Real likely to set record straight at Barca

REAL MADRID will run out at the Nou Camp tonight to an ear-shattering round of whistles, jeers and insults from a Barcelona crowd sick of Real’s undeniable superiority and their own side’s slide into mediocrity.

Real will make the 600km trip to the coast in anticipation of a win over a Barcelona team no nearer to shifting the balance of power back their way, despite the money spent and changes wrought by new president Joan Laporta.

Real have not won a league match at the Nou Camp since 1983 but it will be a major surprise if that record still holds tomorrow morning.