While speaking in an interview with CompleteSports, retired Super Eagles star, Emmanuel Amuneke, who played for FC Barcelona during his prime days, opened up on his experience on the big clash between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, popularly called, El Clasico.

Here are excerpts from the chat;

Na war that time o! Players looked up to that game, and even a good game in the Clasico would see them keep their place in the team. I had one good experience with Barcelona and I was happy we won.

Our coach then Louis Van Gaal and several Spanish players in the team knew what it took to win the big game. The Catalan city was always agog prior to the game and players knew how a victory could see them celebrate afterwards.

For me there’s none that comes close to El Clasico. The quality of players on parade, the stadium, the ambience, the rivalry so intense, and even the players know they can’t afford to lose.

Those who play in Italy will pick the Rome derby or the Milan derby while in England, the Manchester derby, London derby also is regarded highly. But I think the Milan derby too in the past was one derby that many football followers looked forward to.

That was a big game back then too but not as big as El Clasico. It had to be referred to as big match as well, but not as big as El Clasico.

Nothing is impossible. We know what is at stake, and we are ready to go down that lane to see we make ourselves proud. We face Lesotho away and we’ll try to win there to boost our chances of reaching the AFCON in Cameroon. Uganda who are the group leaders will host Cape Verde, so we hope and pray both games end in our favour.

They are one step closer to Cameroon. One more win for the Super Eagles and we are through and I think it’s a good development for us after playing at the World Cup. The AFCON is another tournament for this young team to grow further.

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