Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid (Oct 28, 2023) Game Analysis

Real Madrid battled again to win 2-1 at Barcelona in a dramatic El Clásico in LaLiga on Saturday due to a second-half brace by prime scorer Jude Bellingham who continues to impress together with his excellent type.

The 20-year-old Englishman has made his transition to Spanish soccer look ridiculously straightforward, with 13 objectives and three assists in 13 video games in all competitions since becoming a member of from Borussia Dortmund.

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On Saturday, he led Madrid’s fightback after Barcelona had opened the scoring within the sixth minute by way of midfielder Ilkay Gündogan who took benefit of a nasty defensive mistake by the guests.

Barca had been punished for failing to transform their dominance into extra objectives as Bellingham made the a lot of the two possibilities he had within the second half.

First, he unleashed an unstoppable strike from vary into the higher left nook within the 68th minute after which, in stoppage time, he scored the winner after accumulating a Luka Modric move contained in the field.

“Even a draw would be unfair for us after the game we had; they looked like they’d surrendered and then came those disgraceful blows to shock us. It’s a shame,” Barcelona supervisor Xavi Hernandez advised DAZN.

“We dominated for 60 minutes but this is football… Real Madrid have these things… Real Madrid score two goals with the three or two-and-a-half chances they have.”

Barca dominated the primary half and Gündogan discovered the ball at his toes for a straightforward tap-in after Madrid’s Aurélien Tchouaméni handed backwards to centre-back David Alaba who barely reached the ball.

Fermín López, who hit the put up within the fifteenth minute, and ahead João Félix had been a continuing menace to Madrid’s defence and created a number of possibilities to attain, with the guests arguably fortunate to enter the break just one objective down.

Andreas Christiansen headed on to the put up after the break and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made a superb save to disclaim Barca from a Ronald Araújo close-range strike.

Madrid began to seek out their mojo after supervisor Carlo Ancelotti introduced Eduardo Camavinga and Modric off the bench and Bellingham as soon as once more shone below the highlight.

Los Blancos are prime of the standings on 28 factors, stage with Girona. Barca are third on 24, two forward of Atletico Madrid, who’ve two video games in hand.