The first Spanish football team Barcelona, the leader and title holder, seeks to decide the "El Cl谩sico" match against Real Madrid, their guest and traditional rival, on Sunday, within the framework of the tenth stage of "La Liga", with the aim of distancing the latter from the competition.
For weeks, the Catalan team had been awaiting the match as an opportunity to widen the gap between them and "Real" to nine full points, but recent disturbances complicated the scene after suffering their first defeat of the season against French Paris Saint-Germain "2-4" last Tuesday in Paris, within the third round of the Champions League.
On the other hand, Real Madrid achieved four consecutive victories, the last of which was a thrashing of German Leipzig "4-1" last Wednesday, and began to show the trait of cohesion among team elements since the arrival of Portuguese Jose Mourinho as a coach. The public data favored Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, due to the recovery of Brazilian Raphinha's fitness and the remarkable level of Lamine Yamal.
Brazilian Vinicius Junior is absent from the match due to a four-match suspension, which the Spanish newspaper "As" considered a solution rather than a problem, giving Mourinho clearer options. Mourinho relies on his stars such as Ivorian Youssouf Fofana, who cost 157 million dollars, or fielding an additional midfielder to disrupt Barcelona's attacking style.
Mourinho stressed that confidence does not exist in "El Cl谩sico" matches, saying: "It is not a match like other matches, we lose 24 hours of rest compared to Barcelona." Meanwhile, Barcelona suffers from defensive problems after the absence of Eric Garcia, Dane Andreas Christensen, French Jules Kounde, in addition to Dani Olmo.
Despite the Catalan team receiving four goals against Paris Saint-Germain, their attacking touch is present, as they scored at a rate of more than four goals per match. Raphinha leads the league's top scorers with 12 goals, ahead of French Kylian Mbappe by three goals, while Yamal holds third place with eight goals.
Source: Arriyadiyah newspaper
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