Sentences with phrase «clasico game»

To be honest, there are plenty of reasons to be positive and look forward, while thinking about the Clasico game could be an unwelcome distraction.

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The team that Arsene Wenger suggested this week was the one to fear most is Real Madrid and they look set for second spot as they need to beat an in form Dortmund in their final game and it comes just a few days after an El Clasico clash with Barcelona and it looks like Bale will be out with injury.

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It was another miserable night for the winger in El Clasico, after he — again — failed to impress supporters, but to add insult to injury, Spanish newspaper AS took a nasty dig after the game, and refused to even credit his performance with a rating.

In truth, El Clasico best XI's have seen better times, but giants of the game such as Xavi and Neymar have recently departed Barca, while a number of current stars like Andres Iniesta, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos no longer look at the peak of their powers.

It will be interesting to see how they respond to their draw in the Clasico Tapatio against Chivas last weekend, a game in which they missed a 95th minute penalty which would have given them a historic win.

With mega-money signings such as Ronaldo, James Rodriguez, Neymar and a certain Suarez on show, the latest edition of El Clasico will be the most expensive game of football ever played — and that is even without injured # 85m man Gareth Bale.

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Carlo Ancelotti's misfiring Real Madrid side will hope to make peace with their furious fans by claiming a win against Valencia based side Levante tonight in La Liga, a game which is being billed as an El Clasico trial run, in order to stay in touch with Barcelona.

It goes without saying that both sides have at their disposal the very best the beautiful game has to offer and this season could well see a plethora of El Clasico debutants looking to seal their place in folklore.

Lionel Messi has broken two records today as his goal puts Barcelona 2 - 0 up against Real Madrid in El Clasico, further confirming his status as a legend of the game.

Saturday's Clasico will be the 229th competitive meeting between the teams in all competitions, with Real holding an overall 91 - 89 lead, while 48 games have been drawn.

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You might think I am being a bit presumptuous about Real Madrid having the Spanish title sewn up, as Los Blancos still have eight La Liga games to play and are only three points above our main rivals FC Barcelona, who we still have to play in the second El Clasico of the season.

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Would you, as a neutral, sit through a game between two Conference Premier teams when you could watch El Clasico or Manchester United against Liverpool?

Only a few games have hung around my mind with that sort of impact: Brazil v Netherlands, 1998 World Cup Semi Final, Ronaldinho's Clasico in 2005, and Barcelona v United 2011 (for the performance of Andres Iniesta who was magnificent without breaking a trot or a sweat or even once striking a ball in anger).

Though more often than not these days I would rather be watching Sunday leaguers slogging it out down at the local park for little more than the joy of the game and competition, I found myself fixated, along with millions of other world citizens, at the unfolding spectacle that is, and has become, El Clasico.

Van Gaal watched Barcelona outsmart Real Madrid by a 3 - 0 scoreline in the El Clasico, and shortly after the game, he stressed that Blind should move on from Old Trafford, where he has not started a Premier League match since August.

Yes, so he's devised a plan capable of nullifying them to a degree — Barcelona having scored just three times in the last three El Clasico, but I'm sure many managers would fancy their chances of defending parity for 90 minutes with a game - plan centred so much around defending in numbers.

However, the first game he'll be eligible to play in is El Clasico.

Look at El Clasico, a game with 13 yellow cards, but both teams have tactics.

Tito Vilanova's Barca headed into the game eight points clear of their arch rivals and boasting a 100 per cent record from their first six matches, but found themselves trailing midway through the first half when Ronaldo netted for the sixth straight Clasico.

Then the second fixture of el Clasico came in April of 2016, and Barcelona took their first loss in 39 games at the Camp Nou.

Real Madrid bossed over their El Clasico rivals during the Spanish Super Cup in August, but they face a fight to retain the title, having fallen eight points adrift after just 13 games into the season.

If anyone is to take the majority of the blame it must be Carlo Ancelotti, himself in his first Clasico too, for picking the wrong tactics throughout the game.

Forget the El Clasico over in Spain this is the big one.The two bitterest rivals in the English game faced off against each other at Anfield on the same day as Real Madrid played Barcelona.

Few of his Madrid teammates had scintillating games required to win a Clasico in Barcelona.

This reputation as a flat - track bully though, is quickly changing at Barcelona, with Sunday's El Clasico winner the latest in a number of big game goals in recent times for El Pistolero.

Messi's brilliance against Madrid at the weekend El Clasico kept Barca in the title race as he netted his 500th Barca goal with the last kick of the game to hand the Catalans a 3 - 2 win.