El Clasico Dimenangkan Madrid 3-1 atas Barcelona
Suarez Debut Ends in Defeat as Barcelona is Beaten by Madrid El Clasico
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Madrid (B2B) - Setelah unggul lebih dulu, Barcelona akhirnya takluk di tangan Real Madrid 1-3 di Santiago Bernabeu dalam lanjutan Liga Spanyol, Minggu, (26/10) dinihari.
Luis Suarez yang tidak bermain selama empat bulan karena menggigit bek Italia Giorgio Chiellini pada Piala Dunia 2014 menjadi starter.
Sementara Madrid harus bermain tanpa Bale yang cedera. Menit kedua Luis Suarez memegang bola pertamanya di La Liga. Dua menit berselang Suarez menciptakan asis untuk gol pembuka Barca, Neymar.
Itu berawal ketika Suarez menggiring bola di kanan yang setelah itu memberikan umpan kepada Neymar. Pemain Brasil itu memotong ke dalam dan menendang bola mengincar pojok bawah gawang, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Messi hampir mengandakan kedudukan Barcelona setelah menerima umpan silang dari Suarez. Messi berhadapan dengan Casillas, tetapi tidak bisa mencetak gol.
Neymar mencoba peruntungannya lagi dengan menyelusup di kotak penalti, tetapi Carvajal mampu menghadang pemain Brasil itu.
Madrid menyamakan kedudukan dari penalti yang dieksekusi Ronaldo menit ke 35. Penalti itu diberikan setelah Pique terlihat handball di kotak penalti. Ronaldo sebagai eksekutor mampu mengecoh Bravo ke arah yang berlawanan dari tendangannya.
Menit 43 James Rodriguez menyiakan peluang. Pemain Kolombia ini memberikan bola kepada Marcelo yang mengirimkan umpan silang ke dalam kotak penalti. James yang berlari ke kotak penalti, menyambar bola dengan kepalanya, tetapi bola melebar.
Lima menit setelah jeda, Pepe menyumbang gol kedua Madrid. Itu berawal dari tendangan pojok yang dilesahkan Toni Kroos ke kotak penalti dan Pepe melompat menyambut bola ke pojok bawah gawang Bravo.
Mathieu meninggalkan posnya di belakang dan memutuskan untuk memanfaatkan celah. Dia mencoba melesahkan tendangan ke arahk kiri gawang, tetapi bisa dihalau Casillas.
Menit 61 Benzema membuat jumlah gol Madrid semakin jauh.
Awalnya Isco mencuri bola dari Iniesta dan Mascherano. Kemudian bola sudah berada di kaki James yang mengirimkan bola ke Benzema. Pemain asal Perancis itu menyepak bola melewati Bravo.
Menit 69 Suarez digantikan Pedro.
Selang beberapa waktu Iniesta terlihat tak bisa meneruskan pertandingan. Kapten Barca yang diserahi ban kapten ketika Xavi ditari keluar ini digantikan oleh Sergi Roberto.
Menit 89 Barca mendapat tendangan pojok yang diambil oleh Rakitic. Namun bola tidak mengarah kepada pemain Barcelona, Marcelo mengambilnya dan mencoba membangun serangan.
Marcelo menggiring bola hingga ke tengah dan memberikannya kepada Ronaldo yang mengembalikan ke Marcelo. Namun, Marcelo salah mengumpan.
Menit 90+2 Lionel Messi mengeksekusi tendangan bebas yang diberikan karena Neymar dijatuhkan di luar kotak penalti. Namun, tendangan Messi melebar.
Dalam hal penguasaan bola, Barca lebih unggul dengan 58 persen, sementara Madrid 42 persen. Sementara Madrid lebih banyak melakukan tendangan ke arah gawang yakni enam kali, Barcelona lima.
Madrid - The home side was in irrepressible form, hitting three straight goals after falling behind in the game's first five minutes. Real Madrid came from behind to overwhelm a Luis Suarez-boosted Barcelona en route to a 3-1 Clasico triumph in La Liga.
Luis Enrique started the Uruguayan, after he had served his four-month ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup. The Uruguay star enjoyed a dream start to life in a Barcelona shirt as he laid on Neymar's fourth-minute opener, from which Real hit back ferociously - Karim Benzema passing up a host of chances in quick succession.
Lionel Messi's customary composure in front of goal deserted him before his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo leveled from the penalty spot before halftime.
That was the first league goal conceded by Barcelona this season but Pepe headed Carlo Ancelotti's team ahead and there was a party atmosphere at the Santiago Bernabeu when Benzema converted a brilliant 61st-minute counterattack.
Real closes to within a point of its historic foe at La Liga's summit, while Sevilla can go level with Barca if it beats Villarreal on Sunday.
The pre-match announcement of Suarez's inclusion from the start - one of five Barcelona changes - set pulses racing and the Uruguayan did not disappoint in making an instant impact.
His floated pass to the left flank picked out Neymar, who cut inside past Dani Carvajal and Pepe to find the bottom right corner.
Mascherano and Gerard Pique were caught napping as Real sought an immediate response - Benzema's resulting effort touched wide by Claudio Bravo before Marcelo misplaced a 10th-minute cross behind the France striker with the goal gaping.
There was further frustration for Benzema when a header from Ronaldo's left-wing cross thudded against the crossbar and he lashed the rebound over.
Messi, who picked up a yellow card for an early foul on Toni Kroos, missed a glorious opportunity to equal Telmo Zarra's all-time Liga scoring record when Iker Casillas produced a great save after Suarez's teasing center in the 23rd minute.
Carvajal - brought back into Real's back line alongside the returning Sergio Ramos - then produced a vital challenge to deny Neymar and Real was level 10 minutes from halftime.
A prone Pique blocked Marcelo's low cross with his arm, leaving the referee with little option and Ronaldo sent Bravo the wrong way to maintain his record of netting in every league game this term.
Pique turned a Ronaldo effort behind in the 50th minute but returned to his poor form of the opening period, weakly allowing Pepe far too much room to bury a header from the resulting corner.
Jeremy Mathieu - a surprise selection at left back ahead of Jordi Alba - forced a sprawling Casillas to touch a long range effort behind as Barca looked to redress the balance, but Benzema had the goal his endeavors deserved after the hour.
Real streamed forward from a Barcelona corner, with Isco stealing between an unusually ponderous Andres Iniesta and Mathieu for Ronaldo and Rodriguez to work possession toward Benzema, who this time made no mistake.
Chasing the game, Barcelona found itself permanently at the mercy of Real's relentless brilliance on the break. The visiting side was fortunate to suffer no further damage to the scoreline, only severely dented pride at the hands of its bitterest rival.
