Bellingham's goal in compensated action time allowed the Madrid team to triumph in a spectacular game against the Catalans.
Real MadridUkrainian goalkeeper Andrey Lunin defeated Barcelona at home in the central match of the 32nd round of the Spanish La Liga. El Classico at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid ended with the score 3:2.
The Catalans took the lead at the very beginning of the match. In the 6th minute, Lunin made a mistake on the way out from Raphinha's corner, allowing Andreas Christensen at the far post to head the ball into the goal.
At 18 In the th minute, Los Blancos won back. Vinicius Juniorscored a penalty awarded by the referee for a foul by Pau Kubarsi against Lucas Vazquez in the Blue Garnet penalty area.
At the 28th minute, another rather controversial episode occurred in the match. After a cross from a corner from the right flank, 16-year-old Blaugranas winger Lamin Yamal struck at the near post, but Lunin saved the Royal Club by knocking the ball straight from the goal line.
Video assistant referees (VARs) spent a long time watching replays, trying to determine whether the ball crossed Real's goal line. What made this task more difficult for them was the fact that the Spanish championship still does not have a system for automatically detecting when the ball crosses the goal line. However, the referees decided in favor of the Madrid club and did not count the goal.
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In the second half, Xavi's team took the lead again. At the 69th minuteFermin Lopezfinished the ball into the goal after Lunin parried Yamal's cross in front of him from the right corner of the penalty area.
However, Carlo Ancelotti's men quickly restored parity in the match. In the 73rd minute, Lucas Vazquez finished off Vinicius' cross from the left flank with a precise shot into the near corner.
The denouement of this tense confrontation came in stoppage time. In the 90+1st minute, Jude Bellingham hit the ball under the crossbar at the far post after Lucas Vazquez's cross from the right flank.
Match review Real Madrid – Barcelona
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With this victory, Real Madrid (81 points) strengthened their lead in La Liga, behind six rounds before the end of the championship, the Madrid team is 11 points ahead of Barcelona.
In the next round, the Blancos will face Real Sociedad away on April 26, and the Catalans will host Valencia on April 29 with Ukrainian forward Roman Yaremchuk.
