In the 23rd minute of this game, the deadlock was broken…, by Real Madrid.
Kylian Mbappe struck!
It was a customary Kylian Mbappe goal, but first, the credit needed to go to the solid defending that was just put out by the men in white.
It was FC Barcelona on the attack.
After winning the ball back in their own half, pass after pass, play after play, the Catalans worked their way up the field till they bore down on Real Madrid's 18-yard box even as the tens of thousands of fans in white all around this stadium drowned them in an ocean of boos.
Bam!
Sam received a pass from Pedri in the 18-yard box and immediately, he heard footsteps behind him even as he instinctively spread his body, protecting the ball.
With a powerful thud, he felt something, someone clattering into him from behind.
He didn't even need to look to know who it was. 'Damn Rudiger…!'
