Real Madrid and Barcelona will play this Sunday at 9:00 p.m., at the Santiago Bernabéu, the second Clásico of LaLiga and the third of the season: Madrid won 1-2 at the Camp Nou, with goals from Alaba and Lucas Vázquez; In the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup, the white team won again, with goals from Vinicius, Benzema and Valverde. This Saturday, both teams will meet again in a somewhat decaffeinated duel due to the departure of both teams in the League.
Madrid is the outstanding leader in the League, ten points ahead of Sevilla, second, and 15 over Barcelona, third at the moment tied with Atleti on 51 points. The white team has room to afford a stumble, while the culé team is more in need of continuing to win to secure the place in the Champions League.
And it is that those of Ancelotti, in addition, arrive at the Clásico with two very important casualties confirmed. Mendy, who left injured from the visit to Mallorca last weekend, does not arrive and will recover during the next national team break. What Benzema, who also left Son Moix injured in his left calf. He will not travel to France either and will stay in Madrid recovering, with his sights set on reaching 100% against Chelsea.
Carlo Ancelotti’s possible eleven for the Clásico
Thus, the eleven probable of the Real Madrid in the Classic it would be the one made up of Courteous in goal, accompanied in defense by Carvajal, Militao, Alaba and Nacho, who will be captain. He has already played in Mendy’s position against PSG and he did well, Ancelotti trusts him much more than Marcelo, who concedes too much in defence. In addition, on that side of Barcelona, Dembélé or Adama will play, both in great shape.
Possible line-up of Real Madrid for the Clásico.
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In midfield, without surprises: the usual three, Casemiro, Kroos and Modric. And above, without Benzema, the point of the attack could be for Marco Asensio. The Balearic, who has scored 10 goals this season, already occupied that demarcation in the Cup match against Athletic in San Mamés. His place on the right wing would be for Rodrygowhile the left wing once again remains the property of the undisputed viniciusMadrid’s second top scorer this season with 17 goals.
Except for the aforementioned casualties of Mendy and Benzema, Carlo Ancelotti has called up the 23 available from the first team and the youthful Diego Piñeiro as third goalkeeper. In addition to the youth squad, on the bench will be: Lunin, Vallejo, Marcelo, Camavinga, Valverde, Ceballos, Isco, Lucas Vázquez, Bale, Hazard, Jovic and Mariano.