I. Martinez: Last season at the "Real" stadium, they respected the "Barcelona" club.

2025-09-03 13:44 © AFP

Former "Barcelona" club defender Inigo Martinez recalled last season's matches against Madrid's "Real" club and mentioned the team's resilience in the second half of the season:

"All the matches against "Real" were special in some way. People said: No, since you won two matches against this team, you will stay in third place.

But we bounced back and won. We secured the "Copa del Rey" title by defeating them in the final. We already knew them very well."

The "Royal" club respected us on the field, and this was very clear on the pitch.

We constantly felt that the Madrid team could not resist us."

Last season, the "Barcelona" club won all three titles in Spain.