Ahead of Saturday’s mouthwatering El Clasico clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Bernabeu, we look back at 10 past matches between the two bitter rivals in years gone by.
10) PIG’S HEAD THROWN AT FIGO
Former Barcelona star Luis Figo, who crossed the divide to join Los Blancos for a then world-record fee of €60m back in 2000, stirred up much controversy over the move. Indeed, in his second visit back to his old stomping ground as a Madrid player, he was pelted with many objects – including a pig’s head – as he went to take a corner. The encounter, which finished 0-0, was abandoned for several minutes while the authorities tried to keep the hatred of the Catalonian crowd underwraps. (November 2002).