El Clasico

A form of El Clásico — Any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in Spain.

Meanings

nounEl Clasico (plural El Clasicos)

plural El Clasicos

  1. alternativeAlternative form of El Clásico.

    His assistant with the B-team and then the first team was Tito Vilanova, the man Mourinho poked in the eye on the touchline during an El Clasico.

    2013, Adrian Durham, Is He All That? Great Footballing Myths Shattered, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 259
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    The child didn’t begin training with the Spanish giants until September, which means he’s unlikely to feature in any of this season’s El Clasicos.

    2011 December 29, Martin Swain, “Big Sam gets thumbs up for silencing Brady bunch”, in Dudley Chronicle, Midland News Association, page 35

    Fernando Gago, in the white uniform of Real Madrid, and Lionel Messi, in the red and blue stripes of Barcelona, clash in an El Clasico match in La Liga.

    2010, Michael Hurley, World of Soccer, Chicago: Heinemann Library, →ISBN, page 10
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