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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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