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Ahead of El Clasico on 21 April, former Real Madrid player Mesut Ozil stated that the current situation of El Clasico is because of Barcelona. Today, the hype of El Clasico is not as it used to be.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are set to play the remaining El Clasico of the season at the Santiago Bernabeu this Sunday. Just before the game, the former Madrid midfielder said Barcelona is responsible for taking El Clasico down.
Mesut Ozil also enjoyed Madrid’s recent Champions League win against Manchester City in the Quarter-Final.
Halaaaaa Madriiiiiid 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Mesut Özil (@M10) April 17, 2024
While speaking with Marca, he said Pep Guardiola’s Barca was the best Barca in history and it was at another level. The current rivalry is completely different. He said
At that time, it was the most important match in world football. Unfortunately for us, Pep’s Barça was perhaps the best Barça in history. It was at another level, certainly different from today’s Barça.
I think that right now worldwide attention is more focused on games like Liverpool-Manchester City or other Premier League duels. Here, I think the Clásico has gone down and that’s a shame.
But that’s not Real Madrid’s fault, as they are undoubtedly one of the best teams in the world. The problem is Barça, who have lost potential. Barcelona are struggling; they are trying.
They have good players in all positions, but they have had too many injuries this season and maybe they should look a bit more at themselves and their mistakes and stop complaining about the referees all the time.
Real Madrid is currently at the top spot in the La Liga table with 8 8-point lead over Barcelona. Girona’s Artem Dovbyk is the leading goal scorer with 17 goals, followed by Madrid’s Jude Bellingham and Osasuna’s Ante Budimir who have scored 16 goals each.
