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There are fewer games in football that sit on a knife edge than El Clasico - but that's not always been the case. During the late 90s, Barcelona began establishing a dominance at home that saw Real Madrid go 16 games without a win and 6 seasons without evening scoring a goal! Up steps Raul - who not only broke the goal scoring hoodoo, but hit the Camp Nou with a celebration that has become as iconic as much as controversial at the time. In this episode, Nick & Paul look back over that game, how Real Madrid finally broke their bad run at the Camp Nou and how Raul and his celebration became enshrined into the very fabric of El Clasico! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we look into the details of the latest updates to the La Liga Salary Cap and discuss whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for Spanish football, the sacking of Coberan and Goulay at Valencia and what would break the cycle at Mestalla as well as looking at whether it is a matter of when and not if, Castellon are promoted back to La Liga! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We think it's time to cheer up fans of Valencia so we're bringing back our FIRST ever episode - The Crushing Machine! Rafa Benitez is often a manager that can split opinion but go back 25 years and he was on the cusp of completing the extraordinary. Join Nick and Paul for a brand new podcast, taking a nostalgic view of Spanish football. This week, it's all about Rafa Benitez and his Valencia side that went on to complete a Title and European cup double when Rafa's methods were seen as some of the most innovating in world football. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to La Crónica, a newly weekly installment from the team at El Partido where we bring things up to the present and talk about the biggest stories in Spanish football from this week. In this episode, we look into the recent rise of police clampdowns at football games on fans bringing the Estelada to games after two incidents in the space of a month, can Troy Parrott become the next Irish Superstar after his heroics against Real Madrid and is Inigo Perez struggling to get the best from Villarreal because there's still too much of the Marcelino blueprint in the team? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 years ago, a Welshman became the World's most experience footballer. Gareth Bale had emerged at Tottenham as one of the best wingers in modern football, showcasing power and pace along with an incredible eye for goal. It was this transformation that caught the eye of Florentino Perez and made him determined to make Bale his next Galactico. Whilst the excitement around Bale was high on his arrival, by the time he left 9 years later, he was booed and jeered out of the door... So what happened? How did a player of Gareth Bale's exceptional talent, a winner of 19 trophies including 5 Champions Leagues leave under such a cloud? In this episode we look back at Gareth Bale and his time with Los Blancos and ask the question, should he be considered a Real Madrid legend? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and over on our YouTube Channel. Also make sure to check out the new El Partido Store, for plenty of podcast merchandise as well as unique designs for fans of Spanish Football. https://elpartido.myshopify.com/ Follow us on Social Media too by searching for @El_Partido.es on X, Instagram and TikTok. If you want even more content from El Partido, then head over to our Substack to read more articles and join our Patreon for even more extra bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/c/El_Partido_es?view_as=patron&vanity=El_Partido_es https://substack.com/@elpartido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices