For Real Madrid fans, this El Clasico felt like sweet payback. After losing every meeting against Barcelona last season, the Spanish champions finally turned the tide with a 2-1 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu in the first El Clasico of the 2025–26 La Liga season. The win not only widened Madrid’s lead at the top of the table to five points but also sent a clear message that the balance of power may be shifting once again.

It was a game filled with drama, and a touch of poetry. Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring midway through the first half, assisted by Jude Bellingham, before Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez levelled things in the 38th minute. But Bellingham, as he so often does, found the perfect reply, drilling home just before half-time to seal the points for Madrid. Mbappe could have added m

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