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El Clasico are the football matches between Real Madrid and Barcelona, held twice a year, one at Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the other at the Nou Camp in Barcelona.
El Clasico is never just a football match. It is Madrid vs Barcelona, Cataluña vs Spain, the forces of freedom against Francoism. Barcelona's symbol is "mas que un club," more than a club, as they represent the aspirations of all Catalans, so as they say.
El Clasico spans a rivalry of more than 90 years and more than 220 games. It has seen a pig's head thrown on the pitch, intimidation tactics from a Francoist general and numerous fights.
Yesterday was the first El Clasico and seen by more than 400,000,000 worldwide, including yours truly. At various points, my wife had to tell me to pipe down ^&grin It was livened by the return of Luis Suarez, as if the game needed any more hyping.
It it was a smashing victory for Real, 3-1. After conceding an early goal in the third minute, Madrid slowly but inexorably took control, tying it on a Ronaldo penalty off a hand ball in the 35th minute. In the 53rd minute Pepe, the Portuguese international, scored his first goal of the season, a header, and in the 61st minute Isco, Ronaldo, James and Benzema collaborated on a beautiful goal to close out the scoring.
The defense was tight, particularly Marcelo, the Brasilian international who looked so terrible in the World Cup, and Sergio Ramos, and Casillas in goal was great, showing sparks of his old form. Marcelo was everywhere and named the Man of the Match.
Madrid is now one point behind Barca for the league lead.
¡Hala Madrid!
El Clasico is never just a football match. It is Madrid vs Barcelona, Cataluña vs Spain, the forces of freedom against Francoism. Barcelona's symbol is "mas que un club," more than a club, as they represent the aspirations of all Catalans, so as they say.
El Clasico spans a rivalry of more than 90 years and more than 220 games. It has seen a pig's head thrown on the pitch, intimidation tactics from a Francoist general and numerous fights.
Yesterday was the first El Clasico and seen by more than 400,000,000 worldwide, including yours truly. At various points, my wife had to tell me to pipe down ^&grin It was livened by the return of Luis Suarez, as if the game needed any more hyping.
It it was a smashing victory for Real, 3-1. After conceding an early goal in the third minute, Madrid slowly but inexorably took control, tying it on a Ronaldo penalty off a hand ball in the 35th minute. In the 53rd minute Pepe, the Portuguese international, scored his first goal of the season, a header, and in the 61st minute Isco, Ronaldo, James and Benzema collaborated on a beautiful goal to close out the scoring.
The defense was tight, particularly Marcelo, the Brasilian international who looked so terrible in the World Cup, and Sergio Ramos, and Casillas in goal was great, showing sparks of his old form. Marcelo was everywhere and named the Man of the Match.
Madrid is now one point behind Barca for the league lead.
¡Hala Madrid!
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