Retro Visual Analysis: Zidane?s first Clasico as manager
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Revisiting Real Madrid?s win at the Camp Nou in 2016 El Clasico on April 2nd, 2016 had a grand setting as this fixture often does. Luis Enrique?s Barcelona seemed to have been running away with their title defense until Zinedine Zidane?s Real Madrid raised some eyebrows and closed the gap to an uncomfortable distance for the Cules.
Luis Enrique?s Barcelona had destroyed Rafa Benitez?s Madrid earlier in the season at the Bernabeu. Lucho?s side hadn?t lost a game in almost six months and for more than 30 games. The expectations from Zidane?s team were not huge but this game propelled Real Madrid for greater things despite eventually missing out on the LaLiga title. This was still in the vicinity of El Clasico's glory days. One could easily make a World XI with the players from these two starting XIs only. It was MSN vs BBC. A Barcelona legend vs. A Real Madrid legend at the dugouts. This was box office football, easily.
Passing networks of Real Madrid (left) and Barcelona (right).
The first half of this game was intense and it kind of flew by but Barcelona never really let go of the control they sought in this game, especially at the back. The four most efficient passers of this game were Sergio Busquets and three of their starting defenders.
Zidane sustained his confidence in Casemiro as a starter. Although Benitez had also tried with the Kroos, Casemi...
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