PSG could be the end of Zinedine Zidane
When Madrid humiliated Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup, 5-1 on aggregate, Barcelona fans were very afraid. Madrid, who won the double, started the campaign by brutalising a Barcelona hurt psychologically after Neymar's departure. And the Madrid media base started with their propaganda, saying Madrid were the best team in history. Four and a half months later, the footballing reality of the sides has changed and no Cule remembers the nightmare of the summer.
Barcelona are 19 points ahead of Madrid, who have lost three games at the Bernabeu. One of them was the 3-0 at the Clasico. It highlights the failed leadership of president Florentino Perez, who has kept his three sacred cows - Cristiano, Bale, Benzema - despite their bad sporting performance.
In Catalonia, Barcelona have gone 29 games without defeat in the three main competitions. They have won 23 and drawn 6. Invincible and heading towards glory. With La Liga won in the first half of the season they can focus on the cup and above all, the Champions. They can dream of a new historic treble.
Madrid, meanwhile, have waved goodbye to La Liga and and have to face PSG - Neymar, Cavani and Mbappe - et al - in the Champions League. A potential defeat which not even Zidane, despite his history, might be able to survive. The same Champions League that shot him to glory could be his tombstone.
