The other great stars of the Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona |Goal.com Mexico

2022-10-11 20:38:39 By : Ms. Jane Liu

We review the history of some players who marked the history of the Clásico without even being the stars of their teams.It's Clásico week, and as always, statistics and data of all colors about the matches between Real Madrid and Fútbol Club Barcelona are searched in the newspaper archives.Enough for fans of both sides to see, if they wish, the superiority of theirs in historical records that show great equality.And when you look at the players, the biggest names always come to the fore;Leo Messi above all, tied with Ramos as the one who has played the most classics and being the highest scorer in the history of the historic duel.Cristiano Ronaldo, Di Stéfano and Raúl are the whites' most prominent names.And with those four monsters come other legends like Luis Suárez (both; the Galician and the Uruguayan), Puskas, Gento, César,...But there is another type of player, often also known, but who go more unnoticed among the legendary names that parade through the memories of the fans of both teams.Players who, often, with a special character that allowed them, or allows them, to stand out at key moments, in hot games, when others hide.Historical white striker, the one from Pamplona was an outstanding scorer in the first half of the 20th century, and scored more than 80 goals with the Real Madrid jersey.In the Clásico, for this reason, he smelled more blood than usual and scored eight goals in eight games, one per game, a brutal average that allows him to still be among the top scorers in the history of Real Madrid vs Barcelona .The iconic Cameroonian player spent five seasons at Barcelona and stood out for his fierce character.That same personality that made him 'crack' Ronaldinho and other colleagues in Barcelona for his lack of professionalism or threaten to leave La Romareda for racist chants is the one that forced him to step forward at key moments, such as the goal he scored against Barça in the 2009 UCL final, in the midst of a United gale and surrounded by players from Ferguson's powerful team.He scored 11 goals for Madrid in his career, four in the Clásicos, and it is no coincidence that he was in some of the great recent thrashings of the Catalans against Madrid, such as 2-6 in 2009, where he gave an assist the Gol.Talking about character in the classics must lead at some point to the figure of the current coach.He disputed them from both fronts and in both he scored.The Spaniard has never been one to hide and with the whites, in Barça's golden age, he participated in the 5-0 win over Cruyff's already decadent team.With the culés, being in Barcelona in some of the darkest years of the entity and measuring himself against Madrid de los Galacticos, he showed his face like few others.With him on the field, Barcelona won eight classics, drew seven and only lost three.Eight goals in 12 classics adorn the participation of the courageous Chilean striker in the clashes between Spanish mastodons of the 90s. Facing the legendary 'Dream Team' of Johan Cruyff, Zamorano was always a last in the shoe of Barcelona, ​​who suffered to stop their power aerial.His strong and strange friendship with the Barça legend against whom he competed, Hristo Stoichkov, another of the great names in the history of the classic and who was decisive on more than one occasion for the Catalans, is remembered.His first matches against the still Quinta del Buitre were not positive, and his last, on a personal level, already in Villarreal against Madrid Galáctico, neither.But, between the two, the man from Benidorm has a brilliant record of victories against the meringues, being an iconic player of the 'Dream Team'.We must remember his headed goal to win 0-1 at the Bernabéu in La Liga 93/94, key to the enormous comeback from Barcelona to Super Depor, culminating in the trigger of Djukic's penalty and Cruyff's last league.