el clasico - the battle of spanish giants real madrid and barcelona

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barca vs madrid 0-0 (2002/03)

flares whiskey bottles lighters blades and even a pig’s head were hurled onto the pitch in an attempt to punish luis figo who had ‘betrayed’ barca by joining their eternal rivals. his response to the hate was to win the title with real that season
madrid vs barca 4-2 (2004/05)

beckham gave two assists in the game as he helped the bernabeu club at least take pride from this victory. ronaldo, zidane, raul and owen all scored as real finished the season in second, four points behind winners barcelona
madrid vs barca 0-3 (2005/06)

it is not often that an opposition player strides into santiago bernabeu, waltzes rings around the home side’s players and then receives a standing ovation from the home crowd. ronaldinho conjured an individual display that was worthy of that
barca vs madrid 3-3 (2006/07)

madrid was leading 3-2 at the camp nou. the game entered stoppage time, ronaldinho played a slick ball to messi who danced past ramos and helguera, and blasted his third goal of the match - it was the only clasico hat trick of the decade
madrid vs barca 4-1 (2007/08)

prior to kickoff barca players had to line up in guard of honor for madrid players as they came onto the pitch, which many barca players later accepted was very humiliating. the humiliation didn’t stop there though as madrid thumped barca 4-1
madrid vs barca 2-6 (2008/09)

before this encounter neither team had scored more than five goals against their rivals away from home. however when barca came to the bernabeu during the end of the season on course for a historic treble they made sure to name this record for barca
barca vs madrid 5-0 (2010/11)

the 'hell' clasico saw 12 yellows and one straight red card for ramos as mourinho's madrid were routed 5-0 at camp nou. one of the most ill tempered clasicos saw ronaldo pushing guardiola earning a booking and other multiple fights among players
barca vs madrid 0-1 (2010/11)

ronaldo's extra-time header gave mourinho his first trophy as madrid coach as his side beat barca 1-0 to win the copa del rey. a foul-ridden encounter was decided in the first period of extra-time when Ronaldo powered in a header on di maria's cross
barca vs madrid 3-2 (2011/12)

one of the most intense el clasico of the decade, this second leg of the supercopa de espana finals at camp nou saw not only last minute goals but also last minute brawls. during all the mayhem mourinho poked then barca asst coach vilanova in eyes
barca vs madrid 1-2 (2011/12)

this was the day ronaldo silenced camp nou with his calma celebration. madrid traveled to barcelona in a game which could decide the spanish champion. ronaldo scored the winner in the late stage of the game as madrid went on to win the title
madrid vs barca 3-4 (2013/14)

barca won this seven goal thriller at bernabeu which saw messi score a hat trick and assist the other goal. barca finished the season runners-up behind atletico ahead of madrid on one goal difference meaning their clasico triumph was crucial
barca vs madrid 1-2 (2013/14)

bale scored a wonder goal and claimed copa del rey for real. the welshman dribbled from inside his own half, played the ball past bartra ran into the other box and slid the ball under pinto to hand his side victory at the mestalla in valencia
madrid vs barca 2-3 (2016/17)

messi scored a dramatic late winner to blow the la liga title race wide open, a race eventually won by madrid. this match saw the iconic shirt celebration of messi who after scoring his winner ran towards stands and showed his shirt to madrid fans
barca vs madrid 1-3 (2017/18)

the first clasico of the season was up to the bill. ronaldo mocked messi while celebrating his goal in a 3-1 victory of madrid in first leg of supercopa de espana, which they eventually won 5-1 on aggregate after the second leg at bernabeu
barca vs madrid 0-0 (2019/2020)

madrid and barca played out a scoreless draw which ended in 0-0 for the first time since 2002. it didn't have half the drama of the one which took place in 2002 - the one which is the first match mentioned in this thread
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