I did watch the El Classico, and while it was the best El Classico I've seen in a while, I still think it's a bit overhyped atm.
Mostly because there are 5000 situations throughout the game where the referee has to stop it, which ruins the flow a bit, but what's up with Spanish Production having 3648 replays of everything?
I rarely watch Spanish football, but everytime I get the feeling that they roll replays here and there, zooming in players faces to get some form of reaction, I just thought that part was a bit silly, cause I never see that in Premier League, Ligue 1 or Bundesliga.
The game itself was interesting, rarely you see Real dominate Barca on Camp Nou, but I'd say Real were the better team quite easily. The first game wasn't much to talk about that Barca won, but this time it was a much more even game and more interesting.
I sort of feel for Real, cause even though they had game against Barcelona's goal through the first half, Barcelona managed to score 2 goals out of thin air near the end, so the result didn't really reflect the game.
I think Real should have used their opportunities better, they could have easily won with 5-2 if they had used their chances in a better way, but maybe that happens another time.
But again, it makes me a bit sad to see how two of the best teams in the world act on the field. We have the incident where Lass most likely should have been sent off (again I think the ref gave him a very easy first yellow card, so it was almost like karma), but we had all of Barcelona's team surrounding the referee, and then several Real players as well. I think it's a dick move no matter what team you're in, if you're gonna surround the ref and trying to force out a card.
All the diving... while it was better this game then in the last, we saw Pepe do a couple of dives, and the usual dives from Fabregas, Messi, Alves, Iniesta and Busquets, it's sad to see no matter what team does it.
But to sum it up, I thought the El Classico yesterday was one of the better out of the last games, but there are still so many things that both teams has to stop with, diving, tackling hard and trying to surround the ref for example.
I think the worst part with the game was to see the reactions from both the Real and the Barca-fans yesterday, talk about some of the most one-eyed fans ever. The Real fans were all about "The referee sucked, should have gotten two penalties", meanwhile the Barca-fans still continue to miss all the diving situations, which leads me to wonder if they have accepted diving as something positive in the sport.
Anyhow, it was a pretty solid game, though personally I'd say Premier League has had quite a lot of those games this season. Just look at Chelsea - Arsenal (3-5) for example.
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