Real Madrid vs Barcelona, expected classic La Liga figures
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Jordi Blanco, correspondent in Barcelona
Real Madrid and Barcelona meet in a classic La Liga match and there are players who can determine the outcome of the match.
Real Madrid and Barcelona will clash in a classic La Liga match that could shape Spain’s future football champions.
What figures would define a classic?
We analyze them.
Jude Bellingham
The importance of the English footballer in Real Madrid is undeniable… But his influence on the team has noticeably decreased. Capable of scoring 17 goals in his first 20 games of the season, being a key player in many victories (Celta, Getafe, Union Berlin, Napoli, Braga or in the first round Clasico), he scored only three in the next 14 matches. goals (one from the penalty spot) and ceased to be the distinguishing element that deserved all the praise in the first half of the season.
In a clash that could decide the championship on Sunday, Bellingham “must” be at his best, both to go into the final stretch of the season fully and to prepare for the league title and the Champions League semi-finals that open nine days later. in Munich.
Robert Lewandowski
He failed in the quarter-final second leg against PSG, not the player who shone (despite not scoring) in Paris, and Barca need the Pole (two goals in his last eight games) to regain his goalscoring instincts against Real Madrid, against whom he was able to score six goals in eight games as a Borussia or Bayern player, but against whom he has not scored in the league since signing for Barça.
Vinicius
Real Madrid still remember the performance of the Brazilian striker in the Super Cup final, which became the distinctive element that explains the victory and victory of the merengue team, thus forgetting about previous matches in which Araujo’s mark drove him to despair.
Vinicius arrives at the final of the classic course at the best moment of the season (eight goals in the last six games) and takes risks, especially in the euphoric atmosphere surrounding his team, which will take the game with the extra motivation known as This is his character in this kind of confrontations.
Ilkay Gundogan
Things that have little to do with football are undeniable and immutable in plans to enter the stage.
Gundogan pointed to Araujo for his sending off against PSG, and the Uruguayan defender’s response was joined by a call for attention from Sergi Roberto or Kounde, and although on Friday the captain wanted, like the German himself, to downplay the issue, we have yet to look. on the Bernabeu grass, if this is a closed chapter… Or not.
Lamin Yamal
He will make his debut, presumably as a starter, at the Bernabeu after playing as a substitute at Montjuïc and in the Super Cup final, his first two Clásicos leaving him with a distinctly bad taste due to defeat by a Barça who blindly trust him quality and electricity to attack the merengue temple. Sacrificed
Luka Modric
Twelve years after his debut (2-1 win at the Bernabeu), the Croatian could make his last appearance against Barça as a Real Madrid player, having played for both teams (33 games) and appearing in the majority of matches. classical.
Although he has already lost his undisputed status this season (he has started just three of his team’s last ten games), the physical wear and tear that Madrid endured in Manchester brings him back to the fore, and this is not surprising, because on the contrary , see him in Ancelotti’s starting line-up.