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Koundé, the rock
If Barça did not concede a goal in Madrid (1-0 victory), in this semi-final first leg of the King's Cup, it is largely thanks to Jules Koundé.
Positioned in the axis of the defense, the Habs were impassable with his friend Marcos Alonso.
All the time well placed, the player trained in Bordeaux dismissed a good number of dangers, especially on opposing crosses (more than thirty).
Solid in the duels, he released a great performance with eleven clearances, seven aerial clearances, two interceptions and three recoveries.
Numbers that speak.
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Precious De Jong
Deprived of the ball, Barça suffered overall with only 36% possession.
In midfield, Frenkie de Jong worked a lot.
The Dutchman pressed, ran in the void at times, recovered a few balloons but he also allowed his people to keep the leather a little in the very weak moments of his team.
Not a sparkling performance but essential for its partners.
FLOPS
A fatal error for Camavinga
When taking stock, this mistake hurts.
We played the 26th minute and Real dominated.
On a harmless touch, Camavinga then lost the ball in camp in front of Ferran Torres and ten seconds later, Barça scored the only goal of the match thanks to an achievement against his camp from Militao.
A blow for the Frenchman who did not shine in the match afterwards and even almost got surprised in the second half by Raphinha on the same kind of action.
At this level, the slightest mistake makes the difference.
Benzema muzzled
The Madrid captain's match was very complicated on Thursday evening.
He only had one good ball to eat and he made good use of it by scoring after a cross from Vinicius but the Frenchman was offside (12th).
Behind, there is not much to report as Real's number 9 was perfectly contained by the Koundé-Alonso hinge.
A meeting to forget for KB9.
A very disappointing game
We were expecting a big match between these two rivals and we were very disappointed by the quality of the match.
Technically, the level was sometimes quite unimaginable given the actors present on the lawn.
On numerous occasions, Barça, with a minimalist game, was unable to string together three forward passes.
What about Real?
With more than thirty centers and no real opportunity.
Thursday night, the Merengue fired 13 times for no shot on target...
