Half-time at the Santiago Bernabeu in El Clasico. Real Madrid 0-0 Barcelona
It had been a competitive half where alarm bells were rung quite repeatedly for the away side every time Vinicius Jr. and Kylian Mbappe set off behind the opponents’ defence, looking to exploit the infamous high line deployed by Barcelona’s back-four. The relentless pursuit looked set to continue in the second 45 as well.
Full-time at the Santiago Bernabeu in El Clasico. Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona.
So how did Barcelona go from being put under pressure to catching the speedy Real Madrid strike duo offside for the entirety of the first-half and then grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck and tearing their rivals apart with incredible ease in the second?