This weekend the gap between Barcelona and Madrid could stretch to 12 points or be reduced to six – and which way the title race swings could depend on how the two coaches consider a match-up that has had more effect on recent Clasicos than any other: that between Madrid’s dynamic attacker, Vinicius Junior and Barcelona’s dominant defender, Ronald Araujo.

Here, in an audio version of the column I wrote for ESPNFC, I trace the situation back to one of the most famous matches in the history of FC Barcelona – with a little help from a couple of the participants.

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Vinicius v Araujo and the dream team equation at the heart of Sunday's Clasico – ESPN Weekly