A Historical Rivalry
This weekend we were treated to one of the most famous events in all of sports. Many of these legendary showdowns have rivaled huge spectacles such as the world cup final, the hundred meter dash final in the Olympics, and the Super Bowl in terms of viewership and media attention. “El Clasico” is the top match in terms of club football, where the two top teams in the world FC Barcelona, and Real Madrid face each other in the biggest rivalry in all of sports. Rival cities and their respective teams meet at least twice a season in Spanish league matches. These two games are critical in the hunt for the title, and have been the difference between champ and runner up in multiple Spanish league seasons. The rivalry goes back by more than a century, “Real” was the best team in the 20th century and grew to be the dominant one out of the two clubs. However, “Barca” was blessed with its golden generation in the late 00’s right at the social media boom. Barcelona was able to gain some ground in both results and market share. For this season’s first “El Clasico”, Madrid traveled to the Camp Nou in the hopes of turning their bad start of the season around, but they would not expect the nightmare result at the end of the 90th minute.
An end to the Three Time Champion
It was a Beautiful Sunday evening in Barcelona this past weekend, and the best players in the world where ready to step on to the field, and show the world why they play for the best two teams in the world. Unfortunately, the weeks leading up to the match where anything but glamorous from “Los Blanco’s” perspective. Barcelona was the clear favorite to win after earlier that week they showed incredible skill against Inter Milan in the Champions League. While on the other end, Madrid struggled in their match against Viktoria Pilsen in their 2-1 victory. After weeks of struggle, Madrid’s Manager Lopetegui’s job was practically sentenced, unless he was able to pull off a win at the Camp Nou. As the starting whistle blew, the game quickly favored Barcelona, and in their traditional style they kept the ball the majority of the match. Barcelona scored two quick goals in the first half, and it was evident to see that Real was only going to drop deeper into their abyss. However, Madrid was able to fight back with a Marcelo inside the box goal, and give Madrid a fighting chance. Luck would not be on their side, as they missed two key chances to tie the game. Barcelona would take advantage of Madrid’s poor run of form, and striker Suarez would end up scoring two more goals, followed by a cap off header by Arturo Vidal. The game ended in an embarrassing 5-1 defeat, the crisis in Madrid only grows deeper and they announced the sacking of Manager Lopetegui this Monday Morning.
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