El Clasico: 5 facts that you did not know about the game

#3 Freedom from Franco

Rexach scoring the winner

After years of being suppressed under the rule of General Franco, Catalonia was finally freed from the clutches of dictatorship. And for Barcelona, the Clasico of 1975, following Franco's passing, marked an important occasion.

The fiercely competitive match ended in a Barcelona win who were playing unlike any of their previous teams, with an air of expressiveness and freedom to their game. Barcelona won courtesy an 89th minute winner from Carles Rexach, famously known to the younger generations as the man who signed Lionel Messi for Barcelona by offering an informal contract on a napkin.

The stadium burst into a frenzy as the Catalan supporters wildly celebrated the winner by waving a thousand Catalan flags, something that wasn't seen in the stadium since 1939. Barcelona's website describes the game as "the most wanted, dreamed of and applauded victory."