El Clasico Controversy: Mbappe’s Offside Call Sparks Debate as Barcelona Dominates 4-0
Barcelona Dominates Real Madrid in El Clasico
Barcelona, led by coach Hansi Flick, won 4-0 against Real in the 11th round of the 2024-25 La Liga held at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain on the morning of the 27th (Korean time). With this win, Barcelona strengthened their first place in the league (30 points). Real maintain second place in the league (24 points) with their first defeat.
It was a night when visitors Barcelona dominated the Santiago Bernabeu. Real had just one shot in the first half, except Kylian Mbappe’s goal was disallowed for offside. Although the score was 0-0 until the first half, Barcelona’s attack was more effective. Real had already been offside eight times in the first half alone, cutting off their attacking flow.
The balance was completely lost in the second half.
In the 9th minute of the second half, Robert Lewandowski received a pass from Marc Casado and kicked the ball perfectly into the corner of the goal in a one-on-one situation. A complete failure in Real’s offside trap.
Just two minutes later, Lewandowski opened the scoring again for Real by heading in Alejandro Bald’s cross.
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti responded with repeated substitutions, but in the 32nd minute of the second half, Ramin Yamal scored the team’s third goal with a right-footed shot inside the box after receiving a pass from Rafinha.
Barcelona had already dominated the game. In the 39th minute of the second half, Inigo Martinez’s long pass penetrated the Real backspace once. This time, Rafinha scored with a calm chip shot passed by goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.
Barcelona ended their four-match losing streak in El Clasico with an impressive away win. New records were also set. Yamal managed to score in El Clásico at the age of 17 years and 105 days, setting a new record for the youngest player in the division.
Mbappe, who was appearing in the first El Clasico of his career, was humiliated. Even after playing all 90 minutes, Mbappe created 0 chances, recorded 0 fouls, 1 successful dribble, 1 successful duel and 8 offsides.
In fact, Judd Bellingham and Vinicius Jr. also suffered pride by recording ’0′ in most attack indices.