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Barcelona take on Real Madrid tonight at Santiago Bernabeu. No matter who wins, it's goals like these that make the contest the very best of club football anywhere in the world.

Lionel Messi, Barcelona, 2011 To even try to describe this goal would be a travesty. Just do yourself a favour and watch the genius that is Messi. A wickedly innovative assist, Messi’s incredible burst that saw him skip past three Real defenders, and the finish... this is a goal which just gets better the more often you see it.

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Christiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 2011 If Messi's there, can Ronaldo be far behind? This was a goal built not just on individual supremacy but from a brilliant attack by Real Madrid. After scintillating wing play, Angel Di Maria crossed and Ronaldo rose perfectly to guide a powerful header into the top corner and settle the Copa Del Rey final.

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Raul, Real Madrid, 2002 This was a big occasion, the Champions League semi-final, and it needed a big moment. Raul made it a night to remember, receiving a pass from fellow Galactico Zinedine Zidane and then unleashing an incredible left-footed piledriver from some way out, straight into the top corner. As he wheeled away in typical style, putting his finger on his lips, Real Madrid went on to win that tie and the 2002 Champions League as well.

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Ronaldinho, Barcelona, 2005 This goal was Ronaldinho at his peak, deadly, beautiful and sublime. On the counter, Ronaldinho glided through from the half-way mark, easily dancing past a Sergio Ramos lunge into the penalty box. Not the sort to lose any sort of composure in front of goal, he effortlessly smashed it into the bottom corner.

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Roberto Carlos, Real Madrid, 2000 They didn’t call him the king of free kicks for nothing. In less than five minutes after kick off, Roberto Carlos stepped up to scorch a 35-yarder past the Barcelona wall, past the goal-keeper and right into the net. It was outrageous, it was powerful, it was just Carlos doing what he did best.

And so on to tonight's showdown.

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