La Liga: Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in stoppage time to come close to winning the league for the first time since 2019

Real Madrid established a 1-0 lead in the opening ten minutes. In the ninth minute, Vinicius Junior’s kick hit Barcelona’s Araujo in the head, causing the ball to enter the goal. Unfortunately, Madrid was unable to retain this advantage.

Barcelona defeated Real Madrid

El Clásico played on Sunday in the Spanish division La Liga was won by Barcelona 2–1 over Real Madrid. After winning this thrilling encounter, Barcelona has moved to the top of the La Liga points standings. He has a 12-point lead over Real Madrid in second place. Barça has 68 points while Real Madrid has 56. The loss hampered Madrid’s efforts to defend its crown and brought Barcelona closer to claiming the trophy for the first time since 2019 for the first time.

Real Madrid established a 1-0 lead in the opening ten minutes. In the ninth minute, Vinicius Junior’s kick hit Barcelona’s Araujo in the head, causing the ball to enter the goal. Due to Ronaldo Arajo’s own goal, Real Madrid gained a 1-0 lead in this manner. Before halftime, in the 45th minute, Sergi Roberts of Barcelona equalised the score at 1-1.

After this, the second half was scoreless for the next 45 minutes. The referee added five minutes of injury time after 90 minutes. Frank Casey scored the game-winning goal for Barcelona in the 90+2nd minute. Frank Casey’s late goal secured the victory for Barcelona over Real Madrid.

On occasion, Marco Asensio scored the goal that gave Real Madrid the lead. Nevertheless, the goal was disallowed due to offside by the video assistant referee.
Sergi Roberto stated after the game, “We were stunned by Marco Asensio’s goal.” Then, we did not realise he was offside, and it was fantastic that we won in the final minute. There are still many matches remaining, and Madrid cannot be taken lightly. It is difficult to make up 12 points, but we must do so. If we keep playing well, we will win the La League championship.

At the same time, Thiboit Courtois, the goalkeeper for Real Madrid, was questioned if Madrid would be able to regain the La League championship. Courtoa stated that we must exert ourselves. We will continue to fight until the very end, but the lead is currently 12 points. We have a few easy games coming up, but Barcelona must lose four games and we must win all of ours. Nothing is impossible, but it is extremely challenging.

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