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I know Barcelona have won the La Liga, I know Barcelona were in the final of the Copa Del Ray and I know that they will put on a good show against Manchester United in the finals of the Champions League in about a weeks time.
But lets not just get too ahead of ourselves and think of Barcelona as some dream team on level 20 with Real Madrid being the closest to them at level 14. I think it is about Real Madrid at level 19 and Barcelona on level 20. I think this was pretty apparent in the 4 clasico’s that were played just a month ago in which Real Madrid played only a single match with 11 men against Barcelona and lost only once to the so called invincible Barcelona in 4 matches even though Real Madrid never really played 11 v 11 against Barcelona.
Anyway, it could have been so different for 3 reasons which are:
- Real Madrid could have easily beaten Barcelona had Raul Albiol not made that stupid mistake in the first of the four clasico’s in the second half of the season. The match ended in 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu with Real Madrid playing most of the match with 10 men. Ronaldo hit the post with a brilliant free kick and that could have easily gone in which would have given Real Madrid the win over Barcelona.
- Lets not even talk about the cheats of Barcelona and how they cheated Real Madrid out of this year’s Champions League edition. Real Madrid should have drawn the game 0-0 at Bernabeu and we all saw what happened to Barcelona at Camp Nou when they came up against Real Madrid 11 v 11 in a match where Higuain’s perfect goal was disallowed and also an easy opportunity was missed by Higuain in the end of first half. That game also ended in a 1-1 draw and had Real Madrid drawn the game at the Bernabeu 0-0 then that would have meant that Manchester United would have been playing Real Madrid in a week’s time instead of Barcelona. Hopefully Manchester United can teach Barcelona a lesson in how to play good football without all the diving and theatrics.
- Real Madrid gave up on the title a bit too soon. After Clasico defeat, Barcelona relaxed a bit and dropped a lot of points. Had Real Madrid won all their matches after the Clasico, I think we still could have taken the La Liga from Barcelona.
Remember, as beautiful as Barcelona may seem to play the game, Real Madrid are pretty close to them and were it not for some unlucky games this season, Real Madrid would have been the kings of Europe instead of the cheats that are Barcelona. We showed them true class in the Copa Del Ray final which also could have ended in an embarrassing scoreline against Barcelona.
Real Madrid have scored 102 goals in 38 games this season and Barcelona with all their supposed might only managed 92 goals this season in La Liga. Does that no speak for itself that Barcelona are not as good as some people are making them look. They are not unbeatable and in fact Real Madrid have basically beaten them mentally this season in 4 of the 5 clasico’s this season.
What do you guys think about all this domination of Barcelona? I do think it is deserving but not on the expense of Real Madrid.
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