Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2003/04 ( FULL MATCH )

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El Real Madrid venció 1-2 al Barcelona en el Camp Nou en la 15ª jornada de Liga de la temporada 2003-04. Goals : Kluivert 82' | Roberto Carlos 37', Ronaldo 74' As the final whistle blew at Camp Nou on Saturday night Roberto Carlos sprinted across the turf to David Beckham, wearing a smile almost as broad as his thighs. Locked in the tightest of embraces, together they jigged up and down, celebrating Real Madrid's first league victory in Barcelona for 20 years - by two goals to one. The Brazilian's choice of dance partner was no accident. If any last doubts lingered over David Beckham's ability to succeed in Spain they had just been laid to rest in the toughest, most hostile arena. Thousands of fans had lined up on the grandstand-like steps leading to Camp Nou to welcome Madrid's team coach with abuse, cans and stones. Nor was it only the radicals: grannies and grandads joined in the choruses, chants and choice repartee. Inside the welcome was louder still, an ear-bleeding whistle from nearly 100,000 clamouring culés . And although the reception was inevitably hottest for Luis Figo, Beckham - who rejected Barcelona in the summer - quickly discovered what the home fans think of him. The first time he got near the ball was on the far touchline in the second minute. Immediately a banner unfurled behind him, saying, in English: "Beckham is a wanker." Yet he relished the challenge, enjoying the adversity, the atmosphere and the crunching midfield battle with Barça's hot-headed Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta, whom he caught with an elbow. Increasingly, Madrid got the upper hand and Camp Nou grew quieter, frustrated by their side's lack of ideas in a disappointing first half. A Patrick Kluivert shot spoke volumes as it sailed out for a throw and when Roberto Carlos scored a deflected first the ground deflated. It might have been Madrid's only chance but it was deserved. From their second opportunity in the 73rd minute Ronaldo added another. "Coming here as a Madrid player in front of 98,000 and beating Barcelona after all this time is just as sweet as winning the European Cup," Beckham said. It was also, he might have added, a watershed - the end of the beginning, the passing of his greatest test. It mattered little that Madrid's goals were scored by Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo. Nor that their goalkeeper Iker Casillas made his now-customary string of fine saves as Barcelona came steaming back late on, led by the second-half substitutes Marc Overmars, Ricardo Quaresma and Javier Saviola. This was as much Beckham's triumph. Not because it was the England captain who picked out Zinedine Zidane to create the first; it was rather that, as the latest galáctico, this season belongs to him as last year belonged to Ronaldo and the year before Zidane. Each year at Madrid is defined by its newcomer. This is Beckham's year; all Madrid's successes this season will forever be defined as his successes.