#5 Real Madrid 0-5 Barcelona – La Liga, February 7th, 1974
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During a season where Johan Cruyff inspired Barcelona to their first La Liga title in 14 years, one result stood out above any other.
When the Catalans headed to the Bernabeu, a venue where they’d only won three times in the previous 26 years, no one could’ve imagined what was to come.
The Dutchman was at his imperious best and Real Madrid couldn’t get near him for the entire game.
Asensi opened the scoring with a smart near-post finish for the Blaugrana on the half hour mark and once Cruyff had doubled the lead on 39 minutes after dancing through the challenges of three defenders, the writing was on the wall.
A poor clearance from Los Blancos in the 54th minute fell to Asensi who powered through the opposition to fire Barca further ahead. As Real pushed forward trying to get a foothold in the game, a simple counter-attack and long ball from Cruyff fell at the feet of Juan Carlos. As the keeper advanced, Carlos delivered a peach of a lob into the top corner for the goal of the game – and there were still 25 minutes to go!
Just four minutes later, Cruyff’s free-kick found the head of Sotil who was unmarked in the six-yard box despite there being four Real defenders within reasonably close proximity. The striker buried it for one of the best-ever victories on enemy territory.
