Real Madrid triumphed at 2:1 in El Klasico.
According to McCaport, this victory gave Real Madrid an important advantage in the race for the title of La League, bringing the difference to three points against Barcelona.
Despite the difficulties he faced during the match, Yamal received recognitions from the Portuguese coach, who stressed that footballers ‘ qualities are better understood when they are watched closely than through television.
I don’t understand how good footballers are until they’re in front of me. Through television, I miss the right perspective. I saw Lamine Yamali 10 meters away and I realized his quality, declared Mourinho.
The Portuguese coach praised Yamali as a very intelligent footballer who is extremely difficult to brand.
One of the most interesting duels in the match was the one between Marc Cucurellas and Yamal. The defender was able to neutralise Barcelona’s attacker on several occasions, who occasionally showed signs of nervousness because of the difficulty of penetrate.
In the 32nd minute, Yamal asked Judge Martinez Munuera for the yellow Cucrellas punishment, claiming the defender had caused some illegal intervention against him.
According to the report, Yamal tried to provoke his opponent to win a penalty strike and force the judge to extract the yellow card. Cucurela, however, managed to manage the situation and continued to be careful in his interventions.
Moourinho also praised the way Real Madrid’s defense managed to make Barcelona difficult and prevent him from exploiting numeric superiority at some point in the match.
The confrontation between the two football players also has an interesting background. Earlier, Yamal had commented on Cucurella’s selection of Spain’s representative, implying that he believed he would take advantage of him in their duels.
In this confrontation, however, the defender was able to fulfill his commission to the end despite pressure and sneezing by the tributaries.
A similar showing of Cucurellas was seen in the match-up with Barcelona at the Champions League, when he managed to neutralise Yamal and was praised as the best player in the match.
Thus, despite Barcelona’s loss, Yamal won Mourino’s assessment, while Cucurela testified once again that he may be a very difficult opponent for the new Catalonian talent.
Source Layer: RTKLive
