The white players made a radical change in their game and had nothing to do with those who made fools of themselves against Cadiz and Shakhtar Donetsk

Ramos-Kroos-Benzema beat Ansu Fati-Messi and Jordi Alba

PHOTO/AFP - Leo Messi

The white team beats an inferior Barcelona 1-3 in an empty Camp Nou by Covid 19.

Ansu Fati Messi and Jordi Alba were not enough to beat a good Real Madrid. Most of the white players underwent a radical change in their attitude and game.

Nacho improved a lot, Lucas Vazquez looked like Cafu, Valverde a lung in midfield who joined the attack and withdrew to help Casemiro and Kroos. The result was Madrid's first goal. Vinícius, without being last year's explosive, faced and made the Barsa defence difficult.

Real Madrid improved in defence with Mendy, very sober, although really in attack doesn't bring much. But he gives more security.

Varane with some gaps. But with Sergio Ramos at his side, he is more solid. A super Sergio Ramos who has ordered the defence and has also provoked the second goal with a penalty from Lenglet.

Controversial game in which VAR took the penalty. The French defender of F C Barcelona on every corner played it. You can't defend the attackers in a corner by shooting at the shirt. It's too scandalous. The older and more experienced players surround the attackers with their arms to prevent them from moving without a blatant foul. The moment you pick up the shirt, you are playing with fire because there will be no doubt in the pictures. When the shirt is 20 or 30 cm out of the way when the attacker wants to get out of it, it is very easy to call a foul.

It is also true that it depends on the team, whether they ask you to do it or not. This week Betis asked for a similar move that did not deserve a maximum foul according to the referee. It was the same as Lenglet's.

It requires the unanimity of the referees, those on the pitch and those in the VAR. They are always the protagonists, in my opinion unnecessarily so because the rule is very clear and should be avoided. When you whistle, all seizures stop.

Kroos has taken over the midfield of a Busquets who is a long way from the player we all remember. Casemiro, strong, although excessively slow in some actions with losses that could have cost Real Madrid dearly.

Asensio got so lost in the azulgrana, didn't follow Jordi Alba and the azulgrana player put a measured ball to Ansu Fati that Ramos didn't make it. The one of Camas had thrown an off-side that broke Varane, a little bit distracted the Frenchman. Asensio only from that moment on was devoted to control the climbs of Alba and he was hardly seen in the party since he didn't have the lungs to sustain this rhythm, which Valverde had until he finished exhausted and was replaced by Rodrigo.

The best Benzema appeared. A master to offer himself, hold the ball, open spaces and give oxygen to his team-mates. He missed the goal, but if Karim was more precise in front of goal we could think of a solid candidate for the golden ball.

On the contrary, Barcelona, apart from the freshness and anticipation of the Ansu Fati, Messi's imbalance and the incorporations of Jordi Alba did not bring anything more to the party. The madridista goal except for a hand to hand with Argentinean crack and nothing else disturbed the blaugrana set.

On the other hand, Neto had several very successful interventions at the auctions of Kroos, Benzema and Ramos that could have ended in a wide marker.

The new side Dest seems to be able to bring sparks to the game of azulgrana. It is still in its infancy, but it could be a good asset for Barcelona.

Lenglet doesn't fill the void left by Puyol, nor even that of Umtiti, when the Frenchman was fit and world champion. He loads the cards right away and takes a lot of penalties.

As we said earlier, Busquets isn't doing well, De Jong tries, but he hasn't found the right balance yet and Coutinho wasn't the one at the beginning of the season.

Griezmann came out in the 82nd minute for Fati and he didn't have any luck either, just like Dembelé, it coincided with the best phase in Madrid.

For the moment, Koeman's hand is only seen with the theoretically inferior teams. Sevilla beat him and Madrid beat him today. 

On Wednesday, Juventus awaits him. Cristiano and the company ..... can now apply pressure. 

Madrid on Tuesday with Gladbach's Borussia and Seville on Wednesday with the Stade Rennais.

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