Lost the whole season in 2 games!Spanish national derby Barcelona lost Manchester City on loan wings or was returned
In the early morning of April 22, Beijing time, the Spanish Primera League staged the second leg of the national derby of the season. Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-2 at home, giving the latter two consecutive defeats in all competitions. And these two losses made Barcelona miss the Champions League semifinals, and the defense of La Liga was basically in vain, which can be called a loss of the whole season.
In the middle of last week, Barcelona lost at least €61.25 million in prize money after a 4-1 home defeat to Paris in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, and they also missed out on the newly restructured Club World Cup in 2025. However, in La Liga, they are eight points behind leaders Real Madrid, but a win in the national derby would close the gap to five points. Considering that Real Madrid are still distracted by the Champions League, there is still hope for Barcelona to defend the La Liga title.
Barcelona had a fantastic start to the game, just six minutes into the game, Raphinha, who has been in great form recently, assisted Andreas Christensen's header to give Barcelona a 1-0 lead away from home. Real Madrid equalised in the 18th minute when Koubais was awarded a penalty for tripping Vazquez, and Vinicius converted the spot-kick. The two sides drew 1-1 in the first half.
In the second half, it was Barcelona who scored first, and in the 69th minute, Yamal's cross was saved, and Fermin scored a supplementary shot, and Barcelona overtook 2-1 again. Just four minutes later, however, Vinicius Jr. assisted Vazquez's volley. In the first minute of stoppage time, Bellingham pushed the goal to complete the stunner, and Real Madrid finally beat Barcelona 3-2.
The loss of this game also widened the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid to 11 points. Because La Liga stipulates that if two teams are tied in points, the first thing to look at is the record of each other. This also means that with six rounds left in the league, Barcelona, who suffered a two-legged double defeat, is almost a theoretical hope left.
And this game also made Manchester City's loan player Cancelo's reputation extremely low. He started the game at left-back and played the whole game, making a game-high three interceptions but also conceding possession 14 times. After the game, Cancelo scored a team-low 6.2. Dutch legends Ronald de Boer and Van Basten also slammed his poor performance on the show. The former believes that Cancelo is only concerned with playing his own football, while Van Basten believes that it is unbelievable that Cancelo can make the same mistake at the age of 29.
In fact, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals with Paris, Cancelo's performance was very bad, and he was awarded a penalty for a foul in the second half, which was one of the sinners of Barcelona's exit. In the tactical system of the back four, the problem of Cancelo's offensive strength and weak defense is more obvious, especially the strong dialogue, he often becomes the key target of the opponent. In those two games, Cancelo's biggest shortcomings were exposed, which may make Barcelona determined to return him to Manchester City this summer.