At the crack of dawn on Monday (9), a heated La Liga battle quietly came to a close. Barcelona secured top spot in the table with a 1-0 away win over Atletico Madrid, thanks to a pinpoint goal from Oswini Dibili. The match had many high points, especially in extra time, Barcelona striker Ferentolis and Atletico Madrid center back Stephen Xavier staged a "wrestling show", the two twisted into a ball, Xavier even made a "monkey stealing peaches" moves, and finally both were sentenced to a red card! The final two were sentenced to red cards.
Despite the absence of Barcelona's scorer Roberto Lewandowski through suspension, the team as a whole performed reasonably well, and Dibili managed to make it 1-0 in the 22nd minute in a great chance, the only goal of the match.
The two teams continued their past heated exchanges, and as the game entered extra time, Xavier attempted to tackle Ferentolis at the center of the sideline, and the two momentarily got physical and twisted together.
Ferentolis pulled Xavier's hair, and Xavier retaliated with a "Monkey Stealing Peach", pressing down on his opponent's lower body. The two quickly and calmly separated, but still could not escape the punishment of a red card, and both may face a suspension of 4 to 12 games.
After the match, netizens have criticized Xavier and Ferentolis for their childish behavior, even playing hair pulling and "castration" during the match, as if they were elementary school students.
As a matter of fact, Atletico took the lead before the match started by deliberately drenching the pitch with the intention of affecting the performance of Barcelona, who were mainly advancing on the ground. This move made the Barcelona side extremely unhappy, no wonder Ferentolis was so agitated and tangled with Xavier. With the win, Barcelona moved three points ahead of Real Madrid, who are second in the table.
