mohmmed abdulmuhsen
Posted on: Sunday, March 20, 2022 – 4:04 AM | Last update: Sunday 20 March 2022 – 4:04 AM
Al-Maringi seeks to widen the difference in the lead.. The Blaugrana is looking for a moral victory to secure its position in the golden square
The attention of football fans around the world will turn to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in the Spanish capital, Madrid, where the El Clasico between Real Madrid and its traditional rival Barcelona, will be held at ten in the evening, Sunday, in the twenty-ninth round of the Spanish Premier League competition “La Liga”. .
Referee Juan Martinez Munoaira will manage the Clasico, while Antonio Miguel Mateo Lahoz will be in charge of the video assistant referee (VAR) during the match that will be hosted by the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium, the stronghold of Real Madrid.
Martinez Monoeira has previously managed 29 matches for Real Madrid and the same number of matches for Barcelona. This will be the second Clasico that he manages following that, which was held on October 24, 2020 at the “Camp Nou” stadium and ended with Real Madrid’s 1-3 victory.
Real Madrid, the owner of the land, enters today’s match ecstatic following the dramatic qualification to the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the expense of Paris Saint-Germain, and continues to lead the Spanish League, where Real Madrid leads the league standings with 66 points, 10 points ahead of Seville, runner-up, with remaining Ten rounds at the end of the competition.
Real Madrid places great hopes on the Brazilian Vinicius Junior, the star of the team, in order to continue his superiority in the Clasico, in light of doubts regarding the participation of Karim Benzema, the top scorer of the royal team due to injury.
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti is waiting until the last minute to decide Benzema’s participation following the injury he suffered in his left calf, while Ferland Mendy is absent from the ranks of the Royal, where he suffers from an injury to the adductor muscle of the left leg, but the team restores the services of Militao, who He recovered from the flu, which will support the back line.
In the last period, Real Madrid supporters are also counting on the Belgian giant, Tibo Kotura, the team’s goalkeeper, who stressed the need to win today’s match.
Real Madrid is expected to enter today’s match with a formation that includes Thibaut Courtois in the goalkeeper, in front of him is the defensive quadruple Danny Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba and Nacho Hernandez, and in the middle plays the three old guards Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Luka Modric, in front of them is Vinicius Junior, Gareth Bale and Marco. Ascenso.
On the other hand, Barcelona enters the match in order to try to prove that the boom achieved by the team under the leadership of Xavi Hernandez was never a coincidence, and that the team is determined to develop more, and the El Clasico match will be the strongest test so far for Xavi, it is true that he faced Real Madrid in The Spanish Super Cup semi-finals and narrowly lost 3-2 following extra games, but the Blaugrana situation has completely changed since that time.
Barcelona occupies third place in the La Liga standings with 51 points, with a goal difference only once morest Atletico Madrid, fourth, with a game postponed for the Catalan team.
Barcelona enters the El Clasico match just 3 days following qualifying for the quarter-finals of the European League, following beating Galatasaray in Turkey last Thursday evening, 2-1, away from home, following the first leg ended without goals.
Barcelona coach Xavi believes in his team’s ability to play a big match once morest Real Madrid. He said: “We are in a good moment. We haven’t lost a game for a long time, and we will try to compete at the Bernabeu as well, realizing how excellent Real Madrid’s performance is.. on Sunday.” It will be another story.”
Xavi’s last visit to the Santiago Bernabeu was in the first round of the 2014-2015 season, which Barcelona lost 1-3.
Barcelona is expected to enter today’s match with a formation that includes Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the goalkeeper, in front of him is the quartet of Dani Alves, Eric Garcia, Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba, and in the middle plays Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets and Pedri, behind the attacking trio: Osman Dembele, Pierre Emeric. Aubameyang and Ferran Torres.
And when Barcelona players enter the Bernabeu stadium, next Sunday, it will be 1,113 days without the Catalan team winning the Clasico once morest Real Madrid. Barcelona failed to beat rivals Real Madrid in 6 consecutive matches, in light of the royal’s superiority in the last 5 matches, and only one match ended in a draw.
The Blaugrana did not celebrate the victory over Real Madrid, since they beat it at Camp Nou in La Liga, on the second of March 2019, with a single goal under the leadership of coach Ernesto Valverde.
History also tends towards Real Madrid, who won the most El Clásico matches with 100 out of 247 matches, with 5 victories over Barcelona, while El Clasico ended in a tie 52 times. Real Madrid scored a total of 414 goals in El Clasico matches, compared to 401 for Barcelona.
