Real Madrid beat Barça last season to raise the Spanish Copa del Rey here in Valencia although the team has failed to repeat their victory over the Azulgrana in four subsequent Clásicos in both the Champions League and the Spanish Superpcopa.
During the seven previous La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League and Supercopa matches since Mourinho and Guardiola faced off, there have been 21 goals, 52 bookings and nine red cards. Barca have won three, Madrid one and there have been three draws. The balance of trophies in that fevered series has been three to Barça and one to Mourinho's club.
The losses have been a thorn in Mourinho's side not only because his team was beaten. What has made matters worse is how much he wanted Pep Guardiola’s job and how much he wanted to show the Catalan club what it missed by not signing him to replace Frank Rijkaard in 2008.
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