Barcelona faced an impossible week including two Clasicos but were perfect. Here's how they did it

So extraordinary has this week been for both Real Madrid and Barcelona that I think it's worth stopping and reflecting on the calibre of gun barrel down which Barca were staring at half-time last Saturday in Sevilla. With the fates having arranged that the reigning Spanish champions, in limp form at the time, had to play Sevilla away and then face Real Madrid at the Bernabeu twice in the space of 72 hours, you'd have been forgiven for indulging in some doomsday thinking. Losing 2-1 at half-time...