"You can't help but feel that even the editors weren't totally convinced by their headline, which might as well have read: "Not even Real Madrid's third consecutive Champions League trophy can top this." But maybe it could, and as the posturing gets underway, Barca need to avoid defeat against Madrid and finish the campaign unbeaten - something not done in Spain's top flight since 1932 when Madrid managed it in an 18-game season - to strengthen their argument."
"Barca's Camp Nou hoodoo While Barca have imposed their seven Liga titles in 10 years on Real Madrid, there has been another, more barren, run. Did you know that the Catalans have only won three of the last 11 Camp Nou Clasicos in all competitions? It's a truly extraordinary sequence, still more if you consider that Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique & Co. have enjoyed such powerful domestic superiority."
Barcelona and Real Madrid meet in El Clasico after Barcelona secured the La Liga title and Real Madrid prepared for the Champions League final. Barcelona can complete an unbeaten league campaign by avoiding defeat, a feat not achieved in Spain's top flight since 1932. A Barcelona-based newspaper proclaimed "Nothing's better than a double," while a treble or an unbeaten season would arguably eclipse Real Madrid's Champions League success. Barcelona have won only three of the last eleven Clasicos at Camp Nou despite domestic dominance. Real Madrid's recent home record versus Barcelona has been mixed, and the fixture is dominated by the Messi–Ronaldo scoring rivalry.
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