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Ten years since Barcelona's 5-0 win over Real Madrid

  /  autty

November 29, 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of Barcelona's 5-0 thrashing of Real Madrid at the Camp Nou.

It was a Clasico that had it all, from incredible team goals, hot-tempered flashpoints and red cards which, unfortunately for Real Madrid, all went against them.

The goals

Barcelona outplayed their rivals from start to finish, picking them apart with a brand of football that reached its peak that night under Pep Guardiola.

Not even Jose Mourinho's tactics, both technical and mental, could stop the free flowing Catalans at the Camp Nou.

Mourinho's reaction

Mourinho suffered his biggest ever defeat as a coach that night, and even the Portuguese tactician didn't have a detailed reply.

"One [team] played to the best of their abilities, and the other [played] very badly. It's a defeat, not a humiliation," he told reporters.

Cristiano Ronaldo's push on Guardiola

One of the most talked about moments of the game didn't even happen on the pitch. With Real Madrid desperate to get the match restarted from a throw-in, Guardiola held onto the ball longer than Cristiano Ronaldo's liking, with the Portuguese star shoving the Barcelona coach after he had released it to the ground.

This, of course, ensued one of many mini-brawls on the pitch between both sets of players.

Sergio Ramos sees red

While the aforementioned episode caused a stir, Sergio Ramos' action in the closing stages of the game brought on a mass confrontation.

Visibly fuming with how the game went, and its humiliating nature, Ramos scythed down Leo Messi with a reckless lunge.

Ramos saw red, in more ways than one, as he took aim at just about everyone who entered his path, including then international colleagues Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique.