Barcelona Vs Real Madrid: El Clasico Preview Nov. 29, 2010

Barcelona have a very impressive record in this fixture recently—if they win here they’ll be making it five in a row, a feat which not many teams could hope to achieve against Real Madrid. The fact is that it is not as if they are a significantly better side than Real are, as the league table demonstrates for us, with Real sitting just above the Catalans.

"El Clasico" is always an entertaining match and the competition is often more fierce than the most spirited of local derbies. These meetings could very well decide who takes the title this season and with a measly amount of points in it last year, Real will be eager not to repeat the mistakes which cost them the Championship.

Barcelona favourite Pique has been quoted as saying that “El Clasico is such that being the home side makes us the favourites”. He was also worried that there may be some repeat of the issues which surrounded Figo’s return to the stadium in 2000 and said that “nobody wants to see another pig's head”. He fears that the antagonistic behaviour of Mourinho could cause this sort of behaviour from the Barcelona fans. Mourinho was the assistant at the Nou Camp under Bobby Robson and Van Gaal and returning whilst managing the home side's arch rivals could cause even more conflict.

Barcelona will be without Milito, but other than that, there should be a full strength side to choose from, which will of course come as some good news. Again, the lack of players is not something that Real have been suffering with and some big names have been sitting on the bench in recent games.

This match could go either way and this could be the most even that "El Clasico" has been in the last few years and whilst Barcelona may be the slight favourites, the smart money might just be on Real Madrid to break the jinx they’ve had in the last few games.

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