Has there ever been a Clasico UEFA Champions League final? Real Madrid and Barcelona could meet at Wembley Stadium in 2024

There are considerable hurdles in the way but the potential prize at the finish line is irresistible.

If they win their quarterfinals and semifinals, Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the 2024 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley.

El Clasico and the rivalry behind it has simmered for over a century. The meetings in the previous decade between the superclubs fueled by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s great deeds made the fixture and all its historic grandeur appointment viewing for the modern generation.

Messi and Ronaldo have, of course, left the stage, but with Jude Bellingham helming what looks like Madrid’s latest Galacticos era and a cluster of incredible young talent once again coming through the ranks at Barca, fans have more than enough new heroes to pin their hopes on.

So will we see European football’s biggest modern rivalry in its’ biggest showpiece match?

Real Madrid vs. Man City in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal

The most famous Champions League meetings between Madrid and Barca came in the 2010/11 semifinals, two matches that concluded a tempestuous run of four Clasicos in the space of 17 days when the enmity between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho was at its peak.

Messi scored twice inside the final 15 minutes to silence the Santiago Bernabeu, the first a majestic solo effort, and Barcelona never let Madrid make a dent in that 2-0 first-leg advantage as the sides played out a 1-1 draw in the Camp Nou return.

The Blaugrana went on to win their second Champions League title in three seasons, preceding a run of agonising near-misses for Clasico finals. To this day, we have not seen one in the Champions League.

In 2012, Guardiola’s Barca lost to Chelsea despite dominating the vast majority of their