He Classic of Spanish football regained all its luster with the return of the best image of Barcelona thanks to the promise of football of Hansi Flickwho face the reigning champion’s biggest challenge at home, a real Madrid dominates the final chapters, which after appealing to the epic to regain its identity in Championsis looking to chase down its eternal rival for league supremacy.
The first pulse in between Carlo Ancelotti and Hansi Flick on the banks of Real Madrid and Barcelona, A classic with substitute goalkeepers, without the decisive factor they give in their saves at crucial moments in matches Thibaut Courtois and Ter Stegen.
The Brazilian’s fight for being the player of the moment between Vinícius and Raphinha. The first classic of Kylian Mbappé. The desire to shine again like I did last year in these nominations of greatness Jude Bellingham -author of three goals in two classic leagues-, or conquering the Santiago Bernabéu in Lamine Yamal. Plenty of incentive in a cocktail shaker to drink the best football spectacle in LaLiga.
With a real Madrid who has the power to match the historical record of Barcelona of 43 games unbeaten in the League, an unending streak that began with a single defeat in the final tournament, in Metropolitanvisiting a derby that has been overshadowed this season, escaping with a last-gasp one-of-three draw away to the Santiago Bernabéu that put them three points behind Barcelona in the standings.
This is not the only record to be reached for the Madrid team, which if they win will equal their second-best winning streak in a classic, to five. And for this an exciting tactical duel is presented. With Ancelotti stroking his hands if Flick kept his courage with an advanced defensive line because of the danger that comes with it against fast footballers of the profile of Vinícius and Mbappé. Focused on recovering the defensive strength that fell before the Borussia Dortmundin a fight that he wants to turn into a turning point.
0-2 at half-time that complicated the situation in the ‘Champions’ brought the long-awaited reaction for Real Madrid fans, reuniting with the team that never gave up anything for the lost and from mystery, has the ability to turn any situation, no matter how difficult, against him. Five goals in half an hour, Vinícius’ hat trick just days after conceding his first Ballon d’Orthe change in attitude, the strength shown, are aspects that Ancelotti and his squad want to extend in the classic.
And he will look for it with a new tactical touch, the return to 4-4-2 due to the muscle injury of Rodrygo. Strengthening the midfield where the options to stay as a starter are diminishing Luke Modricto allow for the physical power of the French couple Aurélien Tchouaméni-Eduardo Camavinga as an antidote to Barcelona’s engine room. With confidence in Andriy Lunin which replaces Courtois after being key to the last victories with his stop save. And a help system for difficult exams Lucas Vazquez on the right side without the leadership of Dani Carvajalin the difficult challenge of stopping the best moment of the career of Raphinha.
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Barcelona, after defeating its European ‘black beast’, Bayern Munich (4-1), in the Champions League, wants to confirm that it is once again among the greats with a prestigious victory in the first classic of the era of Flick. Leader of LaLiga, he will be like a shot, and wants to give himself a new self-esteem by desecrating the Bernabéu and putting more dirt in the way of fighting for the title.
The German coach, who a week ago equaled the score of Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino After stringing together seven victories in the first seven rounds of LaLiga, he wants to once again emulate the Argentine coach, the only Barcelona coach to win his first classic in the past eleven years. Since October 26, 2013, when his Barça defeated Real Madrid 2-1, led by Carlo Ancelotti, also a debutant in this type of match, they tried – without success – Luis Enrique Martínez, Ernesto Valverde, Quique Setién, Ronald Koeman and Xavi Hernández.
Hansi Flick has reasons to think she can break the curse. The team works like a perfectly oiled machine under pressure after defeat and the advanced defense leaves all opposing forwards offside. And it also has the deadliest trident in Europe. And it is in between Lewandowski, Raphinha and Lamine Yamal They scored 29 goals out of 43 scored by the Barça team in the first 13 official matches of the season.
Although he still has important casualties, such as the prolonged absence of the goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen – Iñaki Peña appears again as a starter-, the central Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen and Eric Garcia -the latter was converted as a center back- and the forward Ferran TorresFlick retrieves the latest dates on Fermin, De Jong and Gavi deep down.
And the German coach will likely repeat the same Bayern eleven at the Bernabéu, where the players want it Cubans as head of defense, Casadó, Pedri and Fermínin the medullary, and Raphinhaauthor of an amazing hat trick, put together a great performance.
.Possible alignments:
Real Madrid: Lunar; Lucas Vázquez, Militao, Rüdiger, Mendy; Tchouaméni, Fede Valverde, Camavinga, Bellingham; Vinícius and Mbappé.
Barcelona: Iñaki Peña; Kounde, Cubarsí, Íñigo Martínez, Balde; Casadó, Fermín, Pedrí; Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Lewandowski
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Murcian committee).
VAR: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Galician committee).
stadium: Santiago Bernabeu.
time: 21.00 (19.00 GMT).
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Positions: Real Madrid (2nd, 24 points); Barcelona (1st, 27 points)
The key: Barcelona’s defensive ability to contain Vinícius and Mbappé’s danger in space.
The truth: Real Madrid have a record 43 consecutive games without defeat in LaLiga within reach. The last Barcelona coach to win his first classic was Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino just eleven years ago.
The phrase:
Ancelotti: “Barcelona has changed its philosophy a bit. It’s a team that plays differently, it’s more direct.”
Flick: “I didn’t know about the videos on Real Madrid TV about the referees. It was not done correctly. The referees have a difficult job and my job is to prepare the players”
Additions: Brahim to Real Madrid.
Out: Courtois, Alaba, Dani Carvajal and Rodrygo (injury) for Real Madrid; and Ter Stegen, Araujo, Christensen, Eric García, Marc Bernal and Ferran Torres (injury) at Barcelona.
Source: La Verdad
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