Graft but little guile as Clasico fails to fire

There were no goals and surprisingly little quality in tonight’s La Liga Clasico at the Camp Nou, with the game showing just how far both Barcelona and Real Madrid currently are from their peaks over the last decade.

Graft but little guile as Clasico fails to fire
Wed, 18 Dec, 2019 - 22:40
Dermot Corrigan

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There were no goals and surprisingly little quality in tonight’s La Liga Clasico at the Camp Nou, with the game showing just how far both Barcelona and Real Madrid currently are from their peaks over the last decade.

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