El Clasico: Actual Madrid sink Barcelona with assist of Sergio Ramos penalty
October 24, 2020 10:38:26 pm
Messi in motion with Actual Madrid’s Sergio Ramos (Supply: Reuters)
Sergio Ramos scored the profitable function in Actual Madrid’s 3-1 win at Barcelona after a video overview awarded him a penalty within the Spanish league on Saturday.
Ramos restored Madrid’s benefit within the 63rd from the spot after a broom with Barcelona’s Clement Lenglet within the space. After consulting the video display at the contact line, referee Juan Martinez dominated that Lenglet had impeded Ramos from contesting a top ball by means of grabbing his blouse.
Federico Valverde opened the scoring for Madrid within the 5th minute when he fired in a go from Karim Benzema.
Barcelona’s Ansu Fati leveled 3 mins later from an assault cued by means of Lionel Messi.
Barcelona was once taking the fit to Madrid’s space when Ramos was once despatched to the spot by means of the VAR overview.
Change Luka Modric capped the win for Madrid within the 90th with Barcelona in search of an equalizer.
Madrid leads the league with 13 issues. Barcelona has 7 with a recreation in hand.
Long past was once the listless Madrid that were embarrassed in house losses in opposition to Cadiz and Shakhtar Donetsk over the former week.
Ramos were knocked out of the loss Cadiz at halftime with a knee knock that still sidelined him for the Shakhtar defeat within the Champions League.
With him again barking orders within the middle of its protection, Madrid was once the competitive, compact aspect that had received the league from Barcelona ultimate season.
Ramos additionally proved key in assault when he used his wiles to grapple with Lenglet after which whinge vehemently after he collapsed to the turf following the defender’s tug.
“Each Lenglet and I take our protecting to the restrict, and on this case it was once very transparent,” Ramos mentioned. “He grabbed me as I used to be leaping. The VAR is there to assist and I believe it was once a penalty. We then went on the lookout for a 3rd function once they had suffered that blow to their morale as an alternative of simply sitting again.”
Barcelona’s U.S. defender Sergino Dest, making simply his 3rd get started for his new membership, had his doubts.
“I don’t know (if it was once a penalty),” mentioned Dest. “However for me, it’s like play on.”
It was once the primary “clasico” fit performed with out fanatics for the reason that Spanish league closed all stadiums to the general public after for the reason that get started of the coronavirus pandemic.
