Real Madrid should fear Barca

Yamal (left) makes Real Madrid tremble - Photo: REUTERS

Real can still reverse fate

But now, their arch-rivals - Barca - are aiming for a quadruple this season. In La Liga, Barca are comfortably at the top. In the Champions League, Barca are in the semi-finals. In the Copa del Rey, they are also in the final. And before that, Barca won the Spanish Super Cup this season when they defeated Real Madrid.

But going the furthest does not mean winning in the end. Real Madrid can still reverse their fortunes if they beat Barca in the La Liga race, as well as defeat their opponents in the Copa del Rey final. The Copa del Rey final will take place next weekend. In La Liga, the two teams will meet in round 35 on May 11. Those are truly two decisive weeks for Barca this season.

The pressure on Barca will be greater when they are still in the Champions League, and they also have financial constraints. Barca needs to win to... have money. But on the other hand, the confidence of coach Hansi Flick and his team is also very high because they have a very good head-to-head record against their arch-rivals Real Madrid.

Specifically, this season, Barca won big against Real Madrid both times they faced each other (4-0 in the first leg of La Liga and 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final). Those were victories that reminded people of the golden age of Messi's generation. From 2008 to 2010, Barca won against Real Madrid 5 times in a row and scored 16 goals in that series (conceding only 2 goals).

Real Madrid is looking for a replacement for coach Ancelotti - Photo: Reuters

Will the Golden Age return to Barca?

With Yamal, Pedri, Gavi, Cubarsi..., Barca is now looking towards the golden years of the 2008 - 2015 period. The season is still very unfinished for them, in the worst case, Barca could lose to Real Madrid in both domestic races and stop at the Champions League. But even so, Barca can still be satisfied with their rapid progress.

Just last season, Barca was still in a completely inferior position to Real Madrid. Losing to their opponents on all fronts, Barca also had to struggle with debt and ridicule from all sides.

But patience with La Masia has helped them turn things around. Barca entered this season with a total of 13 players who had come through the La Masia academy, including some who joined the team at a very young age, such as Pedri.

Not everyone is as bright as Yamal. But most are following in the footsteps of Gavi, Balde, Fermin Lopez. There is Gerard Martin, the left-back who has played 32 times this season, Hector Fort (24 times)... Coach Hansi Flick seems to have a "touch of gold" when he calls up any player from the youth team, they all quickly integrate and show remarkable competitive ability. Of course, that is a systematic achievement.

The football world used to mock Barca for their debt, their installment contracts, or the way they squeezed out young players. But La Masia still stands tall, to challenge Real Madrid's perfect model.

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HUY DANG

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