What makes a derby a derby, is a great love for your club and hatred for the greatest rival, are the two most important reasons why the derby is special. In order for a football derby to be big, it is necessary to have an equal reputation for two clubs, a similar number of fans, an uncertain race in all competitions and naturally different colors of the club.
Football is itself a pure emotion, but there is a period when what we feel about the twenty-two men chasing the ball, can not be measured or compared with anything.
The mentioned period can often vary with intensity and length, from several days to several weeks but it is still easy to determine that the epicenter of "madness" stays somewhere between 90 and 120 minutes, excluding a potential penal series.Then everything that really matters and essentially becomes absolutely irrelevant, and your thoughts and all the types of energy you give are focused on just one thing. That your beloved team records victory over the biggest, eternal rival.
What is morally, becomes immoral - then the way and means are not chosen in order to reach the goal. Then it is only important that your team, after the last referee whistle, raise your arms above your head, while you are thrown in the trance and rejoice with the people you have seen for the first time in your life. The game that has the power to divide cities into half, the eternal rivalries that turn the brothers and great friends into the hot rivals, but at the same time they provide us with unique experience and luck, as well as valuable, unforgettable memories.
We only have few of these kind of games in the world, so I bring you next two for this fifth edition of Greatest Football Derbies in the World series :
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Real Madrid – Barselona
This is not just Spanish or derby of two different countries that are experienced by the Catalans, but this is a world derby aslo. The famous El Classico is being tracked all over the world, it's a little to say that millions of people are watching this event, and the quality of this derby is immeasurable with any other.
This rivalry draws heavily on both the political disagreement of the two clubs, the dictatorship of Franco back in 1936, and the repression of the Catalan province and the favors of Real Madrid.
Barcelona was founded in 1899, while Real Madrid was founded three years later. The founder who played the most important role in the history of Real Madrid and who laid the club on a strong foundation is Santiago Bernabeu, the man named after the stadium in Madrid. The former club player, coach, manager and president for 35 years is the most deserving of the power of Real Madrid as it is today.
Transfer of Luis Figo remains the best example of the rivalry of two clubs. Playing for Barcelona from 1995-2000. Figo has declared, "I'm not that crazy to push for Real Madrid," they were taken seriously by Barcelona fans and they believed him on the floor. In 2000, he signed for their biggest rival, and they "honored" him on the ground, mobile phones, forged money even with the famous pig head.
Today, the two biggest and safest clubs in the world, with the best players, represent a best of football today.
Real Madrid with 33 Spanish league titles and 13 trophies of the Champions League have the advantage over Barcelona with 24 titles of the Spanish Championship and 4 titles of the Champions League.
Lionel Messi is El Clasico's top scorer with 23 goals scored.
River Plate - Boca Juniors
The famous Superclassico would not be unsuspecting to be in the top spot. River Plate was founded in 1901 in the suburb of Buenos Aires. With a huge investment since the beginning of their existence, they have been nicknamed "Millionaires", while the Boca Juniors club was founded four years later, by Italian immigrants who were from Genoa and came to Sweden's boat (colors of the flag club of Sweden), hence the nicknames of the club "Genovese" "Blue Gold". The first derby was played in 1908.
This derby is great for fanatical fans who have embroiled love for their club like religion. They are ready to die for the colors that the club wears, frequent gangsters fights as fiery, as cold weapons.
Boca fans are calling their biggest rivals "Chickens" while River fans call their opponents "Little Pigs". There are frequent inter-fan provocations of the fans, but neither players are left behind. When Carlos Tevez returned to Boca in 2015, the goal he gave to the biggest rivals was celebrating the imitation of the chains.
When it comes to the race to win the national championship of Argentina, River has the advantage of winning 36 titles, while Boca has 31, when it comes to Cup Libertadores, Boca is better and has won 6 trophies while their biggest rival has 3 trophies.
Playing at "La Bombonera" or at "El Munamental" we believe that the experience is invaluable.
This is the fifth article of Greatest Football Derbies in the World series. I'll bring you more of extreme worlds rivalries in upcoming articles. Hope that, this was interesting for you. Thanks for reading.
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