El Clasico Inquisition: Will La Liga title be decided at the Santiago Bernabeu?
Here we are: the most anticipated match in La Liga football has finally arrived. Contrary to the psychologically calming statements of the past few weeks by both Barcelona and Real Madrid players/coaches that El Clasico represents nothing more than three points out of the remaining eight fixtures of the season, in many ways, this one is for all the marbles. Yes, strictly speaking, El Clasico is, in fact, just three paltry points out of the remaining 24 available in the Liga race, and a champion will not be explicitly crowned by the outcome of this Saturday’s mouth-watering match. But in a match featuring the two giants of Spanish football in a blood rivalry, to believe that El Clasico is nothing more than one game out of eight would seem to contradict the match’s name. El Gran Clasico, The Great Clasico, The Clasico of Clasicos, it is arguably the greatest match in all of club football and in truth, the winner of this contest could very well take the first definitive step in lifting th
