Nothing stimulates a team more than beating its eternal rival. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid have been facing each other practically since their founding, and they quickly forged a fierce rivalry that lasts. Next Saturday at 4:15 p.m. a new classic will be played, the first at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. If we take into account all the competitions, The two teams have faced each other in 254 occasionsand equality is maximum. Madrid is the team that has won the most classics, but only two more than Barcelona.
The first confrontation between both teams took place on May 13, 1902, in a match that was part of the Coronation Cup, which is not considered an official competition. Since then, the whites have won 102 times, the culés 100 and the match has ended in a draw on 52 occasions.
In the league and Champions League, Madrid prevails
The Spanish league was created in 1929. Since then, the domestic competition is where Barcelona and Madrid have faced each other on the most occasions, 186. The people of Madrid have been victorious in 77 league matches, while Barça did the same in 74. The remaining 35 matches have ended in draws.
In the Champions League there have been few classics. Before the change in format, the European Cup was only contested by one team per country, so until the change in format there was no Barça – Madrid experience. Of the seven that have been disputed, Madrid has taken three, Barcelona two and there have been two draws. The most popular tie in continental competition was in 2011. That year four classics were held in 18 days, with José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola on the benches and a growing tension with each match that was played. The Blaugranas won 0-2 in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu and, in the second leg, there was a 1-1 draw that gave Barcelona a place in the final, which would end up lifting its fourth Champions League at Wembley.
In the Copa del Rey, FC Barcelona – which has won the most cups with 31 – is the team that has beaten its great rival the most times. The blaugranas have won 16 games and the whites 13, in addition to 8 draws. It is the only competition where, historically, Barcelona has a positive balance against Madrid.
Messi changes the paradigm
Leo Messi He made his debut, precisely in Montjuic, on October 16, 2004 against Espanyol. The rest is history. The Argentine star’s first classic was a year later, on November 19, 2005, where Barcelona emerged victorious from the Bernabéu with a 0-3 score. The golden era of FC Barcelona cannot be understood without one of the best footballers of all time, who It was key to changing the dynamic in the matches against Real Madrid. Before their first match against the eternal rival, 198 games had been played. The whites had won 82 and the Catalans 76, in addition to sharing 40 draws. With Rosario, the paradigm changed. 20 Barça wins, 17 for the Madrid fans and 12 draws.
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Since Messi left in the summer of 2021, eight games have been played, and equality has once again been the dominant trend. Four victories for Barcelona and four for Real Madrid.
Next Saturday, a Barcelona plagued by injuries and with Fermín vindicated will receive Real Madrid at the Lluís Companys, in the classic number 255corresponding to the eleventh league matchday.
2023-10-28 10:00:00
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