The first official Clásico of the season arrives this afternoon at an unusual time (4:15 p.m.), to the rhythm of the Stones rock, with a Barcelona that has had one less day of rest than its rival and that also until today will not know if it recovers any of its injured players, almost all of them key players for Xavi. A first round between both title contenders in appearance with a slight advantage for Madrid in the predictions. However, the same was said in the confrontation between the two in preseason, in Dallas: Barça arrived as the supposed victim and won 0-3. The best games for Xavi’s Barcelona usually come against Madrid and in Montjuïc there is an opportunity to add a victory to the list.
Barça-Madrid preview
They are in you
That must be the mentality of a team, the Barça team, which despite suffering a veritable plague of injuries He comes into the match only one point behind his rival. Xavi’s men will also look for an extra energy in the Rolling Stones, whose iconic tongue will appear on the shirts of the Barça players.
To the aura of Their Satanic Majesties we must add tonight the concert of a lifelong Spanish rocker like Miguel Ríos, who will offer his repertoire at Sant Jordi, right next to the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, tonight. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. when two hours have passed from the end of the match, so supposedly both events will not overlap. Between one thing and another, taking into account that neither Barcelona nor Madrid have a game next week, it is a major clumsiness to have scheduled this game for today, Saturday.
The great beneficiary It’s Real Madrid, who played in Braga (Portugal) on Tuesday, while Barcelona faced their match on Wednesday afternoon. Greater wear and tear of the Barça team, which is added to the absences due to injury to face the Classic, a duel between both that is not decisive, since whatever happens there will be a gigantic journey ahead until the end of the League, but it is endowed with transcendence which always has a match between Barcelona and Real Madrid. “It’s the biggest club match there is,” Xavi Hernández said yesterday.
The unknowns
Pedri, Lewandowski, De Jong, Kound and Raphinha they trained yesterday with the group, not so Sergi Roberto. It is unknown if anyone will be discharged. Until today there will be no list. On Madrid’s part, apart from the long-term injuries Courtois and Militao, only Ceballos and Güler are still out. Few doubts for Ancelotti.
Other focus of attention It will be the referee, Jesús Gil Manzano, who has the honor that Real Madrid TV has not dedicated a video to him. With a long history of expulsions of Barça stars, it has been a designation that the Madrid side like.
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2023-10-28 05:00:00
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