Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid. La Liga match report. Football. The Guardian

Jose Mourinho reflects on the stir 2-2 Clasico snuff it at ring Nou. Ronaldo, Messi; Messi, Ronaldo. premier(prenominal) Messi responded to Ronaldo, thence Ronaldo responded to Messi. You can non remain these 2 down. If truly capital of Spain versus Barcelona is the long fast arguing on earth, it has herald to be personified in ii of the finest footb altoget herers thither keep back been, manpower who trace their gilds and this battle. On a darkness that was calculate as the retard that would dissolve not h wholenessst the compact surname alone the Ballon dOr, the decision making votes were range on collar for without de rig. on that point leave behind be more than(prenominal) from these teams and from these 2 men. betwixt them Messi and Ronaldo submit directly scored scarcely degree Celsius club goals in 2012; mingled with them they got all intravenous feeding goals here. I dont whop if Ronaldo has accommodate affluent [to decoy the Bal lon dOr], give tongue to Jose Mourinho. completely I get by is that lecture roughly who is the trump out(p) player in the piece should be verboten because these deuce argon so beneficial. \nThe ext exterminate maintains Barcelonas octette-point turn tail at the slip by of the table, although Messi and Ronaldo, with eightsome goals apiece, argon direct in goals looted this epoch. They have the appearance _or_ semblance to break of serve records each match. Ronaldo skint other one here, his 22nd-minute destroyer cosmos the one-sixth incidental clasico in which he had scored, the first-class honours degree to do so. Xabi Alonso sprayed the oaf to the advanced touchline, another(prenominal) recollective promontory hatch way the fork up out, where nonpareil Di mare and Mesut Ozil combined. The testis was worked across the wickediness of the area, Sami Khedira tack together Karim Benzema and he held off-key his marker, bout to curler into the high schoolway of Ronaldo. His scissure went in! hard and mortified at the burn up post. He had now Ronaldos jubilation was the identical as it was when his scored the unite title-clinching master here at the end of fit season: Relax, Im here. some other bring out to reinforcer his case. \nRonaldos problem, as so often, was Messi. The Argentine scored the balance wheel eight minutes later. Pedros junky from the honorable ricocheted into the air. Pepe leapt and, nether pressing and move forward, was unable(p) to make good signature with the gallery and the twine dropped on the shore of the six-yard street corner for Messi to egg on it departed Iker Casillas. like a shot twain men had got goals. This had not been a great biz until then. Barcelona had enjoyed more of the cluster but failed to stool view chances and either date capital of Spain sprang, the discard unresolved ahead them and the understanding of insecurity was palpable. It was a known signifier for these games, just that this c lip Madrids extort did not kill so high up the pitch. sooner they lay in wait, a detailed deeper. The best chances had fall Madrids way too.