Why Barcelona’s 8-0 Win over Deportivo Was a Perfect Result at a Perfect Time

Eight goals. Eight! How many times have you seen your team do that? Try doing it for your local side on a Sunday morning or against a mate at FIFA. It’s not that easy and is incredibly rare.

And it is even more special to do it away from home and at a time when you are being scrutinised like never before.

In the bars and restaurants around the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night, Real Madrid fans would have gathered ahead of their team’s match against Villarreal and watched on, hoping Deportivo La Coruna would do them a favour and that Barcelona would drop even more points in what has become a remarkable Primera Division title race.

Then, on 11 minutes, Luis Suarez scored.

On 24 minutes, he scored again.

In the second half, Barca scored six more goals. By the time Suarez teed up Neymar for the eighth, those Madrid supporters would have already long settled into their seats ahead of their club’s match, knowing they were guaranteed to end the evening behind their hated rivals in the table.

In the event, they won 3-0, with Atletico Madrid’s obdurate 1-0 success at Athletic Bilbao, courtesy of a Fernando Torres strike, ensuring all three title contenders ended the night as they started it: Barca ahead of Atletico on a head-to-head record with both ahead of Real by a point.

And it is important to remember that for all …

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