Real Madrid vs (3-1 on agg.) Barcelona
You better believe it sports betting fans!
El Clasico football games always matter, especially when there’s a trophy at stake.
And while victory is not necessarily a good omen for the nine months ahead, this is no different!
The betting odds clearly favour the top side in the world. After all, reigning European and world champions Real Madrid return home to the Bernabeu for the second leg holding a 3-1 advantage – that’s why Barcelona are priced Asian Handicap 0.00 @ 5.54 to triumph overall.
Of course, the tie is far from over as other odds show: Real are priced 1X2 @ 2.38 and Barcelona 1X2 @ 2.68.
Certainly, we all know these matches can change so quickly.
The first leg did in the blink of an eye.
Indeed, Cristiano Ronaldo’s been banned for five matches after shoving the referee following his red card – all within a three minute period in which he scored, was booked for taking his top off and then received a second yellow card for alleged diving.
Should Real feel aggrieved? Perhaps, given they have now finished four of the last five El Clasicos with 10 men.
Why should Ronaldo have been shown a second yellow for diving when Luis Suarez dived to win Barcelona a penalty five minutes earlier in the contest?
Whatever the rights and wrongs – and that debate deserves an article of its own – Los Blancos showed again in the Nou Camp why they are the number one.
The La Liga and Champions League winners had too much for the Catalans, themselves still reeling from the departure of Neymar.
More drama is surely guaranteed in Madrid as Zinedine Zidane goes in search of a second Super Cup triumph in eight days, while Ernesto Valverde bids for early success in his Nou Camp career.
Real are superior in every department right now and I expect them to prevail and lift yet more silverware.
Barca fans take heart though: the last six winners of the Supercopa de Espana have come up short in La Liga the following season.
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Disclaimer: Odds are correct at time of publish.
