Football Classic: Ronaldinho receiving standing ovation from Bernabeu

On November 19, 2005, Ronaldinho received a standing ovation from Bernabeu with his spectacular individual performances. Barca beat Real Madrid 3-0 in that match.

Thousands of Real Madrid fans applauded Ronaldinho's marvelous efforts that evening - a rare glimpse of admiration from the often indignant Los Blancos support.

Ronaldinho was truly unplayable that night. He ducked and weaved through players like never before.

The 25-year-old scored two superb individual goals as Barcelona romped to victory over their biggest rivals, and it all began on the hour mark, when the Barcelona man skipped past two challenges with ease and fired past Iker Casillas.

Los Blancos looked on helpless. In fact, they looked on in fear, trying to guess Ronaldinho's next move.

In a similar turn of events, the Barcelona man took on two defenders on the left to slot home past. 3-0.

It was a moment to cherish for everyone in attendance. Iconically, a moustached Real Madrid fan, who wore a scarf over his neck, stood up and started cheering what he just had witnessed.

Then everyone joined in, in awe of what Ronaldinho had just done.

Rather incredibly, Ronaldinho admitted later on that he didn't even realise he was being applauded by the Real Madrid support:

"No, I didn't realise in the moment." he said. "I remembered when we arrived to the locker room and everybody was talking about it and I went to check it on the TV.

"Because of the joy of scoring and the celebration, I didn't notice the standing ovation. It's special. Only a few players have had this joy of being acclaimed by the fans of your arch-rivals in a derby."