Real Madrid facing off against Barcelona will always be sold as the biggest game in world football, but in recent seasons there’s been a sense the occasion has struggled to live up to the billing.
It’s almost a decade since the two clubs played out four meetings in 18 days, with Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho at the peak of their powers and in the respective dugouts. Each side was also littered with players from Spain’s 2010 World Cup winners, while the two defining players of their generation, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, were both competing for the Balon d’Or.
Of the 12 Champions Leagues between 2006 and 2018, La Liga’s eternal rivals won four apiece.
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