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Mourinho – ‘I Am Not Stupid’ – Keeps Game Plan Under Wraps for Madrid’s Trip to Barcelona – WTOP News
Mourinho’s return revives a rivalry he once led to a league title and a Copa del Rey, with Real Madrid six points behind Barcelona.
- On Sunday, October 25, 2026, Real Madrid visits Barcelona at the Spotify Camp Nou for the Clasico. The match is expected to draw a global audience of more than 600 million viewers.
- Trailing league leaders Barcelona by six points, Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho returns to this fixture for the first time since 2013. He seeks to revitalize his team's domestic campaign.
- Barcelona enters unbeaten, having won all nine league games while scoring 39 goals under manager Hansi Flick. The team maintains a dominant 69.4% average ball possession, by far the highest in LaLiga.
- Dismissing suggestions the game serves as a "litmus test," Jose Mourinho insisted "Madrid with Mourinho wins trophies." He emphasized that Barcelona's midweek Champions League loss would not diminish this fixture's intensity.
- Journalist Phil Ball describes the rivalry as "morbo," a uniquely Spanish brand of antagonistic needle transforming the fixture into a proxy battle over cultural and historical divides. The Clasico remains a global spectacle.
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Mourinho – ‘I am not stupid’ – keeps game plan under wraps for Madrid’s trip to Barcelona – WTOP News
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Total News Sources107
Leaning Left16Leaning Right8Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources lean Left
45% Left
L 45%
C 33%
R 22%
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