Real Madrid Humiliated, Carlo Ancelotti Condemns Barcelona's Goal Celebration

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. (X/@realmadrid)

JAKARTA - Real Madrid were embarrassed when they were massacred by Barcelona 4-0 in El Clasico in the La Liga competition Spain. A crushing defeat that made coach Carlo Ancelotti go berserk and criticized Barca's official goal celebration in a duel at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Sunday 27 October 2024 in the morning WIB.

Madrid were unbeaten during the 42 matches that led them to win the La Liga and Champions League trophies. In the last match, Madrid also successfully destroyed Borussia Dortmund 5-2.

This makes Madrid very confident in hosting Barca in El Clasico. Moreover, last season, Madrid always defeated their arch rivals, who at that time were still being handled by Xavi Hernandez.

But Madrid actually experienced anticlimactics. Even though Los Merengues dominated and had taken the lead through Kylian Mbappe's goal which was later disallowed due to offside, they failed to anticipate Barca's revival in the second half.

Striker Robert Lewandowski immediately scored a brace in just two minutes. The former Bayern Munich striker managed to escape the offside trap to open Barca's goal. Lewandowski's header beat goalkeeper Andriy Lunin who changed the score to 2-0.

Young star 17 Lamine Yamal solidified Barca's lead. The goal killed Madrid while making Yamal the youngest player to score a goal in the history of El Clasico.

Madrid were helpless when Raphinha let go of the hull that Lunin failed to reach in the 84th minute. Raphinha's goal made Ancelotti go berserk. Because Barca officials celebrated the goal that changed the score to 4-0 in Madrid's engineering area.

Coach Hansi Flick has actually tried to ban officials from celebrating goals near or the host bench. He has even pulled his assistants back to the Barca bench.

Ancelotti then warned by pointing his finger at Flick. The Italian coach said that officials did not show respect.

"I have no problem with Flick, but with his assistant," Ancelotti was quoted as saying by Football Espana.

"Assistently not being a gentle man by celebrating a goal in front of our bench. I said that to Flick and he agreed," he said.

Ancelotti, further, said that the match was actually a draw. Even when Barca were 1-0 up, Ancelotti remained optimistic that Madrid could still catch up with a goal.

"Initially the game went well until they finally scored the first goal. We played with high intensity in the first half but were weak in accuracy. We also had chances to take the lead but they then scored the second goal. This goal made our energy drained," said Ancelotti.

"We are certainly very disappointed. This is not an easy moment for us. However, I would like to thank the fans for their support," said the former AC Milan and Juventus coach who were not hit by the crushing defeat.

The defeat did not make Ancelotti lose confidence Madrid would fail to defend the league title. According to him, the competition is still long even though Madrid are currently six points behind Barca, which confirmed their position at the top of the standings.

"The competition is still long. So we will not give up. We certainly learn from this defeat. And it's time to get up. I'm sure the team can do even better, and we will," said Ancelotti.

The defeat to Barca made Madrid remain in second place with 24 points. Meanwhile, Barca, who got 30 points at the top of the standings.