On Saturday Barça will face Cordoba and according to the honor president of the Andalusian club in EFE agency, Real Madrid gave 100.000 pesetas to each white and green player to win against Barça. It was the penultimate fixture of the 1971/72 season and thanks to Cordoba's victory (1-0), the Whites won La Liga.Rafael Campanero explained that the General Tecnical Secretary of Cordoba, Antonio Martínez, White manager, gave the opportunity to give a bonus to the Cordoba players to beat Barça: "That match was worth being upset and it could cost me more."This was the last match between the two teams and on Saturday they will meet again 42 years later.
Barcelona head into the weekend four points behind the La Liga leaders, but are firm favourites to close the gap when they play host to a struggling Cordoba side.