Real Madrid: The end of an era: the last classic at the “old” Bernabéu

On September 19, 1948The Barcelona He visited it for the first time Real Madrid In the new stadium Santiago BernabeuIt opened in December of the previous year. The Catalans won their first Classic while the word “Classic” was applied to anything but a football match. Florence s Basra (1-2).

74 years passed, the stadium Castilianbefore in a wasteland and now in the financial heart of Madrid, has lived 99 Duels between Eggs and Azulgrana. The number that makes the number 100, a round number, is played this afternoon at the Bernabéu. The next El Clásico will be played in Madrid in a stadium that has been radically changed since then Four years of workwhich will be fulfilled in 2023, as the summer curtain on New Bernabeu. It’s the biggest overhaul that Madrid’s stadium has undergone in nearly three-quarters of a century, higher than that of the Madrid Stadium. World Cup in Spain 1982.

Madrid and Barcelona fought the “Old Chamartín” battles on all competitive fronts. The global balance favors whites, although it has been toned down in recent years: 51 wins, 22 draws and 26 collet wins.

74 league matches

will be today 75 duel league Between the two teams, where the most impressive results were given in the face-to-face Madrid-Barcelona match. Without going any further, in the season after winning the premiere at the Bernabéu, Real Madrid took revenge with 6-1. In fact, Barcelona did not win the league match in Chamartín again until round 14 of the edition 1965-1966, 1-3. All in all, the great Catalan win in Madrid was 0-5 from the league 1973-1974with Johan Cruyff Leading the azulgrana attack. They had to pass 21 years Until Madrid managed to erase that insult, along with the “little hand” of the Camp Nou on the same course, on a great night of Ivan Zamorano (Three goals) in a Madrid shirt. However, in the recent history of the Bernabéu classics, there are victories that are very well known for Barcelona, ​​such as Ronaldinho 0-3 On 05-06, enormous 2-6 from 08-09the first great exhibition of Barcelona GuardiolaThe 3-4 From 13-14 and a photo Messi Or last season 0-4, a melting oasis in a season dominated by Real Madrid on all fronts.

The cup is culé

But it’s in the cup where Barcelona did More damage to Madrid in your court. his dominance in Honours of the KO Championship is largely due to his solvency at the Bernabéu, With four wins and three draws in eleven visits. The last blow was 0-3 to Madrid from Solar In the semi-finals of 18-19with a repeat league win after just three days.

White Super Cup

Madrid achieved ground in their fiefdom in Spanish Super Cupwith Six wins and one draw in seven matches. It was in that tournament that one of the greatest “flashes” of the classics took place, Santi Aragon’s goal against Zubizarreta from the midfield (4-1). The white team also achieved a clear victory in the last duel in this tournament, 2-0 at summer 2017.

Equality in Europe

The Bernabéu witnessed four European Cup matches between Madrid and Barcelona. take the first Madrid di Stefano Before the fifth (3-1), but shortly after Barcelona began to draw (2-2) in the famous qualifying round for the English language Liv and Ellis. The duel was not even repeated 2002with another tie)1-1) who did good 0-2 Madrid on the go Camp Nou. Barcelona finally triumphed in the semi-final second leg 10-11 thanks to two goals from the unstoppable Leo. Messi.