It's one of the biggest dates on the footballing calendar — El
Clasico takes place this weekend as Real Madrid host Barcelona in La Liga's stand - out fixture on Saturday afternoon.
Not exact matches
If Guardiola
takes over one of the Premier League big boys, we will be in for a «
Clasico» of our own as those sides tussle for the title every year.
Barcelona have
taken the lead in El
Clasico against Real Madrid through the unlikeliest of scorers in Jeremy Mathieu.
Barcelona
take on Real Madrid in the latest El
Clasico as the Catalans looks to extend their lead at the top of the table to four points.
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.
The pair were involved in another heated rivalry later on when Fabregas moved to Barcelona and Mourinho ended up
taking charge of El
Clasico opponents Real Madrid.
The Super
Clasico between America and Chivas is scheduled for 29th September, while the Clásico Capitalino between Pumas and America will
take place on the final day of the regular season.
El
Clasico at the Nou Camp
takes place on March 22nd and will go some way to deciding the destination of this year's league title.
Barcelona
take on Real Madrid tonight, with both teams coming into El
Clasico in red hot form.
So with the second El
Clasico due to
take place at the Santiago Bernabeu the bookies do not expect us to lose and even if we do it would not stop Real Madrid from being top of the table.
When the
Clasico rolls around, we can
take advantage of Real Madrid's fatigue.
Real Madrid will
take on Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the season's second
Clasico at 8:45 p.m. local time on Sunday, May 6, it has been confirmed.
He has currently the top scorer in
Clasico matches, his performance
taking him two past Alfred di Stefano's record of 19 goals.
Deportivo sensed that the Madrid team was thinking about tomorrow's Copa Del Rey second leg
Clasico, and they very nearly
took advantage.
Almost everyone had their very own comical
take on the first leg, with one national newspaper re-branding the duel as» Hell
Clasico», which I quite liked.
The draw for the semis
takes place on Friday with another El
Clasico meeting looking a distinct possibility.
However, the journey appears to have had many more twists and turns than anticipated following a damaging 2 - 1 «El
Clasico» defeat at the hands of Real Madrid which closed the gap at the top, before Real Sociedad heaped more misery
taking all three points in a narrow 1 - 0 victory in April.
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.
That being said, Ambriz can
take a huge step toward redemption with a win in the
Clasico Joven.
The last
Clasico Joven that
took place was an intrepid one, in which America and Cruz Azul provided a true spectacle for the crowd that went to Estadio Azteca.
We drubbed Real Madrid in the first fixture of el
Clasico with a 4 - 0 scoreline, first in La Liga, and
took the winning streak up to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, where we beat Atletico Madrid in the first leg.
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.
Usually two draws from now should see us stay at top, but the problem for Barca is the thei last Group match will
take place days ahead of the first
Clasico.
Since Guardiola
took over as manager, the first
Clasico has always been played at Camp Nou.