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Barcelona versus Real Madrid. The biggest club match in football, loaded with political and cultural baggage between Catalonia and the rest of Spain. It pulls in over 400 million viewers globally. The Messi-Ronaldo years (2009-2018) turned it into a personal duel between the two best players on the planet, and they faced each other 34 times. The history is full of wild games, controversy, and individual brilliance.
The 2010 El Clásico saw five matches in 18 days across multiple competitions, with tensions boiling over in José Mourinho's first season at Real Madrid, including the infamous eye-poke incident.
Robbie
Jan 23, 2026
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