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The last time 3 El Clasico's were played in 1 month (2019):
Barcelona 1 - 1 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 0 - 3 Barcelona
Real Madrid 0 - 1 Barcelona
In 2011, there were three Clásicos in just 18 days! That's the all-time record for closeness. That was in three different competitions. The league game was drawn, Madrid won in the cup and Barça qualified for the Champions League final.
Two more in the 80s:
Early in 1988/89, the teams played the two legs of the Spanish Super Cup, won by Madrid, and also met in La Liga at the Bernabéu, which was another loss for Barça. All in the space of 32 days.
In 1982/83, they met in the finals of both the Copa del Rey and the old League Cup, which was a two-legged affair. In just 26 days, Barça added not one but two new trophies to their collection.
There were also three Clásicos in 26 days in late 1960. Barça famously beat Real Madrid in the European Cup, also the all-whites got their revenge with a high-scoring 5-3 win in Barcelona.
The other goes all the way back to 1916, when there were an extraordinary FOUR games in just 21 days. All of these were in the cup semi-finals, when after the sides won one leg each, there was the need for two further replays. Those were different times!

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