This round of La Liga national derby officially started, Barca away to the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid. This competition is very important for both sides and is about the battle for the top spot. Barca suffered another blow in the Champions League group stage in midweek and have largely lost hope of qualifying for the knockout stages. Real Madrid have locked up a round of 16 in advance, but they are currently behind Barca at the top of the table in the league due to their goal difference.
The dismal Champions League scene has been a great blow to Barca, after all, Barca has leveraged several economic levers this summer so that the team can regain its former glory in the European arena. But the reality is extremely cruel, Harvey's team has to face the embarrassment of stopping the group stage of the Champions League for two consecutive years and relegating to play in the Europa League. At this juncture, it is very important for them to return to the league to win against Real Madrid. Unfortunately, Barça at the Bernabeu failed to continue the strong opposition to Real Madrid last season, 3-1, Real Madrid did not bloody blade, won Barca at home, and returned to the top of the table.
Benzema, Valverde and Rodrigo contributed to Real Madrid respectively in this game, and Valverde was elected as the best player in the game after the game. The young man from Uruguay was praised by the media after the game as the core of the future Real Madrid midfield, and the always low-key Kroos praised Valverde as the top three players in the world. Real Madrid's mouthpiece Marca newspaper editor-in-chief Roncello even called Valverde the best midfielder in the world.
Valverde has indeed become an indispensable midfielder for Ancelotti. He can attack and defend, has great running ability, great coverage, and a good finishing ability. He forced Real Madrid's 433 formation into a 544 formation, as if you could see Valverde in any area on the court. Unremitting running, positive defense, fierce pressing, accurate shooting, all of these convergence on a player, it is really unimaginable. Perhaps any coach in the world would aspire to have a player like Valverde.
Valverde is a real Madrid player, winning all of his 11 games with goals, three of which were direct against Barca. His presence is more important to Real Madrid than Vinicius and Rodrigo. In the future, Valverde is bound to grow into the absolute core of the Real Madrid midfielder and become the soul of the team after the ceremony midfielder.