Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: 5-1, Suarez destroys Los Blancos with hattrick
The match will be crucial especially for the Madrid-based team, with the team currently on a series of negative results. Julen Lopetegui is reportedly at great risk and Real Madrid are said to be looking for his replacement, with Antonio Conte being the hottest name linked to the club.
However, for today's big match, Madrid will have to have faith in the former Spain coach, who will definitely have big motivation to try and overturn the negative situation at the club.
Real Madrid started off the match in the same way they played the previous matches and were punished by Brazilian starlet Coutinho, who took advantage of a great pass from Jordi Alba and opened the scoring into the empty net.
Afterwards, Luis Suarez doubled the lead from a penalty which was awarded to the Blaugrana by VAR. The score stayed the same until the halftime whistle and Julen Lopetegui definitely could have not felt too calm with the result and his position at this point.
However, at the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid combined well, with left-back Marcelo managing to score a goal to make it 1-2 and give his team and coach a glimpse of hope.
But this was no use for the team from the Spanish capital because in the 75th minutes Luis Suarez gave Barcelona back their two-goal lead with a fantastic header from Sergi Roberto's cross.
In the 83rd minute, Luis Suarez completed his hattrick with a chip over Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. 4 minutes later substitute Arturo Vidal finished the visitors off to complete the debacle.