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Match

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Date: Monday, 29 Nov
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Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona

Resultat:

FC Barcelona: 5
Real Madrid: 0

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The goals

1-0, Xavi (min 10)
2-0, Pedro (min 17)
3-0, Villa (min 54)
4-0, Villa (min 57)
5-0, Jeffren (min 91)

T�estimo, Bar�a (5-0)

Roger Boguny�

Bar�a put in a superb performance to play the previously unbeaten Madrid off the pitch and run out 5-0 winners at the Nou Camp tonight with goals from Xavi, Pedro, Villa (2) and Jeffren.

This date will live long in the memory of Bar�a fans as the team thumped five past their eternal rivals to mark the Club’s 111th anniversary in the best possible fashion. Bar�a handed out a lesson in football to Madrid with one of the most spectacular displays in the history of this fixture. Xavi and Pedro opened the scoring in the first half and a brace from Villa and final fifth from Jeffren rounded off a fantastic night for the ecstatic Nou Camp faithful.

The worst thing: the win only carried three points and Bar�a find themselves just two points ahead of a team who on the night they showed themselves to be light years ahead of. As the fans’ mosaic before the game put it: ”T’estimo Bar��!”

Great start

Bar�a started the game as they meant to go on, with great intensity and immense skill and after just six minutes Messi hit the woodwork. Four minutes later, they were ahead as Iniesta cut in from the left and centred for Xavi to score from close in. Madrid had hardly any time to recover before Bar�a got their second, this time after a combination between Villa and Pedro. What a start ! and there was more to come!

Aggression

Madrid were looking groggy and tried desperately to get back into the game with their aggressive tactics –Cristiano Ronaldo setting the tone with a push on Guardiola that earned him a yellow card. In the scuffle that followed, Valdes was also shown a card and the heightened tension seemed to give the visitors something of a lift, but Bar�a’s immaculate possession football calmed things down and took the sting out of any possible Madrid reaction.

Villa magic

Things clicked again after the break with Villa, who’d looked lively throughout, breaking Madrid’s offside ploy twice to make it 4-0 as he latched onto two through balls from Messi. Lass was on for Madrid as they tried to limit the damage, but Bar�a were showing no mercy and at times just seemed to be playing with their supposedly illustrious visitors.

Jeffren makes it five

At 4-0, thoughts inevitably turned to that famous 8th January 1994 when Bar�a put five past Madrid and with the fans partying in celebration Iniesta broke down the right to cross deep for Jeffren who outraced the Madrid defence to slip the ball past Casillas and make it an incredible five.

Preview

The last ten in Camp Nou

2000/01: 2-0
2001/02: 1-1
2002/03: 0-0
2003/04: 1-2
2004/05: 3-0
2005/06: 1-1
2006/07: 3-3
2007/08: 0-1
2008/09: 2-0
2009/10: 1-0

Bar�a and Madrid ready for classic encounter

Roger Boguny�

FC Barcelona face one of their toughest tests of the season as the long-awaited encounter with Madrid takes place on Monday evening (21:00h, R@dio Bar�a) and victory would see the Catalan side leapfrog their opponents at the top of the Primera table.

In a game that usually has so much action and excitement there will be an added edge as the contest takes place on a Monday evening for only the third time in 111 meetings between the clubs. Bar�a are second and just one point behind their guests and the two top scorers in the top flight go head to head as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo meet.

Table toppers

Exactly one year ago the two teams met in Camp Nou and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the only goal as the home team won 1-0 and went on to triumph again in the Santiago Bernab�u and lift the league title by three points from Madrid. Once again things are very close at the top, but coach Pep Guardiola has sought to control the pressure of the game by telling his players and staff not to talk about el cl�sico in the days leading up to the game.

Opposing styles

Former Bar�a coach Jos� Mourinho returns to Camp Nou as head coach of Real Madrid for the first time and he has yet to taste defeats since taking over the club in the summer. With a record of 19 games unbeaten, Madrid have drawn just twice in the league, against Real Mallorca and Levante. Mourinho has reorganised the defence and introduced an effective counter-attack system to the team. Bar�a are just one point and have remained faithful to the style of play that has won them so many trophies and fans around the world under Guardiola. El cl�sico this season will certainly be a contrast of styles.

Injury news

Gaby Milito was the only first-team player absent from training on Sunday while Thiago Alc�ntara played for the juvenil side against Espanyol. Real Madrid have named a 20-man squad to travel to the Ciutat Contal. Gonzalo Higua�n, Ricardo Carvalho and Sami Khedira have travelled, while Ezequiel Garay, Sergio Canales and David Rameos have all been rested. Fernando Gago and Kak� are both still out through injury.

Matchday coverage

There will be 891 professionals working for the media to cover the game between Bar�a and Real Madrid on Monday with 159 different outlets and 28 countries all seeing first-hand what happens. Reporters, photographers, commentators, cameramen and technicians will all cram into the stadium along with the thousands of fans.