El Clasico: Barcelona say farewell to Cruyff... and Cristiano Ronaldo

As Barca salute the inventor of total football, can Real Madrid get one last hurrah from their great individualist?

Cristiano Ronaldo
(Image credit: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty)

Barcelona face Real Madrid in El Clasico on Saturday, with both clubs bidding farewell to icons.

For Barcelona it will offer the opportunity to remember Johan Cruyff. Fittingly the biggest club match in world football will be the first to be staged at the Camp Nou since his death last week at the age of 68.

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