El Clásico - a classic match of European football

Tomorrow, Sunday, it will break loose again. FC Barcelona, ​​el Barça, meets Real Madrid, Los Merengues, for a new old-rivals contest on the grass carpet of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in the Spanish capital.

There was a time when these games were characterized by much more than football. There was marked tension in the political tug-of-war over regional governance and national power relations. Yes, there was a lot of emotion here in a, yes, downright, hate-love football match.

Now the local society is not so hot on this. Perhaps because the air has gone a little out of the balloon of those who have been doing 'El Procés', this so-called process for Cataluña to become a separate country.

Perhaps it is because the coaches are more discreet, and the players less polemical in their statements to the media? But no matter where on the table the teams are, how well they are doing in the UEFA Champions League, there is indeed an extra feather in the hat for the players, and a little more pride for the supporters, in winning a Clásico match. Regardless of whether it takes place in Madrid or Barcelona. Anything can happen, both teams have good statistics, both at home and away. Exciting!!!