Archive for the ‘El Clasico’ Category
November 28th, 2009 | 
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El Clasico
Another Clasico special for all of you out there who think time cannot pass any slower. I personally cannot wait for Sunday (YES I KNOW ITS A DAY AWAY 
) Anyhow, lets get started shall we..
1993/1994: Barcelona 5 – 0 Real Madrid – The Night of King Romario
An unforgettable game for Romario, the Brazilian who scored a hat-trick and lead Barcelona to the second biggest scoreline that was ever inflicted by Barcelona on Real Madrid. Johan Cruyff coached this Barcelona and the work he did was evident by the scoreline at the end of the match. The most notable names played in that match including the Bulgarian player of the century Stoichkov as well as Michael Laudrup. Zubizarreta, Bakero and Guardiola also played alongside each other. On the other end players like Ivan Zamorano, Luis Enrique (who would eventually switch sides) and the current sports analyst and former goalkeeper of Real Madird, Paco Buyo. Here’s a video this match
Raul: "Please Stop, It's already 5 - 2" Puyol: "Aww, Common Just 1 More"
Welcome to the biggest game of your lives people. This is the one and the only “El Clasico.” The match where everything is possible and which, in my opinion, is more important than any Champions League, World Cup or Beach Soccer (:P) game. It’s that time of the year where people gear up for the most exciting, adrenaline rushing game in the world. What’s at stake? Pride, Glory & Bragging rights until the next match. It’s the “my team’s better than yours” ass kicking action that we get to see twice every season (unless the footy Gods are generous and draw us against Real Madrid in the Spanish Cup and Champions League. That would mean 6 Clasico’s in 1 season. WooWee! But let’s just turn out attentions to the one that is going to be played on Sunday 
. The origins of this rivalry comes from the mere fact that Barcelona and Madrid are the two largest cities in Spain and they both vie to beat each other in terms of football (and politics if you want to look at it that way ) You have Madrid, Barcelona. FCB, RMCF. Spanish and Catalan. These 2 clubs are the most successful clubs in Spain (mind the fact that Real Madrid won half their titles when Monsieur Franco was still alive ) Football in Spain began in the late 1800’s by British immigrant workers, visiting sailors and Spanish students returning from Britain. Ever since, both clubs were seen are representatives of the Spanish Centralized State and Catalonia. The rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid intensified during the 1950’s when the clubs disputed the signing of Alfredo Di Stefano. This little dude impressed both clubs while he was playing with another club, and both clubs attempted to sign him. There was a little confusion that led both clubs to believe that they owned his registration (in slave terms: They owned him ) After the Spanish FA interfered (of course by means of Franco although Madrid claim they acted by themselves pssht.) Barcelona backed down and Alfredo Di Stefano moved to Madrid.
Di Stefano was the man with the plan and the reason why Madrid were so successful at the beginning of the UEFA Champions League (previously known as the European Cup; and what an ugly name that was!) Now it’s no coincidence that with Di Stefano Madrid won their first 5 Champions League trophies, they came at the time when Franco was ruling and football was played with skulls . El Clasico also was staged on the European front in 1960 and 1961, Madrid coming out on top in 1960 and Barcelona winning in 1961. The next time they would meet in the UCL was in 2002 when they beat us 3 – 1 in the semifinals. They would eventually go on and win the title.
