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Going for the double: Barcelona vs Real Madrid, a Clásico to close a memorable season
Published:7/05/2025 - 05:23h
Updated:7/05/2025 - 08:41h
Barça must quickly turn the page after the Champions League elimination against Inter. On Sunday, it's time to seal LaLiga at home against Real Madrid and complete the double
FC Barcelona has said goodbye to the illusion of the treble on Tuesday after falling against Inter Milan (4-3). The defeat at the Giuseppe Meazza sealed the 'culé' elimination from the UEFA Champions League, but the 'azulgrana' team still has the double within reach.
In that sense, Sunday presents an ideal opportunity to seal the Liga title against Real Madrid. Barça hosts the 'blancos' in Montjuïc (16:15 CEST) just one victory away from finishing the tournament, although mathematically the Catalans will have to wait at least one more matchday to celebrate the title.
However, with Madrid 4 points behind and with the direct confrontation (4-0) and the goal difference (+20 compared to the 'merengues') clearly favorable to Flick's team, a victory in the Clásico will be enough to seal a historic and very meritorious double.
🏆Barcelona will seek to complete the set in Spain by winning their fourth Clásico
After the consecration in the Copa del Rey final (3-2), also against Madrid, Barcelona is on the verge of its first double since 2017/18 and, in addition, can close a historic season with four consecutive victories in Clásicos.
Flick's team crushed the 'Casa Blanca' in LaLiga (0-4) and the Spanish Supercopa final (2-5) before the final in La Cartuja that allowed the 'culés' to win their second title this 2025. In the first Clásico, Robert Lewandowski (double), Lamine Yamal and Raphinha silenced the Santiago Bernabéu.
Then, in Arabia, the 'LRL' liquidated the Madrid defense with a 'manita' in which Alejandro Balde also scored. In the Copa, Pedri, Ferran Torres and Jules Koundé were the heroes of the 'azulgrana' consecration in Seville.
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🔝Barça is going for an unprecedented domestic treble
In that sense, the 'azulgrana' team has within its reach an unprecedented domestic treble in Spanish football. Since 2020, the Spanish Supercopa has been played with a 'final four' in Saudi Arabia in January. Therefore, the three titles at stake each season are defined in the first half of the year.
In that period (2020-2025), no club has been able to complete the set, although Real Madrid (2020, 2022 and 2024) and Barça themselves (2022) managed to win LaLiga and the Supercopa in one semester. This year, the 'culés' have already won the Supercopa and the Copa del Rey and are two victories away from keeping LaLiga.
In principle, a Barcelona victory in the Clásico next Sunday will practically liquidate the championship, with the Catalans going 7 points ahead with only 9 (3 matchdays) to play. This would allow the team to win all three titles in a head-to-head against Madrid.
In the Supercopa, Hansi Flick's team won by a landslide (2-5), while in the Copa the triumph was by the minimum in La Cartuja (3-2). In the first round of LaLiga, the Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu ended 0-4 in favor of the 'azulgrana' team, so the overall score is 3-0, with a total of 12 goals in favor and only 4 against.
From the 1994/95 season to the 2018/19 season, the Spanish Supercopa was played between the Liga champion and the Copa champion (or the runner-up, in case a team won the double) in August.
The 'culés' won the three titles (Liga, Copa and Supercopa) for the last time in 2016 and 2018, with Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde on the bench, respectively. Will Barcelona be able to close the season with another thrashing and the domestic treble against the 'merengue' team?
⚽Since the Spanish Supercopa is played in January:
Champions of Liga, Copa del Rey and Supercopa:
- 2020: Liga: Real Madrid. Copa: Real Sociedad. Supercopa: Real Madrid.
- 2021: Liga: Atlético de Madrid. Copa: FC Barcelona. Supercopa: Athletic Club.
- 2022: Liga: Real Madrid. Copa: Real Betis. Supercopa: Real Madrid.
- 2023: Liga: FC Barcelona. Copa: Real Madrid. Supercopa: FC Barcelona.
- 2024: Liga: Real Madrid. Copa: Athletic Club. Supercopa: Real Madrid.
- 2025: Liga: to be defined. Copa: FC Barcelona. Supercopa: FC Barcelona.
