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Copa Del Rey 2011 Final: Mou’s The Boss For Barcelona-Real Madrid, Not Di Stefano
Following Real Madrid’s defensive display in El Clasico last Saturday, Real Madrid living legend Alfredo di Stefano bluntly criticized Mourinho’s approach to the beautiful game of football. Di Stefano, who is one of the reasons why Madridismo is celebrated by millions of fans around the world, shared the following comments according to Sport.es last Sunday:
“Real Madrid played against a Barcelona side that dominated throughout the game. Clearly, Barca are superior to Real Madrid who are a team without personality. Their approach to El Clasico was clearly wrong.”
In his weekly column in Marca’s magazine, Alfredo di Stefano added that “Barcelona were a lion whereas Real Madrid were a mouse”.
FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid: A Brief History Of El Clasico
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With football, as with any sport, there is no more powerful reflection of greatness than to compete against a powerful arch-rival, a nemesis whose very existence fuels passion and against whom one’s own greatness is either confirmed or found wanting. Seabiscuit, for example, had War Admiral. Muhammad Ali had Joe Frazier. Lance Armstrong had Jan Ullrich.
Such a nemesis serves to enhance, perhaps even define, a competitor’s greatness, and no competition can be considered truly successful unless the nemesis has been vanquished. And yet, as so often occurs in titanic sporting tussles, greatness may be confirmed for loser and winner alike.
Few rivalries in sport can compare with the spectacle, the passion, and the sheer football brilliance of a match between Spanish football titans Real Madrid FC and FC Barcelona. And any meeting between the two is known simply, elegantly, and without overstatement as “El Clasico.”