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San Mamés Stadium, April 24..
El Classico has always been a hot topic that passionate fans in the "Land of Gaur" bring up for heated discussion every time the two strongest clubs in La Liga have the opportunity to face each other. Because not only is it provocative and taunting opponents on the other side of the line like other teams often do, but the deep enmity between Real Madrid and Barcelona has existed for hundreds of years, and to this day. There are still no signs that the relationship between the two sides has softened, but seems to be getting worse and worse over time.
Red cards, arguments, referees, cursing, or even fighting right on the training ground... those are always things that are never lacking in Super Classic matches in one of the five tournaments in Europe. The old continent, especially for the two great rivals from the time La Liga first came into operation until the prosperous development it is now.
Along with Athentic Bilbao, Real Madrid and Barcelona are teams that have never had to play in a lower division. Perhaps because of that, the number of times both teams met each other was so many that it was impossible to count. From La Liga to other arenas such as Copa Del Rey, Champion League, Spanish Super Cup,... with the number of wins and losses almost equally divided between both teams - until now, Los Blancos is still better. a little compared to the Catalan Giant.
Regardless of whether the nature of the match is a pre-season friendly, or a procedural match when a champion has been found, every time the players from both teams take the field, they still play with all the energy they have. Yes, not only the desire to win, but also for the honor, for the pride of representing two different regimes that exist in parallel, for the joy of the fans who are not afraid of difficulties. Day and night cheering for your beloved team...
More than two-thirds of the season has passed, the La Liga championship trophy has been determined. Now, all attention is focused on the Copa Del Rey final, where the two strongest men boldly enter, having defeated all their opponents on the way to glory. There were devastating wins, sometimes they struggled, but in the end, both Barcelona and Real Madrid proved why they deserved to be here.
There is only one championship trophy, and the battle to put it in the team's gallery has only a fifteen-minute countdown left..
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Ivano sat at the highest point in the stands, calmly looking at the two teams doing pre-match procedures, still twirling the strangely shaped Rubik's cube. Seeing his father, Luka was approaching and shaking hands with Messi - the captain of the rival team and the best player La Liga has ever had. The boy grinned, imagining that one day, if will I also have that honor?
-What are you thinking about that makes you look so bewild, buddy?
Enzo didn't know when he appeared right behind Ivano. Still has the familiar fluffy head inherited from his famous defender father, but this time the Brazilian boy wears a white headband with the logo of the Spanish Royal Football Team printed on his forehead, with confidence. Highly confident that his father Marcelo and his uncles will definitely bring glory to Los Blancos.
Along with Cris Jr., Ivano and Enzo were once expected to become the successors and inherit the careers of their great fathers, but after completing their "unprecedented" achievements, Champion League title for the third time in a row, neither of them expected that Junior, and his father, would leave the team next season. Can never believe that happened…
Every time he remembers what happened in that quick and extremely sudden way, Ivano can't help but feel a deep sense of sadness and disappointment when one of his closest friends leave. Maybe we won't be able to walk side by side together in the future...
Luckily, Enzo is still here, otherwise Ivano wouldn't have known who to confide his feelings to..
At this moment, on the field, when the field of play for both teams was determined through the toss of a coin, the referee's opening whistle sounded, the blue-red team was the one to serve first.
The match has started..