Real Madrid captain Ramos blasts Messi, Suarez after Clasico draw

Messi passed Paco Gento’s six LaLiga goals scored at Barca’s home, although Gareth Bale equalised for Madrid, while his rival Cristiano Ronaldo also recorded a landmark goal.

Ronaldo paid a price for the goal with Gerard Pique stepping on his ankle as he unsuccessfully tried to stop the Madrid forward from scoring. “It’s complicated to be a referee and we have to understand them, I come here as coach of Barca and I see everything in my favour”. Madrid, meanwhile, will turn their attention to the Champions League Final against Liverpool later this month. “I am not sure about the red card for Sergi Roberto, he might have raised his hand but I do not think it was worthy of a red, maybe because I know him”.

“Champions League? We’re going to do everything to make it”. Since they were used to playing counterattacking so often, their build-ups in Barca’s half seemed immature and rushed, proving my point in my last piece that Zinedine Zidane has no specific plan for utilizing collective power in the final third.

The midfielder slapped Brazilian full-back Marcelo who fell dramatically to the ground and referee Alejandro Hernandez deemed the incident worthy of sending the player for an early shower.

“He said everything to him”.

Ronaldo, who bundled in his goal from a yard out, might well have done the same if he had stayed on the pitch beyond half-time, but Suarez, Messi and Bale all struck when given opportunities.

Ramos also said he thought Suarez had been exaggerating his pain when the Uruguayan striker went down after a challenge in the first half.

In normal circumstances, the opponents might kick the ball out so that the player could receive treatment.

“A Clasico is never just another match”, Ramos said, according to RealMadrid.com.

“We played a good game”. Ivan Rakitic, Marcelo Vieira, Gareth Bale, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane, and Nacho were all handed yellow cards.

On that play, Messi received a pass from Suarez. “Instead, we could’ve won with Leo’s chance, which would’ve made it 3-1”.

Ernesto Valverde says that it is “lucky” video assistant referees are not yet used in La Liga due to the delays that would have been caused in the 2-2 draw with Madrid. “Dead rubber” is what many called it and in the grand scheme of things, that is exactly what it was at the Camp Nou Stadium but if you go by how the action transpired on the pitch, it was anything but a game without consequences. “The game had a little bit of everything, I imagine it was very tough to referee”.