Real Madrid vs. Barcelona: Why Barcelona might win the El Clasico – Part 1
One of the biggest games in the Spanish La Liga revolves around the two biggest teams of Europe, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Both share a lot of history and despite the fact that the Catalan giants have managed to produce enormous
talent, the Los Blancos have managed to win more Spanish and European titles than the Blaugrana wearing Barcelona.
For the past two years, the Catalan giants have been under their former player Josep Guardiola who managed to become an amazing tactician after being appointed as the coach of the team that he used to play for. The Spanish player
has often been compared to the current midfield maestro Xavi Hernandez and by this comparison everyone can imagine that Guardiola would be an extraordinary talent during his time - even though he was more of a holding midfielder rather than a centre midfielder
- and that explains why he prefers to play Busquets in his side as well.
On the other hand, Real Madrid have been in great form for the last two years but it is luck that has turned from their side and the “money spenders” Los Blancos haven’t won much for the past two years. Under Manuel Pellegrini,
the Spanish giants did manage to achieve something but not a lot and even though the Spaniard tried his best last season and even managed to record the highest number of points in the Spanish La Liga in Real Madrid’s history, it was still Guardiola’s side
who managed to emerge victorious and took the trophy to the Nou Camp.
The Los Blancos managed to spend a lot of cash again and despite the fact that they keep on throwing money on expensive and good quality players, they simply don’t understand the fact that a team is made by team chemistry and not
individual skill and this is exactly where Barcelona are much stronger than Real Madrid.
While Real Madrid have players like Ricardo Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema, Ricardo Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Iker Casillas and Xabi Alonso, they still haven’t played with each other since a long time. With
their newly appointed boss – the coach who is supposed to be the best in the world at the moment, Jose Mourinho – the team was expected to deliver (and there is not a shadow of a doubt that they are definitely delivering), but the fact that Mourinho also brought
in a few new players is something that might trouble the team’s unity as playing with each other as a
team is very hard. Players like Ronaldo, Kaka and even Ozil were a “one-man show” while playing for their clubs but being a part of the same team is definitely hard as they all try to seek glory for themselves.
To be continued.
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