Twitter reacts as Real Madrid lose to Barcelona again

Barcelona won another Clasico, the Madrid club's woes deepen and Twitter has an opinion

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Modified 26 Jul 2019, 20:27 IST

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the El Clásico at the Santiago Bernebeu in the La Liga on Saturday. The only goal of the game was scored by Ivan Rakitic. This was Barcelona's third win at the Santiago Bernebeu against the Los Blancos this season.

In the first half, Barcelona looked the more dominant in terms of possession, but they couldn't carve an opening in the early minutes, while Real Madrid looked dangerous on the counterattack. But, Barcelona took the lead in the 26th minute through Ivan Rakitic, through a brilliant move by Barcelona, after a simple give and go between the Croatian and Sergi Roberto opened up the Real Madrid defence.

Real Madrid clearly lacked quality in the final third and Luka Modric missed the two opportunities he had. Barcelona looked the better side though, and Thibaut Courtois had to make a good save to keep his team in the game going into the second half.

In the second half, the home team started with a higher intensity, but they lacked the final ball. Real Madrid could only fashion out some half chances but they couldn't find the decisive touch that was needed. Marc Andre Ter-Stegan had very little to do in both halves, only having to make some very regular saves. In the dying moments of the game, Lionel Messi missed a brilliant chance to make it 2-0 for Barcelona.

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It wasn't a vintage performance from Barcelona by any stretch, but they got over the line. This victory meant that Barcelona are now ten points clear at the top of La Liga with 12 games to go.

Next , Barcelona face Rayo Vallecano in their next match in La Liga, while Real Madrid face Ajax in the 2nd leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Here's how Twitter reacted to Barcelona's victory over Real Madrid

🔵🔴 GOOOAAAL: @ivanrakitic scores the opener to give @FCBarcelona the #ElClasico lead!https://t.co/gcM5ngSH75
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 2, 2019

When @Cristiano Ronaldo left #RealMadrid 😭💀 #ElClásico #FCBarcelona #ForçaBarça pic.twitter.com/mgTvkZGH0M
— Florian Mbappé 🇨🇲 (@SirFlorianJ) March 2, 2019

Oh , Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid miss you so much 💔
— -CR7 Paaji- (@Kakarla07) March 2, 2019

Sergio Ramos, Master of dark arts. pic.twitter.com/DzLReCGau5
— こんにちは (@Swiztaade) March 2, 2019

Lots of good performances from Barcelona to admire there but Gerard Pique was particularly excellent. Positionally brilliant, a monster in the box. That dribble across his own goal line was ludicrous 😂
— Sam Tighe (@stighefootball) March 2, 2019

Gerard Piqué taking souls and putting them in his shin pads, there, by dribbling the ball from one side of his own box to the other side of his own box, all whilst five yards away from the goal line with Benzema right behind him.

Insane, wonderful stuff. #ElClásico
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) March 2, 2019

Barcelona get two wins over Real Madrid in one week.

They now lead the series for the first time since 1932. pic.twitter.com/JOkIq3gvYf
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 2, 2019

3 - Santiago Solari is the first Real Madrid’s manager has failed to win vs @FCBarcelona in his first three meetings in all competitions (D1 L2) since Leo Beenhakeer in 1987 (D2 L2). Stalled pic.twitter.com/dL5kUjF8zG
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 2, 2019

Since Ronaldo's departure Real Madrid have won zero classicos. #Ronaldoeffect pic.twitter.com/mUHTwAHXRn
— Халед (@abdelkader014) March 2, 2019

End of debate

Real Madrid is nothing without Me 😎#ElClásico #Messi #Rakitic #barcelona #realmadrid pic.twitter.com/pFCXaoZH3C
— Sir Cristiano Ronaldo (@SirCristianoRo2) March 2, 2019

Isco: “don’t worry, Ramos does this to me every day in training” pic.twitter.com/qs5iIrYDnn
— Iceee (@FcbIce) March 2, 2019

Published 03 Mar 2019, 04:34 IST