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  • 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.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Not Good Enough to Play for Barcelona?!

    The world is still carrying on outside of the Euro bubble. The Barcelona – Real Madrid rivalry and enmity is alive and kicking, despite a few months of rest from the rivalry. Barcelona president, Sandro Rossell, decided to stir the pot by claiming Cristiano Ronaldo wouldn’t have place in his team’s starting lineup.

  • Xavi With Some Jose Mourinho – Real Madrid Trash Talk

    Xavi seems to be talking a lot as Spain prepare for Euro 2012 – On Real Madrid players after losses, on Jose Mourinho and the comparison with Pep Guardiola, and of course on how Lionel Messi is the best player in the world, better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

  • Barcelona vs Real Madrid in the Spanish National Team

    When Sergio Ramos lunged at Lionel Messi hoping to stop him or break something, the thought passed my mind for the first time. The Clasico, Barcelona vs Real Madrid, escalating in importance and hatred between the players since Jose Mourinho took over, might come to undo the wonderful team Spain have had for the last five years.

  • 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.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Shows Up For the Big Games (Barcelona vs Real Madrid)

    Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t great, but scored the goal coming against the momentum, probably clinching the title for Real Madrid with an impressive 2-1 win at the Camp Nou. Lionel Messi? He’d like to forget this game. Jose Mourinho and his team were flawless tactically, while Pep Guardiola seemed to concede the match from the first moment with a weird lineup.

  • Barcelona vs Real Madrid – All the Clasico Matches During the Guardiola & Mourinho Era

    Barcelona vs Real Madrid – All the Clasico Matches During the Guardiola & Mourinho Era

    Barcelona probably made one of their best decisions in the club’s history when Pep Guardiola became their head coach in 2008. Jose Mourinho with Real Madrid? We’ll know in a few weeks, maybe even sooner. Guardiola has presided over 14 Clasico matches, losing only once, winning 9 of them. Mourinho has one only one of his ten Claisco encounters.

  • Messi vs Ronaldo – Another Clasico to Determine Who’s Better

    Lionel Messi of Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid. Of the million reasons to watch the Clasico between the two best teams in Europe this season, there’s always that one reason in the heart of it. Not the historic rivalry, well not now at least. Watching the two best players in the world, two of the greatest in history, as another chapter of this unintentional rivalry unfold.

  • Jose Mourinho Doesn’t Have Much to Complain About

    Jose Mourinho did what his instincts tell him. The instincts that have helped him win two Champions League titles in the past. You go for the kill at home. Away, even if you’re Real Madrid, you play cautiously. Probably too cautiously, losing to Bayern Munich with a last gasp goal from Mario Gomez. In the big picture, Real are in pretty good shape.

  • Barcelona and Real Madrid All Set for Clasico Number 218

    Real Madrid did have a bit of a scare in their home match against Sporting Gijon, but eventually, the three strikers headed monster came through with a 3-1 win, keeping the four point distance from Barcelona. Los Cules had problems of their own against the very tough Levante, needing some refereeing help to carry them through with a tough as nails 2-1 win.