Clásico da leggenda: Barcelona wins back Real 4-3, Scudetto one step away

A Clásico that will go down in history, a hymn to spectacle soccer: Barcelona and Real Madrid give life to a breathtaking 4-3 that, in addition to rewriting the books of statistics, opens the doors of the title wide to the blaugrana. With three days to go, Barça flies to +7 over its rivals, mortgaging a La Liga lived among emotions, comebacks and absolute protagonists.

Hero (partly missed) of the match is undoubtedly Kylian Mbappé, author of a hat-trick that is not enough for the Blancos. The Frenchman scores twice in the first 14 minutes: first on a penalty caused by a Cubarsí mistake, then on an assist from Vinicius, putting Real up 0-2. But Barcelona doesn’t mind and, in 26 screaming minutes, overturns everything.

Eric Garcia shortened by a header in the 19th′, then the blaugrana offensive storm broke out: Yamal found a champion goal in the 32nd minute, followed two minutes later by Raphinha, who took advantage of a carelessness by the Madrid defense to make it 3-2. In the 45th minute, Raphinha again closed out the first half with a personal double on Lucas Vazquez’s mistake: 4-2.

In the second half, Real tried to fight back. Mbappé completed his hat trick in the 70th minute on an assist from Vinicius, but in the final minutes fatigue took over. The Blancos wasted two glaring chances with Victor Munoz and Mbappé himself, while Barça held on. Also of note were two goals cancelled (one on each side) and Cubarsí’s injury.

For Barcelona, it was the fourth win of the season against Real, with as many as 16 goals scored: never happened in the history of the Clásico. And if that wasn’t enough, Ferran Torres ended the match with three assists, a feat achieved so far only by Inaki Williams in La Liga.

A masterpiece of teamwork and determination: Barça sees the finish line. La Liga is now just a step away.