The first classic of the season was for Real Madrid. The white team has known how to take better advantage of the chances and has prevailed by 3 goals to 1, although it suffered in the last minutes, when Barça closed the gap with the 2-1. A penalty from Eric Garcia on Rodrygo would end up sentencing the game. “He stepped on me, then I was sure it was a penalty because there is VAR, so I waited. I was fine, I was confident”, explained Rodrygo himself, scorer of the goal that sealed the Clasico.
Luka Modric also spoke before the television cameras, who was happy with the result: “We are happy with the victory and the game we played. We wanted to thank the people for the great atmosphere today.” “We knew there was going to be a time where we were going to suffer because they handle the ball well. It is where we have to defend strongly and we have done it. Then we were very strong up front and scored three goals. We have made a great match”, sentenced the Croatian.
Both Modric and Rodrygo also had words of praise for one of their teammates, Karim Benzema. The Frenchman, scorer of the first goal of the afternoon, aspires to lift the Ballon d'Or tomorrow in Paris: “We all know what is going to happen and we all want it to happen. We know that tomorrow he is going to win because he deserves it for everything he has done this year and last year”, assured Modric. "The Ballon d'Or is his, for me it is a pleasure to be able to play with him," Rodrygo completed.
There was another madridista who shone with his own light at the Santiago Bernabeu: Federico Valverde, author of the 2-0, who was named MVP of the classic. “Today I am adding quite a bit as a winger, I try to enjoy myself in each position, to give the maximum in each position. I know that up top I can contribute with goals and assists and in the middle with work and energy. Today I was able to score and I am very happy”, he valued.
The Madrid player spoke about how they found spaces thanks to Barcelona's play: “Sometimes, when they don't come in, you need a bit of luck at key moments. They left many gaps and we were able to take advantage of it”. "We knew that if Luka went down and Carva shot up, I would have a lot of space to receive the ball, we work hard, the coach asks me, I bring that energy to the midfield", he completed.
