The Sport Column

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The big news in the world of soccer this weekend is the El-Classico. On 21st April the 6th El-Classico of this season took place which more or less decided the fate of Liga BBVA 2011-12. Real Madrid who was leading Barcelona by 4 points won the encounter 2-1 due to 17th and 73rd minute strikes by Sami Khedira and Cristiano Ronaldo respectively after Alexis Sanchez equalized in the 70th minute which took their points lead to 7.

This effectively ends Barcelona’s hope of winning the La Liga for the 4th straight time and Real Madrid sets up a La Liga title victory since 2007-08 under the leadership of now ex-England manager Fabio Capello.

Before this match began Barcelona had 81 points from 33 games while Real Madrid had 85 points from the same number of games. Barcelona who haven’t lost to Real Madrid since 2007-08 season in the league were heavy favorites to beat Real Madrid to cut down the lead to only 1 point.

Barcelona stating lineup had Valdes, Puyol, Mascherano, Adriano, Danialves, Busquets, Thiago, Xavi, Tello, Lionel Messi and Iniesta. Real Madrid starting lineup read Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao, Arbeloa, Khedira, Xabi Alonso, Benzema, Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria.

Barcelona had most of the possession but it was Real Madrid who struck first after Khedira capitalized when Pepe’s header got loose. Then Barcelona fought back and managed to get an equalizer through Alexis Sanchez who just came off the bench on 70th minute. 3 minutes later through a magical pass by Ozil Cristiano Ronaldo put one past Victor valdes.

Xabi Alonso after the match said “Classico victory was not the final blow, the job was not finished and we need to complete the victory.” He also said “Madrid controlled the game perfectly and the team was looking forward to the next match on Wednesday.” He also asked Chelsea not to fear Barcelona ahead of the match on Tuesday.

Real Madrid captain Casillas said “We were playing as a team” he also told the official website that “Cristiano did a fantastic job but entire team played well and we were playing like a unit.”

He also said “It was a monumental step but the team must keep focus.”

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was very graceful in defeat. He said “We must congratulate Real Madrid on this win and the league victory they are going to have.” He also commented on leaving out Fabregas on the bench” Maybe I did wrong by putting Cesc on the bench.”