Barca Blaugranes · Dec 18, 2017
El Clásico Will Be a Barometer for FC Barcelona’s Progress After Supercup
FC Barcelona lost the Spanish Supercup in humiliating fashion against a Real Madrid that had won La Liga and the UEFA Champions League.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored, but he didn’t play the second leg after being booked for diving in the first leg. Even still, Madrid were too much for a Barcelona that had Neymar, perhaps their second best player, taken from them by Paris Saint-Germain.
Dire predictions were written that Madrid would always win everything forever and that Barcelona couldn’t compete.
That was then, but this is now. Barcelona are ahead of Madrid by 11 points, albeit having played one more game. Los Blancos are fourth, behind Atlético Madrid and Valencia.