The clash of titans, the world’ best rivalry as well as the fiercest rivalry in the world of football. The Catalan giants take on the Spanish giants at the famous Camp Nou stadium of Barcelona. The game could well be the title decider which further increases the importance of the match.
The prolific MSN trio v the aggressive BBC trio, Luka Modric v Andres Iniesta, Ivan Rakitic v Toni Kroos and more individual battles to watch out for. The game brings us the best of football.
The best dual rivalry the football world has ever seen - Cristiano Ronaldo v Lionel Messi, adds more fuel to the already blazing fire.
The two teams are separated by just a point at the top of the Spanish league with Barcelona in the front. A win today will give an edge for both the teams in the title chase and the sides will do anything to win this game, don’t have doubts on this.
TEAM FOCUS
Barcelona
The Catalans are in red hot form since the beginning of the new-year, winning 16 of their last 18 games. The attacking trio MSN- Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar Jr are thrashing every team they play against, English Champions Manchester City are the last victims. The great Lionel Messi is in the best form of his career which means it is impossible to stop him when you give him the ball. So Sergio Ramos & Co needs to be at their very best to stop the little champion.
Sergio Busquets was injured and is not expected to start the game against their greatest rivals. But the presence of Javier Mascherano will relieve the pressure of the table toppers. Andres Iniesta and Ivan Rakitic will master the midfield and produce the needed support to the attacking unit.
The defense department looked rotten at the start of the season, but they improved in the recent months and are looking solid enough to stop the heavyweight attacking of Real Madrid. The ever reliable duo of Jordi Alba and Dani Alves will handle the hardest job of handling the speedy wingers of Real Madrid.
Predicted starting XI
Claudio Bravo - Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Jeremy Mathieu, Jordi Alba - Javier Mascherano, Ivan Rakitic, Andres Iniesta - Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar Jr.
Substitutes
Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Marc Bartra, Adriano Correia, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Rafinha, Pedro
Real Madrid
The Los Blancos are visiting the most dangerous Camp Nou with no of crisis spinning over their squad. Their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo is not in good touch, the fastest player on earth Gareth Bale looks unsettled. Even though Bale scored a brace against Levante, he was booed by the Real Madrid crowd which caused morality problems in the squad. But the quality the BBC possess is never to be underestimated as they won’t let their team down on any occasion and are playing their greatest rivals which will make the BBC deadliest.
The return of Croatian Luka Modric has boosted the Real Madrid midfield. The midfield duo Toni Kroos and Luka Modric is nearly unstoppable and are the main reason behind their team’s 22 matches winning streak last year. The in-form Spaniard Isco can break any defense and is surely a big threat to Barcelona.
The injury-return Sergio Ramos could master his team’s defense and win them the game, with his partner Pepe, the center defense is hard to break even to the irresistible MSN combination. Marcelo is always a danger in the wings and Dani Carvajal is no lesser to his fullback partner.
Predicted starting XI
Iker Casillas - Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo - Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Isco - Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Keylor Navas, Raphael Varane, Fabio Coentrao, Lucas Silva, Asier Illarramendi, Javier Hernandez, Jese Rodriguez.
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