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SporstJOE’s one-word player ratings: Real Madrid’s players are still trying to get a touch

Published 19:22 21 Nov 2015 GMT

Updated 19:30 21 Nov 2015 GMT

Darragh Murphy
SporstJOE’s one-word player ratings: Real Madrid’s players are still trying to get a touch

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What on earth has Rafa Benitez done to Real Madrid?

Benitez has traditionally been slated for being too defensive, too conservative, too hesitant to attack but all of his defensive magic dust was nowhere to be seen as Barcelona romped to victory in the Bernabeu on Saturday evening. The men in white were made to look extraordinarily ordinary and inconceivably out of ideas by the footballing exhibition put on Barcelona. Here's how we viewed the players... We kept it short and sweet.

Real Madrid

Keylor Navas - Helpless Danilo - Rattled Sergio Ramos - Injured Rafael Varane - Breakfast Real Madrid CF v FC Barcelona - La Liga Marcelo - Clearance Luka Modric - Bossed Toni Kroos - Anonymous James Rodriguez - Iniesta'ed Cristiano Ronaldo - Cranky Real Madrid CF v FC Barcelona - La Liga Karim Benzema - Unfit Gareth Bale - Predictable Substitutions Carvajal (56) - Temper Isco (59) - Inferno

Barcelona

Claudio Bravo - Forcefield Dani Alves - Blithe Gerard Piqué - Leader Javier Mascherano - Physio Jordi Alba - Marauding Sergio Busquets - Engine Sergi Roberto - Inspired Ivan Rakitic - Quiet Andres Iniesta - Class Real Madrid CF v FC Barcelona - La Liga Neymar - Mature Luis Suarez - Rabid Real Madrid CF v FC Barcelona - La Liga Substitutions  Jeremy Mathieu (27) - Deputy Lionel Messi (56) - GOAT Munir El Haddadi (77) - Panicked

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