Why can Barcelona and Real Madrid also be called Derby?

Derby is a small town in Derby, England. Derby's horses are particularly good. Every time they win the championship, every horse race becomes a derby between horses, and horses in other places are not ranked first. Later it was called Derby. Now the derby is extended to the competition between sports teams in the same city.

Later, it evolved into a contest between two high-level teams in a country or even a region. The national derby is generally a competition between the two most powerful teams in a country, but it is very important that these two teams usually must be traditional strong teams with a long history and deep background.

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The national derby refers to the confrontation between the only two teams with the strongest strength, the greatest influence and the fiercest antagonism in the same country. Now the meaning of derby has been expanded and national derby is widely used, but according to the traditional definition, the real national derby is only Spain, Argentina, Scotland and Italy.

Other countries have a third or more teams that can compete with these two teams, such as England, the Netherlands and Portugal. Some countries cannot find two teams with equal strength and influence, such as France and Germany; Some countries have achieved these two conditions, but there is no hot atmosphere and tradition of national derby, such as Ukraine.

But these countries can also find their own national derby if measured by broad national derby standards.

Italy

National Derby: Juventus VS Inter Milan

Spain

National Derby (World War II): Barcelona VS Real Madrid

Scotland

Glasgow Derby (National Derby, Time-honored): Celtic VS Glasgow Wanderers

Argentina

National Derby: River Bed VS Boca Youth

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