REAL MADRID WIN THE CUP
The first title of the Spanish
Football season 2013-2014 fell the way of Real Madrid after defeating FC
Barcelona 1 - 2 in the Final of the Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey (Kings Cup)
played this Wednesday night at the city of Valencia.
Important victory for Real
Madrid which finally manages, along with their Coach Ancelotti, to win this
season their maximum rival in Spanish and World Soccer. Horror 10 days for FC
Barcelona which string together three losses ( Champions League, Liga game and
Spanish Cup Final), something unheard off in the past 5 years.
Overall the victory was
deserved by Real Madrid which had created far more chances of goal although FC
Barcelona forward Neymar hit the post in the 90th min which if it had gone in would
have been the equalizer and who knows, maybe a different ending to this story.
But thats Football, tonight Real Madrid had luck smiling on them because they
looked for it all match.
Intense match as expected with
two differing styles; Barça dominating the ball and Real Madrid taking
advantage of the spaces left in the Barça midfielder to counter-attack. The
first goal came from Real Madrid when Di Maria scored in the 11th min.
From here and onwards
Barcelona looked to react and equalize but Real Madrid defensively was solid
and very concentrated. The Real Madrid defenders Pepe, Ramos, Carvajal and
Coentrao, with the help of a tireless Isco and Di Maria totally neutralized
Lionel Messi and Neymar who was tonight the great disappointment. The Brazilian
is still very young & he would have learnt tonight, but he was a shadow, to
which many will critise Barça Coach Martino for not putting on Pedro earlier or
from the start.
FC Barcelona is undoubtedly a great team and they managed to comeback to
equalize against the grain when Real Madrid was continuously ripping the Barça
defence apart. From a Xavi corner young Barça defender Bartra headed a
magnificent goal in the 69th min that brought back his team to life.
But in the 85th min, perhaps
the moment of the Spanish Cup Final, when Gareth Bale picked up a ball on the
left flank and while pushed over the line accelerated to reach the ball to run
50 mts and score the winner. Amazing effort that gives the Welshman a piece of
Real Madrid history & a dream come true for the winger. Real Madrid then
held out & won this seasons Kings Cup.
To finish, one can say that we
may have witnessed the end of the "Greatest Football Team in World
Football" ever seen. FC Barcelona will harshly & perhaps unjustly
receive a storm of severe criticism the next coming days that will force
radical changes for next season. One of those changes is the end of Coach Gerardo
Martino who everyone speculates will not continue next season. There after,
a series of players, ranging from Alves, Xavi, Pinto, Pedro and even
Messi, are under speculation of perhaps leaving as the Club looks to bring in
"fresh blood" for next season. One of those, Lionel Messi, is being
criticised for "saving himself" for the World Cup as his performances
in the last few matches have been unusually poor. I
personally debut this from the professional, but...
THE GOALS :
THE GOALS :
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