At the beginning of this game the Barca were 10 points ahead of the Real and the first 25 minutes shown why, they dominated the visitors who limited their game just to defend and wait their rivals in their own part of the field. The home team came close at least twice to score, once with Suarez who missed an unbelievable open net goal and Rakitic who at the end of a great give and go play shot on the opposite post but Navas made a very good safe to denied the goal. Messi had a great chance for his team to change the game because he tried to dribble Ramos who already got a yellow card who made a suspiciuos stop on Messi who fell down very close to the goal area, the Madrid tried to do more especially taking advantage of the losing balls by the home team and 3 minutes to the end of the first period Benzema missed an easy chance alone in the middle of the goal area shooting a way high. The first half ended with all Barcelona angry at the referee for the officiating and most of all for the missed red card to Ramos.
The second half started in the same way of the first one showing a great ball possession with Messi as the playmaker close to the midfield area more concentrated to pass the ball than shooting it, the result didn't wait to come and after some dangerous plays Messi and Neymar made a perfect triangulation at the limit of the goal area where the number 10 made a soft shot on the farther post that called Navas to make a great safe to avoid the goal, on the following corner Pique suprised a sleepy Real's defense on the first post area to score with a precise head shot, after that goal everything supposed to be on Barca's favor and the following 5 minutes saw an hometeam joking their rival with quick short passes all around the field until the lost a ball at midfield, on the counterattack Kroos pass has been deflected high in the area where Benzema made a perfect "Bicicleta" shot to tie the game since that moment the visitors believed in their chances to beat Barcelona and started to attack them and the most important thing their midfielders started to support the offensive action, something that never happened before and it made all the difference, in fact since that moment even if the most of the times on counterattacks the Real took over and with less then 15 minutes to the end of the game Ronaldo made a perfect soft cross to Bale who 1 on 1 with Jordi Alba scored with a precise head shot but the referee called a foul that none saw dening the goal to the visitors. Ronaldo tried again to score with a precise shot from the left wing that hit the crossbar, few minutes later Ramos got ejected due to a silly foul to Suarez that cost him the second yellow card but the Barca didn't take advantage of it and Real made them pain with a great counterattack with Bale on the right wing who served a perfect cross to Ronaldo on the farther post who didn't shot with the head but controlled the ball and beat Bravo between his legs for the game winning goal.
MVP: Bale
MVP: Bale
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