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When is the next El Clasico?

When is the next El Clasico?

23 March. Next game to look out for is the Madrid derby next week. Expect Atléti to beat RM at the Calderón.

I do hope you're not a Barca fan, as I doubt they're in a position to claim Madrid have cheated given the Neymar incident. Besides, we made a tidy profit from Ozil and Higuain so our net spend wasn't outrageous.

No. I'm English, so I don't 'support' any Spanish clubs.


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The win against Atléti is so incredibly overrated. 4 of the 5 goals came from penalties and Atléti own goals. RM are hardly invincible for Atléti.

Not a match for Cesc though.
Also, how many Barcelona games do you watch? Bartra never plays in big games. It will be Piqué and Mascherano. Hopefully (for you) Ancelotti doesn't mess up the tactics again though. Ramos in MF was not exactly the best way to show Martino that he doesn't know anything about European football.

But now CR will be back, meaning you will score fewer goals (~2 g/g with him, 3 without him).

FTR I think Atletico will beat Real too. Real Madrid at home is basically their cup final. Oh wait, they did actually beat them in a cup final last season. At the Bernabeu too.

Could Madrid really be a better team without ronaldo?

Correction: It is 2.5 goals per game with CR, 3.2 goals without him They should sell him asap, they can use the money to buy Suarez.

Funnily enough though, I don't think they've beaten Real at the Calderón in years.

Good chance for them to do so this time around, since Real have the midweek CL game. Might not make much of a difference though, with Real's big squad and Ronaldo having had plenty of rest.

I hope people will realise now that the reason Barcelona and Madrid can beat teams 4 or 5 nil in the league is not because the teams in the league are terrible but because Madrid and barca are so strong.

I hope people will realise now that the reason Barcelona and Madrid can beat teams 4 or 5 nil in the league is not because the teams in the league are terrible but because Madrid and barca are so strong.

Correct notion, wrong example. Schalke are absolutely horrible, they failed to defend at all and just watched Bale and CR do their magic without even trying to interfere. When Benzema scores two goals against you, that means something. This was more a dispaly of how weak the BuLi is atm than of how strong Real are.