Seventy-one minutes and fifty-five seconds.
When Yang Yang received Marcelo's pass on the left side of the halfway line, he faced the center circle. He gently stopped the ball ahead of himself, turned, and quickly chased after it, driving forward with the ball at his feet.
Barcelona's defenders quickly converged on Yang Yang's side. The lone holding midfielder, Busquets, tracked back all the way, hoping to double-team Yang Yang with Alves. But just as they entered Barcelona's thirty-meter area, Yang Yang suddenly spotted an opening and passed the ball toward the middle.
David Silva surged forward. After receiving the ball, he saw that Busquets had returned to position and immediately chose to switch the play.
Ibrahimovic was slightly farther forward than David Silva, running toward the penalty area with one hand raised for the ball and drawing the defenders' attention. But on the right, Robben had quietly appeared beside the penalty area.
David Silva's diagonal pass landed perfectly at Robben's feet. Adriano, Barcelona's Brazilian left-back, hurried over to defend, but before he could even get properly set, Robben had already moved.
He first feinted an inward cut, then suddenly cut past Adriano and knocked the ball toward the byline. Using his change of pace and speed, he shook Adriano off, charged into the penalty area, and fired a low shot before reaching the byline. The ball went between Valdes's legs.
Four to nil!
It was Real Madrid's first goal of the second half, and it was also the goal that sealed the victory.
At almost the same moment, Ancelotti called Herrera back from his warm-up on the touchline, preparing to make a substitution.
Sure enough, at seventy-two minutes and nineteen seconds, Herrera replaced David Silva.
This was Ancelotti's adjustment to strengthen the team's midfield defense. David Silva had performed extremely