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  • Barcelona vs Real Madrid – A Rivalry by Numbers

    Barcelona vs Real Madrid – A Rivalry by Numbers

    All great rivalries, and few are as great as the Spanish Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, about to be played for the 165th time since the rivalry began in 1929, are a lot about the numbers, that tell stories dominant periods, streaks and great players in the long and rich history between the teams, going well beyond the modern Lionel Messi – Cristiano Ronaldo debate.

  • Clasico WAGs – Antonella Roccuzzo vs Irina Shayk

    The Barcelona – Real Madrid battles go beyond the limits of the football pitch or the Lionel Messi – Cristiano Ronaldo debate. It also leaks into WAG territory with Irina Shayk and Antonella Rocuzzo.

  • Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo the Hat Trick King

    Just in time, Cristiano Ronaldo is hitting perfect goal scoring form. He and Real Madrid are out of their little funk, and after rather easily dealing with Ajax in the Champions League, they can move on to the more important stuff – stopping Barcelona in the league, paying a visit to the Nou Camp for the first league Clasico of the season.

  • Barcelona vs Real Madrid – El Clasico in Recent Seasons

    Just one more match left (Real Madrid in the Champions League) and both teams (Barcelona as well) will be fully immersed in the first La Liga Clasico this season, the last of 2012, another six-Clasico calendar year. It’s not about revenge, they say at the Camp Nou, it’s simply about winning.

  • 7 Moments of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

    In an interview with El Pais, leading off to yet another Clasico week, Lionel Messi spoke a little bit about, well, everything from Barcelona to Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho and even taking possible little jabs at Cristiano Ronaldo, to set the mood right for the biggest club match in Spain and the world.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi Can’t Stop Scoring in Clasico (Real Madrid vs Barcelona)

    It may only be the Supercopa, but it was a first for Real Madrid since 2008, taking full advantage of the Barcelona defensive problems with early goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo. Lionel Messi got one back for Barcelona with a beautiful free kick, but with 10 men, the job of coming back from 2-1 was too much, losing the two legs on away goals.

  • Supercopa 2012 – Real Madrid vs Barcelona Predictions

    The second Clasico of the season is still not the actual thing, being a Spanish Super Cup match and all, but with Real Madrid opening in somewhat of a disappointing fashion, Barcelona visiting the capital in hope of retaining the Supercopa after a 3-2 win in the first leg has a bit more significance than it should if the season would have started out properly for the champions.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Scores First, Lionel Messi Wins (Barcelona vs Real Madrid)

    If the season in Spain needed a kick start and the opening weekend wasn’t enough, the first Clasico of the season between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the Spanish Supercopa did the trick, with Cristiano Ronaldo opening the scoring, Pedro, Lionel Messi and Xavi answering back before Angel Di Maria made it (3-2) very interesting for the second leg next week.

  • Supercopa 2012 – Barcelona vs Real Madrid Predictions

    That time of the year again, when the first Clasico arrives. Real Madrid, the La Liga champions, and Barcelona, the Copa del Rey and league runners-up, in what is always more than just a Super Cup match with the potential to both produce fantastic football, especially considering it’s still August, and for emotions and the rivalry itself to take over and turn it into something a bit more physical, aggressive and violent than you would expect.

  • Guardiola Post-Clasico Behavior Shrouded With Sense of Ending

    Pep Guardiola isn’t the only one to blame for Barcelona’s disappointing appearance in the Clasico, finally giving up their spot in the title race with a 1-2 home defeat to Real Madrid, but he’s definitely culpable for plenty of what didn’t work in a match everyone assumed was going to be one sided.