Thursday 19 November 2015

Overview of EL Clasico

Spain is waiting for EL Clasico, not only Spain whole world is waiting for the match on 21-11-2015.
Laliga’s EL Clasico is one of the most important and watched football matches in the world. Apart from the UEFA Champions League final and the World cup final, it is the most televised football match. Here is some of the interesting facts and history of El Clasico.

Real Madrid and FC Barcelona El Clasico Promo video:



Origin of EL Clasico:
Real Madrid and Barcelona’s rivalry began to take shape as far back as 1902, even since one of their first meetings at a tournament held in honor of King Alfonso XIII. The hostility continued to grow during the Franco era, When Real Madrid was seen as a symbol of Spanish nationalism, while FC Barcelona was the strongest expression of Catalan pride and identity. Things haven’t changed too much since then. In a nutshell, as long as the rivalry between Castile and Catalonia will carry on, El Clasico will always be more than a football match.

• FIRST EL CLASICO MATCH:
Date: - 17th February 1929
Home team- Fc Barcelona
Away team- Real Madrid
Score- FCB 1 – 2 RMA


• LATEST EL CLASICO MATCH:
Date: - 23 March 2015
Home team- Fc Barcelona
Away team- Real Madrid
Score- FCB 2 – 1 RMA

• TOTAL EL CLASICO MEETINGS:
Competitive matches- 229
Exhibition matches- 33
Total Matches- 262


MAJOR TROPIES WON BY REAL AND BARCA:

SOME INTRESTING FACTS ON EL CLASICO HISTORY:-


• Lionel Messi top scorer in EL Clasico- 21 Goals

• Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record, with 7 goals in his previous 6 matches

• Biggest winning of Real Madrid over Barcelona (RMA 11 – 1 FCB). This win for Real Madrid in the copa del Rey on the 19th of june, 1943


• Longest undefeated run for Barcelona. Barcelona defeated Real Madrid almost 11 years, from 1st November 1917 to 3rd June 1928

• Most wins: Competitive matches- Real Madrid (92 wins)
                      Exhibition matches- Barcelona (19 wins)
                      Total matches- Barcelona (108 wins)

• Most Foul cards: Fernando Hierro, former Real Madrid captian- CARDS 19 (18 Yellow cards + 1 red cards)

                             Sergio Ramos- CARDS 16 (14 Yellow + 2 reds)


• Total goals: Real Madrid- 388 goals
                       Barcelona- 372 goals


• First El Clasico tournament held in the front of honor King ALFONSO XIII of Spain

• 500 million (50 Crores) expected television audience for the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona


STADIUMS:

Stadium of Real Madrid-

Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Full name- Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Former Name- New Chamartin (1947- 1955)
Location- Madrid, Spain
Capacity- 85, 454
Built- 1944 – 1947 (3 years)

Stadium of FC Barcelona-

Camp Nou
Full name- Estadio Del Camp Nou
Former Name- Estadio Del CF Barcelona (1957 – 1975)
Location- Barcelona, Spain
Capacity- 99, 354
Build- 1954 – 1957


Interesting Moments:
One of the most controversial moments in the history of EL Clasico was the transfer of Argentine Footballer ALFREDO DI STEFANO during the 50’s, when due to a misunderstanding caused by Millenaries Futbal Club (where Di Stefano was playing at that time), the player ended up signing with both Real and Barca. After further negotiations, the Spanish federation decided that di Stefano would play 4 seasons in Spain, 2 for Real Madrid and 2 for Barcelona.

Click the video below to see the dirty side of EL Clasico.   



I know all of you are waiting for EL clasico match on 21 November 2015. Who will win this El Clasico? How much goal did both teams will score?

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