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Spanish Press React to Bernabeu Going 'A Bit Crazy' After 2-0 Clasico Win

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On a cold, blustery Sunday night—and despite it being the first Clasico to be visited by rain in a decade—Real Madrid's fans were in ecstasy at the final whistle, with many in the upper tiers of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium happily discarding their white waterproof ponchos so they could launch them on to the pitch below.

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0—thanks to a pair of goals that found their purchase more by chance than skill—to secure a first home win against their eternal rivals since 2014. It was a match high on drama but low on quality, played by two clubs who, as Ramon Besa in El Pais described, are "prisoners of veteran teams.