Sat. 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 country of states espoused by many Catalans and that in the year have frequently become overheated on the pitch and spilled over into some pretty unpleasant scenes.
With FC Barcelona trailing Real Madrid by three points regardless of having played an extra match thanks to having to play a match early thanks to the Club World Cup in Japan in December and Real Madrid having an incredible string of wins in a row it was looking as if Bara’s current stranglehold might not be so tight.
And having been widely criticised for his before and after match antics, Madrid coach Jose Mourinho stayed silent on the topic of the upcoming clash, having maybe realised that his taunts and inflaming behavior only seemed to make Barcelona’s backbone all of the stronger.
However , in the 1st 25 seconds of the match something unexpected occurred and Real Madrid capitalised on a rare mistake by Victor Valdes allowing their enemy to score. This looked to be the kind of nightmare start some people were fearing, not believing that it'd be feasible to beat Real Madrid once again in their home stadium.
This early shot across the bows from Madrid appeared to focus the minds of the Barcelona players are they shortly got back onto winning form. The game slanted in Barcelona’s favor and they were clearly outmanoeuvring Madrid regardless of some powerful and perilous looking counterattacks.
Barcelona equalised after 30 minutes and looked like they were more than back in the game. And in the second half they were shortly in the lead straight to make winning seem like an increasingly likely option. When Barcelona’s third goal was scored it was clear that Madrid could not match the brilliancy of Barcelona and notwithstanding being in robust form this season, still not in the same class.
Therefore what now for Real Madrid? How will they regroup as this defeat by Barcelona will have severely dented their confidence. He is already tried 1 or 2 different methods to beat Barcelona but in the last eight encounters has won just once. So how will Jose Mourinho prepare for the subsequent clasico in April?
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