The Early Rivalry: Barcelona and Real Madrid

The notorious and long standing rivalry between Spain’s two major teams has always been keenly felt. This came to a head, of course, during the Franco era. Barcelona, as now, was the emblematic capital of the region of Catalonia and Franco banned both the Catalan flag and its language. FC Barcelona became the only place where large groups of people could gather and speak in their native language and the claret and blue of Barcelona became a recognisable substitute for the red and yellow of Catalonia. Josep Suñol, the president at the time, was murdered by the military in 1936 and a bomb was dropped on the FC Barcelona social club in 1938. Football-wise, things probably reached their nadir in 1941 when Barcelona were ‘instructed’ to lose a match to Real Madrid. They did, in fact, lose the match by 11 goals to 1 in protest – and then saw their goalkeeper banned from football for the rest of his life.

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Barcelona vs Real Madrid 5-0

Barcelona

FC Barcelona was founded on November 29, 1899 by a man named Joan Gamper. Now, Barcelona has come a very long way to where they are today. They have established one of the top positions in the Spanish Premier League, along with the Champions League. For a whole century, Barcelona has passed through many moments of glory and moments of pain, along with many epic victories and other humbling defeats. Yet all of those things have defined and characterized the club to what it is today. Today, Barcelona is the second biggest sports Spanish soccer club franchise, falling behind their very competitive rivals, Real Madrid. Barcelona’s estimated worth is around 1 Billion dollars. Their very famous motto is “More than a club”, which has been proved by their unity and skill level. Barcelona has the most domestic trophies in Spanish football, having won 21 La Liga, 25 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football Barcelona have won four UEFA Champions League finals, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, four UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup trophies. They also won a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup trophies, considered the predecessor to the UEFA Cup. In May of 2011, they won the champions league final, making them the best team in Europe. They truly are one of the best teams that have ever played.