Real Madrid was denied a goal by VAR and then conceded a goal in injury time, thereby falling to Barca in round 26 of La Liga 2022/2023.
‘Real Madrid is far behind Barca in the race to the La Liga championship, so it is determined to beat the opponent in a direct competition to hold on to the hope of defending the throne.
Joy soon came to Los Blancos when they opened the scoring from Ronald Araújo’s own goal in the 9th minute.
‘Despite taking the lead, Real Madrid was forced by Barca to play and dominate in the following period.
Normally, Real Madrid loves to play against opponents who have possession of the ball.
At that time, the White Vulture can launch sharp counter-attacks.
However, in the match against Barca, the ability to change the state of the visitors was not really good. Los Blancos’ defense in this match is also problematic.
Therefore, they let Barca equalize 1-1 in the 45th minute thanks to Sergi Roberto.
In the second half, Real Madrid had some personnel adjustments and they played better, especially the second half of the second half.
Minute 81,. Asensio hit Barca’s net, but after consulting VAR, the referee denied the away team’s goal.
Cruel for Real Madrid was that they conceded a goal in the 90+1 minute thanks to Franck Kessié, thereby losing with a score of 1-2.
The loss to Barca put Real Madrid on the way to becoming the former king, when the distance between them and their great rival was 12 points/26 rounds.