Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona 0-4 – Everything you always wanted to know about ,,El Clasico"...

El Clasico with Real Madrid against FC Barcelona 0:4 (0:0), the 258th edition of this world-famous encounter. It is the annual highlight of Real Madrid football trips and almost a matter of faith. Our editorial team has examined the first Clasico of the 2024/2025 season on October 26, 2024. Real lost for the first time in 42 La Liga games.

There is no more La Liga than this. In the fully renovated Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, located in the heart of Madrid’s urban canyons, with its five tiers and 360-degree scoreboard, it was a memorable 11th matchday. 

Both teams entered the game full of confidence and high-scoring wins – Real with a 5:2 over BVB, and “Barca” with a 4:1 against FC Bayern in the Champions League – into the game of games.

After exactly half an hour, it seemed that only HE could make the first impact: Kylian Mbappé. The new superstar of Real Madrid chipped the ball over Barcelona's substitute goalkeeper Inaki Pena, standing in for the long-injured German national keeper Marc-André ter Stegen, into the net.
But the 2018 World Cup winner and 2022 World Cup top scorer was offside with his knee in this action – and it remained (for now) at 0:0. 

Lewandowski: Just 141 Seconds

Robert Lewandowski then broke the deadlock after 54 minutes, scoring 1:0 for “Barca”; it was the first time the exceptional Polish footballer scored for “Mes que un Club” in a La Liga Clasico. “Playing such a pass at this level, they can do that even at three in the morning,” analyzed Sami Khedira, Champions League winner 2014 with Real, on DAZN.

It took less than 150 seconds for Lewandowski to double the lead for the guests with a header – Real Madrid, dominant but ultimately unrewarded in the first half, was shell-shocked!

And on the sidelines, Barcelona's German coach Hans-Dieter Flick, a “Triple” winner with Bayern and Lewandowski in 2020, nodded the ball in with a sensational scene just before celebrating. 

“Lewy” had only scored twice for Barcelona against Real before, exclusively in the Spanish Super Cup. While playing for Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, he was successful six times in the Champions League, including four times for BVB in the legendary CL semifinal (4:1) on April 24, 2013, in the Westfalenstadion.

In the 66th minute, Lewandowski hit the post after a pass from Raphinha – missing the decision!
This was completed by European champion Lamine Yamal in the 77th minute with a shot under the crossbar. “This is absolutely top-notch,” Khedira was stunned, “no one expected that.”

No, not really, because in the last ten Clasico duels Real had triumphed six times. Now the Bernabeu belonged to FC Barcelona – the biggest win since 4:0 in the 2021/2022 season.
Raphinha (85th minute), who scored a hat-trick in the CL match against Bayern, finally humiliated Real with a chipped ball to make it 4:0. 

Real vs. “Barca”: Always on Sundays…

Football trip tip: If you plan a Real Madrid football trip with El Clasico against FC Barcelona, you should know that this fixture has occurred on every day of the week. Three times “El Clasico” fell on a Monday, once on a Tuesday, five times on Wednesday, twice on Thursday, once on the diplomatic Friday, and for the 63rd time, “Los Blancos” and the “Blaugrana” faced off on a Saturday. Real and “Barca” have played each other 114 times on a Sunday.

This was the 11th time that La Liga’s schedulers scheduled this match for the 11th matchday. This is a shared record with the 26th matchday. The game, which electrifies football fans worldwide, took place for the third time on October 26. The last time was in 2013 (2:1 for Barcelona) and also in 1958 (4:0 for the Catalans).

When is the return match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid?

FC Barcelona will host Real Madrid for the return match on May 11, 2025 (35th matchday) – then El Clasico could potentially be decisive. You can request tickets here.