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 last year have frequently become overheated on the pitch and spilled over into some pretty unpleasant scenes.
With FC Barcelona trailing Real Madrid by 3 points regardless of having played an additional 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 recent stranglehold won't be so tight.
And having been widely criticised for his pre and post match escapades, Madrid coach Jose Mourinho stayed silent on the topic of the upcoming clash, having maybe realized that his taunts and inflammatory behaviour only seemed to make Barcelona’s determination all the stronger.
Nonetheless in the 1st 25 seconds of the match something surprising occurred and Real Madrid capitalised on a rare mistake by Victor Valdes allowing their enemy to score. This looked to be the type of nightmare start a few of the people were fearing, not believing that it'd be possible to beat Real Madrid once more in their home stadium.
This early shot across the bows from Madrid seemed to focus the minds of the Barcelona players are they shortly got back onto winning form. The game angled in Barcelona’s favor and they were clearly outmanoeuvring Madrid regardless of some strong and dangerous 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 soon in the lead to make winning look like an increasing in likelihood option. When Barcelona’s 3rd goal was scored it was clear that Madrid couldn't match the brilliance of Barcelona and in spite of being in strong 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 seriously dented their confidence. He is already tried several different strategies to beat Barcelona but in the last 8 encounters has won just once. So how will Jose Mourinho prepare for the following clasico in April?
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