid had lost on each occasion, league, cup and Super Cup going to their rivals. Their defense allowed 4, five, three and four. However there remains tomorrow and as it happened he was right.

Only once had Barcelona ever secured five clásicos consecutively, under Guardiola record-breaking streak ending with the famous 5-0 against José Mourinho’s team, and it was not repeated. This past weekend, Madrid ended the coach’s unbeaten start in charge, beating Barcelona 2-1 to move a significant margin ahead at the top of the table.

Significance

Madrid had needed this. The celebration said so, team members celebrating in circles. So did the crowd’s roar, the Bernabéu more vocal and intense compared to for such matches for years: “incredible,” Jude Bellingham called it. The coach said so too. Asked if the win represented a relief, or there had been a psychosis regarding big games, an obsession, he responded: “That is the media’s narrative.” Yet he did admit that this was “more than a win, and where we come from and what it means for the squad; the players needed that feeling of securing a victory in a major fixture.”

In the previous campaign Madrid failed to secure a win in such matches. Fourteen times they lost: Lille, Italian club, Liverpool, Athletic, city rivals, Sevilla-based, Atlético, Valencia and London club each defeated them. There wasn’t one victory versus a truly big side. The previous manager departed and succeeded by Alonso but it continued. The team secured five games in the global tournament, signs of tactical organization developing, an idea, but then came PSG.

Season Progress

That defeat belongs to the prior year, Alonso said. But the next season, his term, started with six wins in a row before city rivals visited and scored 5 against them. The results were positive beating newly promoted, island team and Osasuna however, against the big teams? Finally they defeated a major rival as well. And it wasn’t just that they won, it was the way they achieved it.

The opposition were missing unavailable: Joan García, Gavi, attacking midfielder, Robert Lewandowski and Andreas Christensen were all missing. Additionally the winger, whose significance might now be appreciated in absentia. Several players weren’t fully fit, Jules Koundé and Lamine Yamal among them. Among substitutes they had several individuals who hadn’t started a league game, two more who featured just one time; two 17-year-olds, young talents and a couple who are nineteen. Plus defender, Uruguayan star, who finished the match in attack once more. Additionally their manager was absent, Hansi Flick banned and stuck in a radio cabin. Marcus Sorg, Sorg, was on the touchline three times: he has lost each one.

Game Breakdown

Much is made of Barcelona’s vulnerable high line, but they did not attack well on Sunday. Among the things directed at the young player on Sunday, maybe the most telling came from Vinícius during the game, taunting the teenager by saying: “You’re all backwards passes.” As for their defense, more porous compared to past after Iñigo Martínez leaving, the pressure on opponents dropping and coordination off, Levante made six clear chances versus Barcelona, Rayo five, Andalusian side five, Girona 3. Last year they trapped the French forward offside eight times in a high-scoring game; yet, lost amid the defeats, was that in their most recent match he scored a hat-trick, Real Madrid consistently positioned to create chances now.

Key Moments

With this approach, especially. This was a start and also a significant result. “Going forward we will require much of what we did in this game,” the manager said. The team had the ball result in goals on five occasions – three disallowed for offside – missed {a penalty|a spot-kick