CONFLICT BETWEEN XAVI AND ANCELOTTI! Xavi furious after El Clasico! Barcelona 2:3 Real Madrid
CONFLICT BETWEEN XAVI AND ANCELOTTI! Xavi furious after El Clasico! Barcelona 2:3 Real Madrid Wednesday Matches Overview First, let's talk about yesterday's matches! Chelsea defeated Tottenham in the second leg of the English Carabao Cup semifinal - 0:1. The only goal was scored by Antonio Rudiger. The Blues won 3-0 on aggregate and reached the final! The Italian Super Cup brought us another battle between Inter and Juventus! The Nerazzurri won 2:1, with Alexis Sanchez scoring the winner in the 121st minute! Just like in a movie! Well, speaking of great movies. The thriller of the day became Spanish El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup semifinals. Vinicius opened the score in the 25th minute, but the Catalans responded with Luuk De Jong 15 minutes later. The game was pretty close and intense until the 72nd minute when Karim Benzema scored and unleashed a real war out there. And yet, last minutes' siege from Blaugranas was successful as Ansu Fati, who's back again, scored from a header 7 minutes before the end of regular time, thus taking the game to the extra time. The game kept the high intensity for the additional 30 minutes, during which Federico Valverde came to the forefront for Real and decided the outcome of El Clasico, scoring after a rapid counter-attack in the first half of extra time. 2-3 at the end - Los Blancos head to the finals. Ancelotti and Xavi had a dispute after El Clasico El Chiringuito Despite the defeat, Barcelona got more positive press after the game, and the Catalans' head coach Xavi admitted that his team played better than Real Madrid. 'We are very angry and upset. We dominated Real Madrid, who were just sitting back in their own box. Barcelona were better in this match. We lost, but got rid of our complexes," El Chiringuito quoted Barca's coach. Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti, however, strongly disagreed with Xavi's words and gave the following verdict on the game: 'Does Xavi think that Barca dominated? This is not true. The match was equal and we deserved to win. " 'We knew it would be difficult for us, but the game was fun and we enjoyed it,' Ancelotti said. #barcelonareal #football #soccer