Exciting to the end,
What a match. I must admit, as a barcelona fan since the emergence of Messi and Guardiola from 2009, I enjoyed watching FC Barcelona games a lot. But this season, the world has been upside down. FC barcelona games are proving to be dull and uneventful affairs. In stark contrast, Real madrid matches are really exciting to watch. Last game against Sevilla was 10 goals extravaganza.
Barcas game against Espanyol on the other hand was a yawn fest.
I believe that the reason for this is to be found in Madrid's surprisingly weak defense. Even against the last team in the league, their back line looked helpless.
The first half of this very exciting game started with a goal in the 3rd minute. CR7 got the ball deep in Rayos half on the left side. He was a bit lucky in tunneling the defender and getting past him and finished masterfully against the keeper. Rayo was denied a penalty shortly afterwards and was also a bit unlucky with an offside goal which could have been a goal.
After a counterattack Benzema was able to head in a very good assist by Gareth bale who seems to be improving in each match. Bale also assisted CR7's
After the 3rd everything went awry for Madrid. Rayo could have scored about 6 or 7 goals. The second half from Madrid was absolutely abysmal. I wonder what Ancelotti is thinking. Madrid went from being one defensive monolith under Mourihno's reign to having the weakest defense from all the top teams in Europe. Is Ancelotti not the guy who trained defenive giants like AC Milan in the 2000s and Juventus in the 90s?
Strange that such an experienced coach with these star defensive players is not able to put up a good defensive effort.
But I am not complaining. This makes every madrid game really a joy to watch. They wont be able to win anything with a defense but they are very entertaining.
Anyway, Madrid managed to somehow not concede the equalizer in the second half. They gave away two penalties to Rayo on very stupid fouls. Rayo had 3 or 4 more chances to score but were very unlucky and/or unable.
Rayo remains in the the bottom table and Madrid remains third after this game.
CR7 is now top scorer in La Liga with 13 goals.
Looking forward to the next match!
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