El Clásico is the name given to any football matches between Real Madrid and their rivals Barcelona, the rivalry comes about between Real Madrid and Barcelona are the two largest cities in Spain, and the two clubs are among the richest and most successful football teams around the world. Currently Real Madrid has more wins then Barcelona when it comes to El Clásico (90 to 86). Along with Atletico Bilbao, these are the only 3 teams in Spain to never be relegated (bottom 3). These teams are sometimes identified with opposing political problems, with Real Madrid representing Spanish nationalism and Barcelona representing Catalanism, this rivalry is regarded as one of the biggest rivalries in world football. During the last 3 decades the rivalry was intensified when the Pasillo came along, the pasillo consists of that when one team wins the league and there are some games left for the team, the opposing team must perform a guard of honor for the league winners, this has been done 3 times between Real Madrid and Barcelona, the last Pasillo was in 2008, and Barcelona performed it for Real Madrid.
The two teams met again in the 2002 Champions League semi final, with Real Madrid winning the first leg 2-0 and drawing the second leg 1-1, those matches dubbed by the Spanish media as "the match of the century" was watched more then 500 million people. In the El Clásico held on November 2005, Barcelona played at Madrid and won the game 3-0 the star of the team was Ronaldinho, who became the second player after Diego Maradona to receive a standing ovation at the Madrid Stadium the Santiago Bernabeu.
In 2011 the rivalry was getting more and more intense, because of the Copa Del Reyfinal coming up against Barcelona and the champions league semi final against Barcelona as well, that means that the both teams were scheduled to face each other 4 times in 18 days, which caused a lot of conflict in the Spanish national team, containing 4 Real Madrid players and 5 Barcelona players, Vincente Del Bosque, the Spanish national team manager was afraid that this would cause friction between the national side.
On 7 October, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in 6 consecutive Clásicos, Ronaldos run began in the 2011-2012 Copa Del Rey and is still going on after having scored against Barcelona at the Camp Nou the Catalonia Stadium.
To conclude i think that the el classico is probably the best rivalry in the sports world, its a battle between the two best players in the world, (Ronaldo and Messi), its a battle between the two best clubs in the world, and its a battle between political diassagreements. Every time the classico is on TV I jump to go watch it with all of my soccer friends and we have a good time because of how the tension is on the field, and the highlights are too fun to rewatch again and relive that magnificent moment.
The information was gathered from http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/Soccer-History/a/Real-Madrid-Versus-Barcelona-The-History-Of-El-Clasico.htm
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