At 8 p.m. on October 7, with the referee's whistle, the first leg of the world-renowned 2012/2013 Spanish national derby officially began at Barcelona's home ground, Camp Nou.
After suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Real Madrid last season, even a draw for Barcelona would be a failure.
Therefore, from the first minute of the game, Barcelona took advantage of the kick-off to launch an attack towards Real Madrid's half.
Barcelona wants to destroy Real Madrid through attack.
Barcelona's passing and controlling system is truly unique in the world. Even a team as powerful as Real Madrid today would find it difficult to surpass Barcelona in ball possession in head-on confrontations.
The ball was firmly under the feet of the Barcelona players. If intercepted, they would pass the ball away. Each player had two or three targets around him, making it difficult for Real Madrid players to target him at the same time.
After reaching the front court, they will try to score by using passes from Xavi and Fabregas and breakthroughs and shots from Messi.
In the 5th minute, Fabregas broke through the wing and made a cross, and Messi shot into the dead corner of the goal from the top of the penalty area.
Fortunately, the ball was not powerful or fast, and Casillas successfully saved it from going out of bounds.
In the 9th minute, Barcelona made a comeback.
This time, Xavi and Iniesta passed the ball slowly in the midfield, and then Xavi suddenly turned around and made a straight pass that almost penetrated the Real Madrid defense, allowing Messi, who successfully broke the offside trap, to have a one-on-one opportunity.
Fortunately, Pepe reacted in time and intercepted the ball halfway, preventing it from being received by Messi, otherwise Real Madrid's goal would be in danger.
Barcelona's continuous attack made the home fans in the stands excited, and they kept cheering for the Barcelona players on the field, hoping that they would score goals sooner and eventually win, avenging last season's deep hatred.
But Barcelona's continuous attack was always just a little short of actually breaking through Real Madrid's goal.
On the contrary, Real Madrid has sharp arrows hidden in their calm defense, ready to strike a thunderous blow to Barcelona at any time.
In the 11th minute, Real Madrid had a chance to counterattack, but Benzema wasted Alonso's pass and hit the ball away due to interference from the opponent's defender.
However, a few minutes later, when Lu Wenbin delivered the final blow, the situation was different.
Barcelona's passing, cutting and running are not invincible.
In the 16th minute, Lu Wenbin used his speed, positioning and defense to force Iniesta to make a mistake, and the ball to Fabregas was slightly off target.
Diarra, who had been ready for battle, saw the opportunity and rushed forward immediately, poking the ball to the retreating Ronaldo before Fabregas could.
Real Madrid immediately launched a counterattack.
C Ronaldo ran with the ball on the wing, and Lu Wenbin, Benzema and Ozil shot at the same time and ran towards Barcelona's half.
Although Xavi and Pedro, who had attacked the front court, tried their best to return to defense, it was too late.
C Ronaldo did not try to break through the full-back and then cross the ball. Instead, he just passed the center line and kicked the ball into Barcelona's penalty area before the opponent's full-back could grab the ball, making a 45-degree cross.
Lu Wenbin's speed is faster than everyone else. Lu Wenbin, who was originally behind Benzema, finally surpassed Benzema and rushed into the penalty area first.
In the tug of war with Puyol, Lu Wenbin saw the landing point and jumped up, making a diving header in the air, heading Ronaldo's cross into the blind corner of Barcelona's goal.
The full header attribute makes Lu Wenbin's headers very difficult to defend.
The same is true this time.
Because the ball passed by Ronaldo was already fast, and with Lu Wenbin's diving header, the speed of the ball was even faster than an ordinary volley.
It was another shot in the penalty area, at a very close distance.
Valdes stretched his arms as hard as he could, trying to get the ball out.
Unfortunately, because the ball was going too fast, Valdes didn't get anything and could only watch the ball fly into the net in the air.
Real Madrid led Barcelona 1-0 away at Camp Nou thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's assist to Lu Wenbin's goal.
Barcelona, which originally wanted to take revenge, is now even lagging behind its arch-rival Real Madrid at home.
This is naturally intolerable.
Barcelona fans in the stands booed and expressed their disgust at Real Madrid players such as Lu Wenbin who were running wildly on the field to celebrate.
However, this does not affect the excitement of Real Madrid players and fans at all.
After the game resumed, Barcelona moved forward as a whole, trying to tear open Real Madrid's defense with an overall attack.
And they succeeded.
In the 28th minute, after more than ten passes back and forth with the team cooperation, Barcelona finally broke through Real Madrid's defense. Xavi made a wonderful pass to the penalty area, and Messi shot directly into the near corner of the small penalty area without stopping.
Barcelona finally equalized the score, and the home fans in the stands burst into warm applause and cheers to cheer for the team.
However, this success did not become the norm for Barcelona's attack, and they often could only pass the ball back and forth in the midfield and backcourt.
As long as the game reaches the front court, it will be difficult to attack Real Madrid's penalty area, even with Messi.
Because of his physique, speed and dribbling skills, Messi's breakthrough success rate is not as high as Lu Wenbin's.
In the 38th minute, it was Ramos who intercepted Messi's pass, and Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball all the way, breaking through Busquets, Puyol and Mascherano successively, and finally broke into the penalty area and shot into the far corner facing the attacking goalkeeper Valdes.
The ball went into the far corner of the goal without any suspense. Lu Wenbin scored another goal, completing his brace and helping Real Madrid lead Barcelona 2-1 again away from home.
After this goal, neither side scored again in the next few minutes.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.
In the second half, Barcelona, which was behind in the score, continued to attack, while Real Madrid continued to play defensive counterattacks.
In the 48th minute, Barcelona had a good chance to score, but Messi's shot missed the goal frame and slipped out of the goal.
In the 57th minute, Real Madrid also got a great opportunity, but Benzema's one-on-one shot missed.
The two sides kept going back and forth, threatening the opponent's goal, but in the end, Lu Wenbin's success rate in the final shot exceeded that of Messi, Fabregas and others.
In the 78th minute, it was Lu Wenbin again.
After receiving the pass from his teammate in the backcourt, he broke through Busquets' defense in the middle and then passed the ball to Ozil. Ozil cut inside and made a reverse triangle pass. Lu Wenbin easily pushed the ball into the far corner near the penalty spot.
Lu Wenbin once again completed a hat-trick at the Camp Nou and led Real Madrid to a 3-1 lead over Barcelona away from home.
In the 86th minute, Barcelona took advantage of Pepe's clearance in a corner kick, and Fabregas volleyed the ball into the air, tying the score to 2-3, only one goal behind.
However, in stoppage time, Real Madrid scored another goal.
This time the attack was initiated by Lu Wenbin who intercepted the ball in the backcourt, and finally Ozil assisted Ronaldo to score.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona, who were ambitious for revenge, with a score of 4-2 at Camp Nou and won the first round of the new season's Spanish national derby.