On Thursday, March 2, as part of the first match of the semi-final stage of the Spanish Cup, another El Clasico took place - Real Madrid, which became the club world champion, hosted Catalan Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu.
In the national championship, the “creamy” are seven points behind the leading Catalans, in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, Carlo Ancelotti’s wards also could not oppose anything to the opponent, so the cup tournament was considered as a good compensation for Madrid. But it didn’t work out… Real Madrid conceded the only goal after Militao’s own goal in the 26th minute, without inflicting a single shot on target during the match. Kessier went one on one from Courtois (Lunin watched the fight from the bench), the goalkeeper parried the shot, but the ball treacherously bounced off the leg of the defender of the “creamy” and ended up in the net - 0:1.
It is noteworthy that at first offside was recorded, but after watching the VAR goal was rightly counted. However, this match will be another reason for Real Madrid fans to accuse the Catalans of foul play. In particular, before the reporting match, the fans of the “creamy” staged a protest, scattering banknotes with the image of Barcelona President Joan Laporta in front of the Santiago Bernabeu and shouting “Corruption in the federation” because of the so-called “Negreira case”, according to which “blau -gran “accused of bribing judges.
Demonstration in Santiago Bernabéu to protest the Negreira case. They sign a bulletin with Joan Laporta’s face on them, aimed at “corruption in the federation”. @TheAthleticFC pic.twitter.com/jBRKwL2lhH
- Guillermo Rai (@GuillerRai) March 2, 2023
We add that the second leg will be held on April 5 in Barcelona. And in the other first semi-final match of the Spanish Cup, Osasuna at home beat Athletic Bilbao minimally - 1:0 (Ez Abde, 47).
Earlier, FACTS reported that Real Madrid conceded two goals, but defeated Liverpool in the Champions League.
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