Friday Flashback: Madrid’s Mejor Clásico. When Zidane, Raul, Ronaldo, & even Michael Owen ruled Spain (2005)

The best game in football is upon us once again: El Clásico. Real Madrid are tied on points atop of La Liga, and it will be the job of Los Galacticos to stop Pep Guardiola’s side in superb form. Barcelona have been in all the headlines, and rightly so, as Cristiano Ronaldo is playing great football but Lionel Messi has been just out of this world. I personally cannot see this Barcelona team losing at the Bernabeu on Saturday, but I wanted to give some hope to Madrid fans by bringing back memories of the masterful 4-2 victory over another great Barcelona team in 2005. To stop the likes of Ronaldinho in that game it took a complete performance from all the stars in Madrid: Zidane, Raul, Iker Casillas, Beckham, Michael Owen (seriously), & Ronaldo (the original #9). Zidane was a true artist, Beckham’s passes were unbelievable, and even Michael Owen couldn’t help but get himself on the scoresheet. Performances like these are what made these guys all (even little Michael) AFR Legends.