From 5:00 p.m. this Sunday, culés and meringues will animate the most important classic in world football.
The Camp Nou will be the scene of a classic with decisive overtones in the fight for the conquest of La Liga Santander, deciding if the fight is prolonged or everything is practically ready for the sentence in favor of the Barcelonaleader of Spanish football with a nine-point lead, against a Real Madrid who craves a win to fuel the championship.
After the hard-fought victory in San Mamés (0-1), the locals face the duel with a comfortable lead of nine points ahead of the white team, who only thinks of victory to get to six points and feed the dream of the comeback.
With the atmosphere rarefied by the noise caused by the prosecution of the ‘Negreira case’, but without the pressure of other occasions, those led by Xaviwho will play his first clásico at the Barça venue as a coach, have gotten used to winning against their eternal rival this 2023.
Two classics have been played this year and have resulted in two victories for the Catalans. The first in a football exhibition in the final of the Spanish Super Cup (1-3), and the second in a formidable exercise in survival (0-1) in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals.
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In the third episode of 2023 between the blaugranas and the whites -the fourth of the course-, the leader of La Liga arrives somewhat diminished.
The absence Pedri, key in the midfield, has left ‘Barça’ without light in the engine room. Everything indicated that the canary would enter the call, but he ended the penultimate training session with bad feelings. A loss that adds to that of the French Ousmane Dembele.
Real Madrid has no choice but to respond with a victory to the obligation. Victim of his own mistakes, with two defeats and three draws so far this year, and the regularity of his eternal rival, he must extend the winning streak at the Camp Nou in the League to return the excitement to the fight for the title and not see her sentenced with more than two calendar months still.
For it Charles Ancelotti He has a plan, the mobility of his three attacking players and an offensive approach. That makes doubt about the presence in the trident of Federico Valverde and gives options to the entry of Rodrygo Goes.
The duel will be held this Sunday from 5:00 p.m. in Chile.