El Turco wrote:EArl wrote:Misse the game. I was planning to watch when I got out of work, but I fell asleep. Can someone give me a rundown of it?
your team lost.
Suarez pinged the ball across for Neymar who cut in on to his right foot and slotted into the bottom right very early in the game. Aside from another cross into the box which Messi missed/Casillas saved, Suarez didn't do much.
Messi picked up a yellow quite quickly after two quick fouls on Modric and Kroos. Madrid's attack began to threaten and came close with no goal. Bravo made some nice saves but after a few minutes, Pique handled the ball to give away a penalty about 10 minutes before half time which Ronaldo converted. After half time, Madrid took the lead fairly quickly off of a lovely corner cross from Kroos which Pepe headed in. Barca made some subs to try to give more speed (i think it was Xavi for Rakitic) but they ended up overcommiting to the offense and tiring themselves out a bit too much to no avail. One of Barcelona's corners was quickly cleared out and Isco dispossessed Iniesta of the ball with some brilliant pressing before finding Ronaldo. CR on the counter opted to pass it to Benzema instead of shoot. Benzema played a nice one two with James and found himself clear on Bravo, scoring our 3rd from a low shot that bounced off the inside post.
After that the game was pretty much done.
