A rout, a real one.
Corrected by Barça (0-4) in its Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Sunday evening in La Liga, Real Madrid went completely through its Clasico.
Weighed down by the absence of his Frenchmen Ferland Mendy in defense and especially Karim Benzema in attack, the leader of the Spanish championship has been dominated by Xavi's men, who have been much more convincing for several weeks.
“I have no problem taking responsibility for this rout.
We played very badly, my device was not good.
Sometimes we miss each other, that's how it is.
But no need to make a drama out of it.
I'm really sorry about that.
But you have to stay balanced.
We have two weeks to digest this defeat.
I can miss once, but twice is very rare,” said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti after the setback.
" Black night "
The media that follow Real obviously deplored the extent of the fiasco.
Marca, on the front page of its Monday morning edition, sees it as "a slap in the face", and believes that Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saved his partners from even greater humiliation at home.
As, another sports daily close to the capital club, evokes a "dark night", in reference to the new dark jersey released by Luka Modric and his partners on Sunday.
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If this defeat is symbolically very harsh for the people of Madrid, they remain leaders of La Liga with nine points ahead of their first pursuer, Sevilla FC.
After eliminating PSG in the knockout stages of the Champions League ten days ago, they are still in contention in C1.
They will face Chelsea, defending champion, in the quarter.