Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, announced the official lineup for the upcoming summit against Barcelona, which is scheduled to be held at nine in the evening today, Sunday, at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium, as part of the thirty-second round of the Spanish League for the current season 2023-24, in light of the conflict. Between the two teams to win the La Liga title during the current season.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Real Madrid’s formation was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Andrey Lunin.
Defense line: Eduardo Camavinga, Rudiger, Chouamini and Lucas Vazquez.
Midfield: Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Fede Valverde.
Attacking line: Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Rodrigo Goes.
Real Madrid formation against Barcelona
Real Madrid and Barcelona
Real Madrid is looking forward to taking a big step closer to winning the Spanish League title, when it hosts its traditional rival Barcelona in the El Clasico match, and the royal team leads the competition table with 78 points, a full 8 points behind Barcelona, the runner-up, with 70 points, 7 rounds before the end of the competition.
Real Madrid enters tonight’s match in high spirits after qualifying for the semi-finals of the Champions League after defeating Manchester City of England 4-3 on penalty kicks after they tied the two-legged matches 4-4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona
On the other hand, Barcelona will enter the match in search of reconciliation with its fans after it exited the Champions League in the quarter-finals, following its loss to Paris Saint-Germain 6-4 on aggregate, and despite its victory in the first leg 3-2 in Paris, the Catalan team received… A humiliating defeat, four goals to one, in the return match in Spain.
Real Madrid has a historical advantage, as the two teams met in 187 league matches, with Real Madrid winning 78 matches, while Barcelona won 74 matches and tied in 35, and Real Madrid scored 301 goals compared to 299 for Barcelona.
The two teams met in 256 matches in all tournaments, with Real Madrid winning 104 matches, Barcelona winning 100, and drawing 52 matches. Real Madrid also achieved 5 victories in its last 7 league matches, while Barcelona won only 2 matches.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid’s coach, knows that winning the El Clásico will bring the team closer to regaining the Spanish League title, and will eliminate Barcelona’s hopes of competing for the title. Therefore, Ancelotti was keen to stress to his players the necessity of winning this match in order to move one step closer to achieving the title and achieving his fifth consecutive victory in the league.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez is seeking to achieve victory, especially since he knows that victory will make Barcelona reduce the gap to 5 points and will make the remaining matches in this season extremely exciting. Barca wants to win this match to make up for the great disappointment after being eliminated from the Champions League.
There are doubts about the participation of Dani Carvajal, Real Madrid defender, in the El Clásico match, after he left injured during the last match against Manchester City. On the other hand, Barcelona enters the match with an almost complete roster, other than the players injured for long periods.
