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Barca give Real footballing lesson at Bernabeu
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-20 09:44
Snapping the ball off the feet of team mate Messi, after the Argentine had
darted towards the edge of the area, Eto'o left three defenders for dead with a
stunning turn and drilled past a helpless Casillas.
Barcelona's
Ronaldinho celebrates after scoring the second goal against Real Madrid
during their Spanish League football match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in
Madrid. [AFP] | The Cameroon striker, who joined
Barca after Real chief Florentino Perez rejected an option to buy him at the
start of last season, ran to the corner in front of the president's box with his
arm in the air pointing to the club crest on his shirt.
Real tried to fight their way back into the game but with Barca depriving
them of possession the only problems they created for the opposition back four
were from set pieces.
VENOMOUS SHOT
Barca almost extended their lead when the electric Messi fired off a venomous
shot after bursting into the area but Casillas came to the rescue with a fine
reflex save.
It was one-way traffic once more in the second half as the ball remained
glued to the feet of the Barcelona players and Real were left chasing shadows in
midfield.
Zidane looked well short of match fitness, Ronaldo and Robinho were starved
of the ball and David Beckham had little influence on affairs.
Barca stretched their lead 15 minutes into the second half when Ronaldinho
waltzed through the Real defence.
Picking the ball up some 40 metres out on the left, the Brazilian left Sergio
Ramos sprawling with a quick shuffle of the feet, skipped past centre back Ivan
Helguera and fired a perfectly placed shot past Casillas into the far corner.
The Brazilian repeated the trick 18 minutes later when he bamboozled Ramos
again, sped into the area and drilled home at the near post to wrap up a
one-sided victory for the Catalans.
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