The FC crew debate whether Real Madrid or Barcelona will triumph in the 266th installment of El Clasico. Former Barcelona player Edmilson hails El Clasico as the most 'special' derby he has ever played in. ESPN's Fernando Palomo delves into Spain's most storied rivalry, as Lionel Messi and Barcelona get set to take on Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid. Legend has it that the Reconquista began at Covadonga in the mountains of Asturias in 718 or 719 when Pelayo defeated the Moors. Poorly armed and unassisted by anyone, some versions of the story have barely 300 men resisting and then routing a feared, undefeated force that had overrun the rest of the peninsula and numbered in the thousands. Only Asturias had never been conquered; now the nobleman sparked a rebellion that headed south over the next 700 years. A statue of Pelayo stands near the holy...
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