Ronaldo replies to Messi: the Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid ends 2 to 2

While the derby of inadequacy was being staged at San Siro, a bad match played badly, worst refereed by the unwatchable Valeri and narrowly won by the least worst, Catalan pride was celebrated at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, with 100 faithful (Barça, it is known, is a religion in those parts) waving the colors (yellow and red) of their request for independence.
But above all, on the proscenium, the umpteenth chapter of an infinite story was given life, lhe mother of all football rivalries, Real Madrid against Barcelona, ​​Mourinho against guardsmanship (of which Villanova is a natural prophet), Cristiano Ronaldo against Messi, the two players, it goes without saying anymore, the strongest in the world, with at least a couple of categories behind all the others.
These are, without getting too lost in listing the savory spices and side dishes, the main ingredients of the succulent dish. A reach that Italian viewers, practically unique in the world, have not been able to savor, given that Sky has not yet (?) found an agreement for the rights of La Liga.
The most anticipated protagonists did not disappoint. There match between Messi and Ronaldo, in fact, ended 2 to 2, just like the match. Two goals each for the two champions and one point each for the two teams, with Barça thus maintaining their 8-point lead over their historical rivals, but which sees themselves hooked by the other Madrid team, the Athletic of the extraordinary Falcao, winning only in the final against a good Malaga.
The match, not beautiful, but vibrant, followed a typical script: Barcelona's tiki taka, however, appeared more sterile than on other occasions, while the counterattacks by Real, surly but also courageous, were less effective than usual.
The first advantage was given by the Madrileños, in the 23rd minute, with an angled left foot from Cristiano Ronaldo, well primed by Benzema. A few minutes later Messi equalized and exploited a faulty clearance from Pepe to beat Casillas. Half an hour of contracted play goes by, with the two teams good at canceling each other out, until the Argentine phenomenon repeats itself, in the quarter hour of the second half, drawing an elusive parable from a free kick (a shot which, as if that weren't enough, has recently added with increasing continuity to its repertoire).
However, the Blaugrana advantage lasts only 5 minutes, because Ozil surprises a distracted defense by opening a corridor wide to Ronaldo, cold as usual, which leads directly to the goal defended by Victor Valdes. The last thrill in the 88th minute, with the sensational cross from the canterano (yet another) Montoya, at the end of an action that had been the perfect programmatic manifesto of Barcelonasm.
2 TO 2 BETWEEN PSG AND MARSEILLE – In France, however, in the clash at the top with Marseille, the usual Ibrahimovic was not enough for Ancelotti's PSG and petrodollars. Om Gignac's centre-forward responded with the same coin to the brace from the most decisive of the defectors in the Italian championship, who with his two goals set the score at 2-2 at the end of the first half.