Can Ronaldo and Co stop the Catalan Juggernaut?

And finally it’s here ,the meeting of the two giants in the world of football ,it’s been reported that over 200 million watch this fixture every year . The big two of the Spanish la liga. The el Classico is more than just a football match it about way of life the battle of the social classes .Barcelona a fan owned club who breed the majority of their  players  from the local talent pool versus Real Madrid , a club historically tied to Spanish royalty who spend millions and millions to bring in international stars from all over the world . some of the greatest players in the world  have taken part in this derby , di- Stefano, Eusebio, Zidan, Rivado, Cruyff, Ronaldinho,some say this is the golden era of football and the current Barcelona starting 11 may be the greates ever.

It's a chance for Real Madrid to get revenge for last December's 3-1 league defeat to the Catalans, when goals by Alexis Sanchez, Xavi and Fabregas made sure of Pep Guardiola's eighth victory in these ties in as manager.

Barcelona remember the well the last time the two sides met in the copa del ray  .it was the 20^th of april last year the 107^th final .

Barcelona were top of the league with Mourinhos slick passing fast moving 11 tailing . Real managed to  snatch victory in the dying minutes of extra time with CR7 as the protagonist. He had been criticized for not performing in big games, ronaldo scored total of 51 goals for real Madrid that season ,37 in the laliga with leo messi managing 31 goals .

Real currently top the league 46 points ,Barcelona trail 5 points behind ,Ronaldo has already scored 21 goals in the la liga , with leo messi traihling at 19 .

One major factor remains to be the tactics used by the two mangers , mourinhos has in the past shown that he is willing to use defensive tactic’s when necessary ,so do not be surprised to see Ronaldo as a lone forward with Ozil and di -maria in the center and left side of the field . however Karim benzema has been on great form and he will defenetly be looking to cement his place in the starting 11. this may result in Ronaldo playing the flank where he will have more space to run at the barca defence . guardiolas men will be looking to retain possession of the ball, and try to sneak the ball in to the real penalty box .messi poses major threat when in postion of the ball outside the 18 yard box .expect to see  real s pepe  throw  in some hard tackles messi's way ,barca are without the influential Spain international David villa who is out for the rest of the season with knee injury however guradiloas has a rich pool of talented players he can call up on when in need  , it’s between  alexi sanchez , thiago alcantara , and cesc fabregas to start.

We’re in for some real entertainment tonight with both side having incredible attacking power ,im predicting  2-1 win for Barcelona and off course the customary red card for pepe or one his fellow full backs .expect to see José mourinho throw a couple of cheap shots at  the match official after the game .

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