First Clásico clash of the season

Some three hundred and sixty five days since their final go to, Actual Madrid will as soon as extra set foot on the Camp Nou pitch. A 12 months has passed by for the reason that final time our group performed on the Barcelona floor, coming away with a 1-3 win. Tonight, the 2 groups will go face to face within the first Clásico of the season (4:15pm CEST), happening on LaLiga matchday 10.

The Clásico comes following a spherical of Champions League video games by which Actual Madrid thrashed Shakhtar Donetsk at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium. One other very good efficiency by Benzema noticed him named man of the match, whereas Vini Jr.’s spectacular brace is simply additional optimistic information forward of the journey to the Camp Nou looking for three factors that may preserve the group close to the highest of the desk and lengthen the hole forward of direct rivals in Barcelona.

“It is a particular recreation for us, for Barcelona and for Spanish soccer”, mirrored Carlo Ancelotti within the pre-match press convention. Forward of such an enormous encounter, Valverde additionally spoke to the membership’s official media channels, explaining: “We all know the duty that comes with sporting this jersey in these video games”. The Uruguayan is within the Italian coach’s squad for the Clásico.

Direct rivals 

At the beginning of this weekend’s video games, the azulgranas sit seventh with 15 factors from eight video games. Ronald Koeman’s group come into the fixture having crushed Dynamo Kiev of their midweek Champions League conflict, whereas their final two league conferences have come in opposition to powerful opposition in Valencia, who they beat 3-1, and Atlético, in opposition to whom they misplaced 2-0 on the Wanda. Memphis Depay, with 4 targets and a pair of assists, is their in-form man within the league up to now.