{"id":1172535,"date":"2020-10-26T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1172535"},"modified":"2020-10-26T11:13:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T11:13:14","slug":"barcelona-real-madrid-analysis-clasico-zidane","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/barcelona-real-madrid-analysis-clasico-zidane\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid: Zidane remains untouched at his favourite ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eternal rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid treated football enthusiasts to a spectacular end-to-end contest which ended with Zinedine Zidane’s side taking home all the spoils.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday’s Cl\u00e1sico, which also happened to be the 245th meeting of La Liga’s giants in official competition (Real now lead 97-96 in the head-to-head), saw both goalkeepers kept regularly busy with Neto and Thibaut Courtois facing a combined 25 shots and making nine saves.<\/p>\n

But it was ultimately decided by the most experienced man on the pitch. Sergio Ramos, who Bar\u00e7a fans worldwide love to hate, won a contentious spot-kick which he subsequently converted meaning Real’s captain has now impressively registered a century of goals for Spain’s most decorated club.<\/p>\n

An incredible feat, that and scoring his last 24 penalties, another Cl\u00e1sico veteran Luka Modri\u0107 sealed all three points in stunning fashion at the very end. Success also ensured Zizou — who came into this game sweating following two uncharacteristic defeats to Cadiz and Shakhtar Donetsk — hasn’t lost a single game at the Camp Nou as Real Madrid manager.<\/p>\n

This latest showdown was his sixth visit as Los Blancos boss and he’s now returned to Madrid with three wins and three draws. In those outings — all but one coming in La Liga — his men have managed to score 11 goals while conceding six times. An enviable record which most coaches would love to have.<\/p>\n

To put Zidane’s feat into some perspective, only legendary Real manager Miguel Mu\u00f1oz has won more away Cl\u00e1sicos for the club (seven) than France’s only European Cup-winning coach in all competitions. Having a leader of Ramos’ repute undoubtedly helped, the impassioned centre-back returned from injury and was taking no prisoners, even pulling off a well-executed challenge on his opposite number Lionel Messi at the death.<\/p>\n

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