Argentina’s Gerardo ‘Tada’ Martino won his first Clasico title on October 26, 2013 (2-1), with no Barcelona coach winning his first match against him. Real Madrid.
In that match, played at the Camp Nou, on the match bench was precisely Carlo Ancelotti, then another debutant coach in the Classic, who started his first phase as the leader of the white team.
In that clash, Neymar put Barca ahead in the 18th minute before Alexis Sanchez scored the second in the 78th minute. The visitor scored the goal.
Since then, no Barça coach has won his first Classic Cup. An eleven-year drought unbroken by the following five coaches of the Catalan team.
Luis Enrique Martinez was defeated in LaLiga (3-1), Luis Suarez’s debut as a Barca player, and Ernesto Valverde drew 1-3 in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. .
Quique Setien, who arrived as the season had already started, lost 2–0 at the Bernábeu, where Barça also lost their lead on the day; Ronald Koeman lost 1-3 in the first Classic in pandemic times; And Javi Hernandez did the same, but in extra time (3-2) in the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup in Riyadh.
This Saturday, Hansi Flick will have a chance to end the bad streak and follow suit again At ‘Tata’ Martino. The German coach did just that a few weeks ago, as the Rosario coach did in his day with seven wins in the first seven La Liga games.
