Saturday night was the 1st “clasico” of the Spanish league this season, the clashes between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid that have come to symbolize the centralist view of Spain versus the nation of states espoused by many Catalans and that in the year have frequently become overheated on the pitch and spilled over into some pretty upsetting scenes.
With FC Barcelona trailing Real Madrid by three points in spite of having played a further match thanks to having to play a match early thanks to the Club World Cup in Japan in December and Real Madrid having a unimaginable string of wins in a row it was looking as if Bara’s recent stranglehold might not be so tight.
And having been widely criticised for his before and after match escapades, Madrid coach Jose Mourinho stayed silent on the topic of the forthcoming clash, having maybe realised that his taunts and inflaming behavior only appeared to make Barcelona’s resolution all of the stronger.
Nonetheless in the 1st 25 seconds of the match something surprising happened and Real Madrid capitalised on a rare mistake by Victor Valdes allowing their foe to score. This looked to be the kind of nightmare start some people were fearing, not believing that it might be possible to beat Real Madrid once more in their home stadium.
This early shot across the bows from Madrid appeared to focus the minds of the Barcelona players are they soon got back onto winning form. The game slanted in Barcelona’s favor and they were clearly outmanoeuvring Madrid despite some powerful and perilous looking counterattacks.
Barcelona equalised after 30 minutes and seemed like they were more than back in the game. And in the second half they were soon in the lead straight to make winning seem like an increasing in likelihood option. When Barcelona’s third goal was scored it was clear that Madrid couldn't match the brilliance of Barcelona and despite being in strong form this season, still not in the same class.
So , what now for Real Madrid? How will they regroup as this defeat by Barcelona will have seriously dented their confidence. He's already tried one or two different methods to beat Barcelona but in the last eight encounters has won just once. So how will Jose Mourinho make preparations for the next clasico in April?
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