Barça’s pride and bravery did not help them extend the League. Xavi’s men had no choice but to lower their arms in the championship at the Bernabeu, after a match played face to face, and decided in added time, territory of the white epic and cemetery of the youthful illusion of a young and passionate, penalized by childish errors of some of the experts. The Blaugrana gave up with honor and, it must be said, with controversy. Everything is ready for his great rival to be champion.

Lamine Yamal is not enough against the Madrid of Vinícius and Bellingham, decisive in Montjuïc and at the Bernabéu, but also of Lucas Vázquez and Lunin. The youth graduated to a classic, his first as a starter, being a constant danger, like Raphinha and Fermín, another youth player. The kid’s class was harmed by the inexperience of Cancelo, a supposed veteran, thanks to whom Madrid responded with maturity and speed every time Barça, soft, took the lead.

Soto Grado insisted on giving arguments to Xavi who in mid-August already sensed, after an arbitration by the Riojan in Getafe, that Barça should fight against all odds to fight for the League. 31 days later all the decisions of the Rioja referee fell on the same side. Everything became complicated in the same way that Ancelotti has beaten Xavi in ??the last four classics.

Barcelona went on the attack because they had no choice but to win at the Bernabéu if they wanted to dream of the League. I couldn’t give up the three pure forwards because both Raphinha and Lamine Yamal are in a sweet moment. They both carried the team on their backs.

The Brazilian was pure poison with his curled corners that meant the score was 0-1 and that also led to the ghost goal play. The youth player not only invented the spur shot that seemed to enter Lunin’s goal but also created the main avenue of danger on his wing, leaving Camavinga pinned once and again, converted into a full-back. He did what he wanted every time he faced him on his first visit as a Blaugrana to the White House, and he now has a new footballer to fear.

The visiting bravery contrasted with a Madrid that still had its head in its fetish competition, where it is two games away from a new Champions League final, and that preferred to protect itself with the ball with Modric and put muscle with Tchouaméni and Camavinga in defense after extra time and penalties against City.

What the Bernabéu least expected was that the hero of the Numantine resistance in Manchester, Lunin, failed at the first opportunity and gave Barça the lead. The Ukrainian goalkeeper misjudged Raphinha’s corner kick and did not clear it. The center reached the far post where Christensen only had to put his head to score.

Madrid seemed groggy, stunned, as if it were not their battle, perhaps because Barça had much more at stake. And Lamine Yamal, with his superiority over his marker, was about to score the second. The winger easily left Camavinga behind and wanted to surprise Lunin. He feinted with a cross and shot at the short post but the Ukrainian put in a saving leg.

If the youth player was a mine, the cross was Cancelo. As against PSG, his defensive disconnections penalized his team and gave wings to the rival. Lucas Vázquez stole his wallet on the baseline, the Portuguese did not stop him and the Real Madrid player, wanting to fall in the area, ended up taking a penalty from Cubarsí. As in the Super Cup, then with Iñaki Peña, Vinícius converted the maximum penalty and ended Ter Stegen’s unbeaten record.

The tie was not worth it for Barça, who once again stretched out and presented themselves in the Madrid area thanks to their two wingers. Both teamed up and were protagonists of the controversial play of the night. This time Raphinha’s corner went low and Lamine Yamal deflected it with a cowboy shot that seemed to sneak into the goal. Lunin was slow to react and with his body inside the line he cleared. Without goal technology in LaLiga, there was no image to show that the ball had completely crossed the line and Barcelona was left without the goal. Just as he did not have a penalty in a fall by Lamine Yamal in front of Camavinga, who was very lost and wearing yellow.

With no reward on the scoreboard, the end of the first half was even more cruel as Valverde.

After the break, Lamine Yamal continued to strike but began to find answers in Vinícius’ speed. The kid, with his virguerías and his good decisions, led the defense down the street of bitterness in each incursion. Until he was key again with a center-shot. Lunin saved in the first instance but left the ball dead so that Fermín, who had entered for Christensen, collected the rebound to make it 1-2.

The joy barely lasted on the Barcelona side because Cancelo lost his back again with Lucas Vázquez. Vinícius’ cross was finished off at the far post by the white full-back in a play similar to Dembélé’s 1-1 scoreline on Tuesday. Rains, it pours. That blow did set Madrid and the Bernabéu on fire with the closed roof. Ter Stegen avoided Vinícius’ sentence but could not, already in added time, with another counter that ended with Bellingham. It was the final straw for Barça, incredulous, who wanted to win until the end and did not deserve to lose but left empty-handed. Without League and without consolation.

Real Madrid: Lunin, Lucas Vázquez, Rüdiger, Tchouaméni, Camavinga (Fran García 71), Kroos (Brahim Díaz 71), Modric, Valverde, Bellingham, Rodrygo (Militão 74) and Vinícius (Joselu 82).

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Kound, Araújo, Cubarsi, Cancelo, Christensen (Fermin 46), De Jong (Pedri 45-4), Gündogan, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha (John Felix 63) and Lewandowski (Ferran Torres 63).

Coach: Xavi Hernández

Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu (77,981 spectators)

Referee: Soto Grado (c. Riojan)

Cards: Yellow for Camavinga, Vinícius, Modric, Koundé, Cubarsí.

Goles: 0-1 Christensen (6), 1-1 Vinícius (p) (18), 1-2 Fermín (69), 2-2 Lucas Vázquez (73), 3-2 Bellingham (91).