The retired Brazilian international has expressed that even though his loyalties lie with Real Madrid, the fact that Barcelona are a great team cannot be ignored.
The legendary footballer claimed that La Blaugrana are one of the best teams in the history of the game and conceded that it is hard to call Los Blancos better than Barca at the moment.
Pep Guardiola’s men have emerged as juggernauts of Spanish football since 2008 and have indeed proven themselves to be better than the Spanish capital-based club.
Interestingly enough, not only have http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 dominated the Spanish game, they have also been a destructive force across Europe.
Under the management of Pep Guardiola, La Blaugrana have been able to be triumphant in 13 competitions out of a total of 16.
They have remained the champions of the Spanish La Liga thrice and the champions of Europe twice over the last three years.
In comparison, Real Madrid have hardly done justice to their illustrious past. They have been defeated on numerous occasions by Barcelona and even under the genius of Jose Mourinho, El Clasico remains to be a Barca affair.
The only notable victory that Madrid have achieved over Barca is the Copa del Rey triumph of last year, in which a late stoppage time goal by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 seized the cup for the Whites.
Apart from that, Barcelona have remained to be the side to beat, not only in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 but also in Europe.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734, who had the opportunity to represent both clubs during his career, expressed that currently Barcelona are ahead of Madrid.
According to Fifa.com, the legendary footballer was quoted as saying:
“I’m a Merengue and I really like the way Madrid are playing, but you can’t ignore Barcelona, who have a fantastic team. They may not be the most spectacular, but they make everything look so simple. Every single player in every area of the side knows what
they have to do at any given time.”
‘It hurts to say that, since I’m a Madridista, but I still think we can pip them to some titles this year."
Barcelona are currently trailing madrid by a 4-point gap and the Spanish La Liga is definitely not yet over with an El Clasico taking place on 21st of April.
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