Jose Mourinho will look to break Pep Guardiola's supremacy when Barcelona visit Real Madrid for tonight's El Clasico...
Pep Guardiola’s men will take on the challenge of Santiago Bernabéu as they look to continue their impressive La Liga form against Real Madrid.
Ever since La Masia graduate, Guardiola, took charge of La Blaugrana, they have managed mouth-watering results against the perennial rivals. Few coaches have had better luck in the visitor’s dugout in the Spanish capital than the 40-year old tactician.
The Santpedor-born manager has visited Santiago Bernabéu thrice with immaculate success. He is yet to face defeat in the cathedral of world football, managing two emphatic wins and a tie.
Statistics jump in the favour of the Camp Nou supremo as all La Liga meetings during his reign are considered. The Catalan coach has five wins to his name and one tie.
Even more interesting are La Blaugrana’s goal scoring feats against Los Blancos. They have managed to beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815 a mammoth 17 times in these 6 meetings, while Victor Valdes has conceded on a paltry three occasions.
Over the years, the number of scorers for the team from Catalunya have swelled, as players join the ranks of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629.
On the other hand, Real’s three goals are a disappointment for the most illustrious footballing team of all times. Interestingly, two of Los Blancos’ three goals came in the 2-6 thrashing at Santiago Bernabéu.
Before that famous routing, Guardiola led http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 once, getting a positive 2-0 result at Camp Nou in the start of 2008/09 season.
In their next meeting, Guardiola continued his impressive form against Real, leading his men to an important 1-0 win victory at home and following it up with a resounding 0-2 win in the away meeting.
With Jose Mourinho at the helm of Los Merengues it was expected that Real would be able to reclaim lost glory. However, a 5-0 beating at Camp Nou was followed by an unimpressive goalless draw at home.
Over the course of the year, Mourinho has improved his squad considerably and many would favour the whites at home.
Los Blancos have a three point advantage in La Liga with a game in hand; winning the match would go a long way in securing La Liga as they march on in their bid to rebuild lost reputation as Champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
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