It has felt inevitable for some time, but Sunday night’s defeat to Barcelona confirmed that Real Madrid will end the 2025–26 season without a trophy.

Barcelona strolled to a 2–0 victory in the first Clásico at Camp Nou in three years, thus giving the Catalans an unassailable lead at the top of La Liga .

While the outcome may have seemed predetermined, the match itself will, nevertheless, have been a source of pain and frustration to many Madridistas given that their team failed to stick a fly in the punch bowl at Barcelona’s coronation party . However, at this stage of a dismal season, some fans may simply be numb to it all.

Marcus Rashford opened the scoring with a superb free kick before the ten-minute mark, while Ferran Torres’s smashed finish, after running on to Dani Olmo’s flicked assist, doubled the hosts’ lead on 18 minutes.

Chant’s of olé and camepones broke out before halftime as Barça toyed with a listless Real Madrid , who—at least—stopped the scoreline from getting worse after the break…