Vote in the gameLosing 2-1 at the Camp Nou after conceding a goal in extra time, Real Madrid have almost certainly lost the championship this season. The difference with the Catalans is now a colossal twelve points. Classic sounds.
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Real Madrid lose El Clasico: “I won here in the cup”
Thibaut Courtois on El Clasico defeat and is now 12 points behind: “We have to be honest. We don’t give up, but it’s already four games on points. We have a better goal difference in a head-to-head duel, nothing is impossible. But it’s very difficult. Now we have to win here in the Copa del Rey.”
…the disputed 90 minutes: “We played well and had chances, as well as Barcelona. You take the lead, control the game and then equalize in the last minute of the first half. This changes everything. We may not have had many chances per second, but we made a lot of them. And then we didn’t take advantage of the opportunity. It’s a shame our aim was not allowed. Only the win counted – and then we didn’t.”
… the rest of the season: “We must not let ourselves down. We still have two beautiful months ahead of us. I’m sure we can win the Copa here and then go to the final. Then we also have the Champions League.”
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Championship gone? “never”
FEDERICO VALVERDE ON THE DEFEAT: “I’m sad, we wanted to win. The first half belonged to Barcelona, but in the second half they got fed up. We weren’t specific enough offensively and that hurt us in the end.”
…the goal disallowed by Marco Asensio: “I was outside and didn’t notice anything and celebrated the goal. I don’t like to talk about such things. I didn’t see the move either, so I can’t give an opinion.”
…the question of whether the league title is gone: “Not at all. As long as there is a mathematical chance, you have to fight.”
Real Madrid “deserved a lot”
Daniel Ceballos on chances in the league: “As long as there are points in play, we will fight until the end. We have to play well and they have to lose points. It was a completely different match than the Copa del Rey.”
… El Clasico: “The team was braver, we put more players in the opponent’s half and we deserved more. We played for the second goal and instead conceded the second goal on the counterattack. It’s true that we played more brutally, we had a lot of players in attack. But we just need this goal.” The match against us was down to one small detail.”
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