Who scored twice as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 4-0 in the last ‘clasico’ of the current La Liga season?
Ronald Araujo
Ferran Torres
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sergio Busquets
Answer: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Aubameyang has been an absolutely stunning fit at Barcelona, having come in from Arsenal. Xavi’s philosophy of positional play has allowed the former Barca midfielder to utilize Aubameyang’s pace and give the Spanish side a much-needed overhaul after they struggled to cope following the departure of talismanic forward, Lionel Messi.
While Barcelona might have won the ‘clasico’ fixture, they trail La Liga table-toppers Real Madrid. Further, the Catalans also missed a Champions League spot this season, but are guaranteed one in the next.
They also suffered a shock exit in the Europa League quarter-finals, when winger Filip Kostic scored a brace to help Eintracht Frankfurt beat the hosts. The second leg was 3-2, and Barcelona had managed a 1-1 draw at Frankfurt prior to this fixture. Xavi spoke after the match, saying, “It is very disappointing … we did not play well. We had control and possession, but found no spaces to hurt them.”
As for Real Madrid, the Los Blancos had a hard-fought game against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. They lost 4-3 but the result could have been a lot worse. Karim Benzema helped Madrid get back in the game, and scored his second off a penalty. Vinicius Jr was the other scorer for the night, who faced a rather tough time from Fernandinho, who Guardiola played as a right back in the game.
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