What went wrong for Barcelona in El Clasico?

Real Madrid came back twice from compromised positions and eventually found a late winner in stoppage time to take three points from Barcelona and establish a massive lead in La Liga.

With six games to go, the men in white now have an 11-point advantage over their eternal rivals, who were ironically the better side on the night.

More importantly, the result draws curtains on Barcelona’s hopes of coming back into the title race and all but seals the championship in Real Madrid’s name.

A lot has been said about the pattern of Real Madrid’s win and the controversies that headlined the game. In the end, however, the three points blown bring massive repercussions for Barcelona in the form of a second defeat on the trot.

Barça Universal brings you three reasons why Xavi’s side fell short last night against their arch-rivals.

Mental blockade

It has not been an easy week for Barcelona and the club faithful. After all, it has been less than six days since they painfully crashed out of the UEFA Champions League at the hands of PSG.

The loss to Luis Enrique’s side, in many ways, was Barcelona’s most heartbreaking defeat of the season, simply because they outplayed their opponents and still crashed out.

Forced to play El Clasico later in the same week, Xavi’s side always ran the risk of being far from their best mental state. The same was seen yesterday at Santiago Bernabeu at multiple points in the game.

Credit where it is due, the Blaugranas did not dish out a display half as bad as what was expected from the glum dressing room. The problem, however, was the nothing short of 100% holds against an in-form Real Madrid.

While the visitors did indeed lead twice on the night, they simply did not have the character to hold on and mount a comeback when required.

To an extent, they cannot be blamed for their sub-par mental game considering the emotions they have been through in recent weeks.

Insufficient impetus

Barcelona failed to capitalise on Real Madrid’s…


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Author : Adithya Eshwarla

Publish date : 2024-04-22 09:07:21

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