It was quite clearly not the result that every Barça fan hoped for, but in many respects the performance couldn’t be faulted.
Ronald Koeman picking a back three of Mingueza, Araujo and Lenglet was always going to test the trio but it’s about time we had a coach that continued to make brave and bold decisions.
How often was Valverde castigated for being too conservative?
If there is one criticism to level at Koeman, it is perhaps the inability to get the better of Zidane over both games, and this one in particular given that Real’s defence was depleted even before kick-off, let alone when Lucas Vazquez went off injured.