5 greatest El Clasico moments in recent history

1. Figo gets the pig’s head

Portuguese legend Luis Figo’s transfer and the events that followed it perfectly explains the intensity of the rivalry shared between the two sides. Five years after joining Barcelona, the midfielder made a surprise £37 million move to Real Madrid in 2000, earning mass hatred and hostility from Blaugrana fans who who thought that Figo had betrayed them.

Figo got his share of abuse from the Barcelona fans from time to time, but nothing would have prepared him for what happened during an encounter between the two sides in 2002 at Camp Nou.

Everytime he went towards the corner flag to take a corner kick, Figo would have an array of objects like coins, knives and bottles thrown at him. However, many were left in shock when a pig’s head came flying towards him.

Yes, a pig was decapitated, its head carried into the ground and thrown towards the man who Barca fans saw as a traitor.

The moment went on to become one of the most iconic moments in the history of the two clubs’ rivalry.