Real Madrid won its fourth consecutive classic, something it had not achieved for 60 years

Real Madrid, who beat FC Barcelona 1-2 on Sunday at the Camp Nou, He hadn’t won four classics in a row since the 1960s, when, under the direction of Miguel Muñoz, he linked his best historical streak with seven consecutive victories.

The current series was started by the Whites on the twenty-sixth day of the 2019-20 season, on March 1, 2020, when he won at the Santiago Bernabéu 2-0 with goals from Vinicius and Mariano Díaz just before the pandemic.

Last year the team led by Zinedine Zidane won 1-3 on the seventh day, just a year ago, with goals from Fede Valverde, Sergio Ramos, from a penalty, and Luka Modric, while Ansu Fati scored for FC Barcelona.

In the second round, on the thirtieth day, on April 10, Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos sealed a victory in the first half hour slowed down in the second half by Óscar Mingueza (2-1).

And the fourth win in a row came this Sunday on the tenth day of the 2021/22 campaign. with the 1-2 thanks to the goals of the Austrian David Alaba and Lucas Vázquez, cut in the extension by the Argentine Sergio When Omen.

In the 60s the white box linked its best winning streak with seven. It began in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Cup, on April 22, 1962, with a 1-3 (goals from Luis del Sol, Ferenc Puskas and Paco Gento), and ended on February 28, 1965, with a 1-2 (both Pirri and Serena).

In that streak there was a 1-5 at the Camp Nou and a 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu, with two triplets from Puskas. The balance in favor of the whites was 22 goals scored by five against.

Two other times throughout the history of the classic, Real Madrid achieved four consecutive wins. The first time between March 5, 1933 and February 2, 1935 (the remembered 8-2), and the second between December 22, 1935 and January 28, 1940. (D)