'El Clasico Craze in India: PM Modi Praises Real Madrid and Barcelona during Roadshow'

During an event in Gujarat, India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his enthusiasm for the Real Madrid vs Barcelona El Clasico La Liga game, echoing the craze for the match in the country. This exciting moment occurred during a roadshow in Vadodara, where he was joined by the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sanchez.

"Spanish football is liked a lot in India. Yesterday, the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the discussions were held in India, too. Barcelona's brilliant win was a subject of discussion here as well. I can also tell you that there was as much banter between the fans of the two clubs in India, as it would've been in Spain," PM Modi said during the event.

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During the match, Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski scored a quick-fire second-half double to set the leaders on course for a 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid that handed the hosts their first defeat in 42 LaLiga games in a sensational Clasico encounter.

After four consecutive Clasico defeats, Barcelona claimed their first triumph over Real since March 2023 in style with a clinical performance in which they were true to coach Hansi Flick's ideas of gambling with an aggressively high defence.

The visitors were more than comfortable playing on the counter-attack, exploiting the lightning speed of Raphinha and Yamal to help feed LaLiga top scorer Lewandowski.

"We are very happy, very happy. To win here like this is a great victory," Lewandowski told DAZN. "The season is long, but this victory can help us with a lot more, with confidence and football ... so far we haven't won anything, but the important thing is that we have a clear idea, we know where we want to go on."

Mbappe's off key performance will have increased the growing concern in the Spanish capital over the France captain's slow start at Real since he arrived from Paris St Germain in June.

(With inputs from agencies)