With the men’s game on international break, it was another busy weekend of women’s football across Europe as Barcelona travelled to Real Madrid in Spain, Bayern Munich visited VfL Wolfsburg in Germany and Manchester City beat Manchester United in the Women’s Super League.
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The not-so Clásico
They call the fixture El Clásico (The Classic) and anything that pits Spanish giants Barcelona against Real Madrid carries the weight of a bitter history between the two. Yet when it comes to the women’s iteration of one of footballs favourite grudge matches, the games are rarely classic.
Indeed, the rivalry, due to its infancy and the overwhelming dominance of Barcelona in Europe, has rarely produced close games. Even with Real Madrid boss Alberto Toril speaking earlier this season about the two getting closer, on the pitch they still remain worlds apart; as evidenced by a 3-0 scoreline that saw Barca move 12 points clear in Liga F this weekend.
As noted by Caroline Graham Hansen — who helped create the opening goal for Fridolina Rolfö, laid on the second for Aitana Bonmatí, then…
