Iconic Clásicos

Barcelona dismantled Real Madrid so completely that Bernabéu supporters rose to applaud Ronaldinho after his second goal — a rare, era-defining gesture from a rival crowd. The result confirmed Frank Rijkaard's Barça as the dominant force in Spain and a warning shot for the Galácticos era, which unravelled within months.

José Mourinho's first Clásico as Real Madrid manager ended in the heaviest defeat of his career to that point. Pep Guardiola's Barcelona, inside the peak of the tiki-taka era, controlled possession almost completely and scored through Xavi, Pedro, David Villa (twice) and Jeffrén, announcing a Champions League-winning season in emphatic fashion.

Before Mourinho arrived, Madrid suffered their heaviest Clásico defeat at home in decades, with a young Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o running riot as Pep Guardiola's first Barça side clinched the title on the way to a historic treble. The result is still cited as one of the most lopsided results between the two clubs in the modern era.

Lionel Messi scored twice, including a stoppage-time winner he celebrated by holding up his shirt to the Bernabéu crowd, swinging the title race back Barcelona's way in the closing weeks of the season. It remains one of the most replayed individual Clásico moments of the 2010s.

Hansi Flick's Barcelona beat Real Madrid directly to confirm a second consecutive La Liga title, capping a season in which the two clubs also met in the Supercopa final in Jeddah and a league fixture at the Bernabéu. It was Barça's third Clásico of the campaign, and their second win in it.

Still the largest winning margin in the fixture's history, this second-leg rout — after Barcelona had won the first leg 3–0 — remains one of the most politically charged results in Spanish football history, and is still debated by historians today.