Bet on Real Madrid vs Barcelona!

The name of “El Clasico” or “El derbi Espanol” or even “El Classic” is the name for any game between Real Madrid and Barcelona. These games usually take place in the league but they also take place when these two football giants meet up in cup games as well. In fact we could be on the verge of one of the biggest “El Clasico’s” ever if Real Madrid as expected overcome Tottenham in their Champions League quarter final then they will face their arch rivals in the semi-final and you will be able to see this on live stream. However this week’s game will probably decide the title in La Liga if Barcelona avoid defeat.

Jose Mourinho will be smarting for sure after getting crushed 5-0 in the Nou Camp in their earlier meeting this season. The league looks to be getting beyond Real Madrid now and he has already been making noises regarding a possible return to England and you wouldn’t bet against him returning to Chelsea at this point in time. The question is that how much of a bearing will this league meeting have on their Champions League encounter? Well I definitely think that Real Madrid need a decent result in this game and at least need to avoid defeat.

The live betting for this game will be awesome as the interest all around the world is massive. In fact even Sir Alex Ferguson said this week that he hoped that Manchester United’s matches did not clash with the possible semi-final between Real and Barcelona. That is a clear indication that everyone connected with football and who loves football will want to watch these two games. However it is the league that is going to be taking pole position this week and Barcelona are close to having it all wrapped up.

They lead Real Madrid by 8pts with seven games to go and they have only been beaten in the league once all season. However Real Madrid have been no slouches in the league this season with only three defeats in 31 games and scoring 72 goals in the process. To have that kind of record and still not be top of the league is indicative of how good Barcelona have been this season. Even if Real win this game then it is still hard to see Barcelona dropping 5pts in the final six games. They may go down as perhaps the greatest side in history and for me will not only reach the Champions League final this season but will also win it.

However Mourinho does know how to beat Barcelona and who can forget his master class last season when his Inter Milan side totally dominated Barcelona over two legs. The domination was so profound that Barcelona even struggled to create chances when Inter were down to ten men for most of that game. However I do believe that Real are not the best team to stop Barcelona in the same way that Arsenal were not. I feel that they have too many flare players and for me that makes Barcelona the favourites in both the league meeting the and the likely Champions League semi-finals.