Is El Clásico still the world’s biggest match? Three questions before Barcelona v Real Madrid
The fixture’s relevance waned as the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry faded. Can Lamine Yamal and Mbappé lift it into a new era? For the best part of a decade, El Clásico was more than just soccer’s biggest fixture. It was the defining narrative. At the peak of the…
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The GuardianOlder, calmer, but still playing the hits: Mourinho and Madrid primed for clásico
Once Bobby Robson’s translator at the Camp Nou, Mourinho is tasked with bringing down Barcelona on Sunday José Mourinho has done the por que?, the printout and the press conference no-show, and he’s…
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The GuardianIs El Clásico still the world’s biggest match? Three questions before Barcelona v Real Madrid
The fixture’s relevance waned as the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry faded. Can Lamine Yamal and Mbappé lift it into a new era? For the best part of a decade, El Clásico was more than just soccer’s biggest…
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The IndependentBarcelona v Real Madrid tension is building and El Clasico can light a furious fuse
Refereeing controversies, conspiracies, ‘50,000-page dossiers’ and the return of Jose Mourinho add a sharp edge to the star-studded first Clasico of the season
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