Barcelona may have been beaten by Real Madrid, and suffered a fifth successive Clasico defeat in the process, but Wednesday’s game between the two rivals showed the gap between the two is undoubtedly closing.
Los Blancos began the game a massive 17 points ahead of the Catalans in the league but it didn’t look that way on the pitch. Barca ended the game with 20 shots (Real Madrid had 14) and also topped the possession stats on 53%.
20 - @FCBarcelona attempted 20 shots in the #SupercopaDeEspana semi-final against Real Madrid (six shots on target), their most in #ElClasico in all competitions since April 2006 in LaLiga (35), under Frank Rijkaard .