Top Twenty Football Derbies (Part 4)
PSG Vs Marseille
Here is a French derby between Marseille and PSG, Marseille has nine league titles and PSG only has two.
The derby contested between these two clubs is known as Le Classique. The two clubs have played seventy-four matches against each other and have resulted with nineteen draws, thirty wins for Marseille and twenty-five wins for Paris Saint- Germain.
El Ahly Vs Zamalek
This is an Egyptian derby between El Ahly and Zamalek. With Zamalek having eleven league titles and El Ahly having thirty-five.
The matches set for the two most thriving clubs in Egypt are known as the ‘Cairo derby’.
Before the Egyptian authorities intervened there used to be numerous injuries, fights and even deaths reported between fans of the two clubs.
The two clubs have played a hundred and forty games against each other with having forty-seven draws. El Ahyl having fifty-seven wins and Zamalek having just thirty-six.
Ajax Vs Feyenoord
The Dutch derby between Ajax and Feyenoord is known as De Klassieker and is the biggest derby in the Netherlands. Ajax has twenty-nine league titles where as Feyenoord only has fourteen.
There has been a lot of violence related to this derby and the teams have gone against each other a hundred and sixty-three times. Resulting in thirty-eight draws, seventy two wins for Ajax and fifty three wins for Feyenoord.
Red Star Vs Partizan
The Serbian eternal derby is with the clubs Partizan and red Star, Partizan has eleven league title wins where as Red Star only has six.
These derby matches are actually quite stunning and are always highly anticipated.
The derby has played a hundred and thirty-eight matches between the two clubs resulting in forty-three draws, Red Star has fifty-seven wins and partisan has thirty-eight wins.
Milan Vs Inter
The next derby is an Italian derby and is world famous. A competition between two of the biggest clubs in Italy Inter Milan and A.C Milan, Inter has eighteen league titles so far and Milan has seventeen.
The derby is locally known as Derby della Madonnina. This is literally one of the most viewed derbies in the world and the name of the derby is in honour of a city spectacle.
The statue of the Virgin Mary on the peak of Dumo which is called Madonnia so that is where the name takes its roots and is hence called Derby della Madonnia.
Notable players that have actually played for both the clubs are Clarence Seedorf, Dario Simic, Andrea Pirlo, Hernan Crespo, Giueseppe Meazza, Christian Panucci and Ronaldo.
The two clubs have played it out against each other a hundred and seventy-one times, with fifty-two draws between the two teams and Inter Milan having sixty-one wins and A.C. Milan having fifty-eight wins.
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