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El Clasico? Not exactly. Real Madrid's newly-formed women's team are still not yet a match for Barcelona

When it comes to setting up a women’s team, Real Madrid have made even Manchester United look dynamic.

It is just three years since the Old Trafford board finally accepted the lack of such a side was embarrassing, yet a mere three months since a team which could genuinely be called ‘Real Madrid Femenino’ stepped on to a pitch.

In 2019 the club appropriated a local women’s side, Club Deportivo Tacon, and kitted them out in white strip. The team retained the Tacon name and did not carry the Real emblem last season.