LaLiga 2018/19: Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona, 5 key takeaways

#3 The next generation coming of age

Reguilon was one of the most impressive performers

El Clasico is widely believed to be the biggest club football match on the planet, with viewership running into hundreds of millions around the world.

Whenever Real Madrid and Barcelona lock horns, the world takes a break to watch the gladiators battle it out for supremacy in 90 minutes.

The history and caliber of players associated with this fixture has increased its popularity, while both teams' statures as being among the biggest clubs in the world give it a special appeal.

El Clasico however cuts across just football, having its origins firmly rooted in political and cultural divides, with both sets of fans seeing the match as an almost do or die affair where defeat is rarely tolerated.

The matches are not for the faint-hearted and even the most experienced of players feel the heat and tension whenever they participate in a Clasico, much less for young inexperienced players.

Both sides currently have an abundance of youngsters within their ranks, as they have started building for a future without the likes of Messi, Benzema, Ramos and Busquets.

On the night, a number of these youngsters featured and they took to the Clasico like fishes to water, not looking out of place and discharging their duties with excellence.

Players like Vinicius Jr, Clement Lenglet, Sergio Reguilon, Arthur, Federico Valverde were on show in the biggest club fixture in the world, but did not look out of place despite playing alongside some established greats like Messi, Ramos, Busquets, Bale and the likes.

Indeed, some of the best performers on the night were the young players on the field and on account of the displays by their youngsters, it is safe to say that the futures of Barcelona and Real Madrid are in the right hands (legs?).