LaLiga EA Sports will experience its first classic of the season this weekend. Barcelona and Real Madrid face each other this Saturday at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, a match that could be decisive for the leadership, which the whites occupy before the start of the eleventh matchday.
Only goal difference keeps Italian Carlo Ancelotti's team ahead of Míchel Sánchez's Girona, equal in points (25), wins (8), draws (1) and losses (1), with one more point (25) than Barça and three more than Atlético de Madrid.
Barcelona and Real Madrid rush the early hours pending the evolution of key players for both. Brazilian Raphinha, Dutchman Frenkie de Jong and Polish Robert Lewandowski, in addition to Pedri, are the names awaiting Xavi Hernandez.
Ancelotti awaits the evolution of Englishman Jude Bellingham, the championship's top scorer (8), who retired in the last minutes against Braga, although it seems that his participation in the classic is not in danger. "Yes, I feel good and I continue working a little to get to the game in the best conditions," he said in an interview with RTVE.
The classic comes at a time of tension in institutional relations between both clubs. It will be played surrounded by "sociological Madridism", a term with which the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, has explained the "Negreira case".
Furthermore, the publication on social networks of an offensive message from Mikel Camps, spokesperson for the Barcelona board, towards the Brazilian Vinícius Junior has led the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, to rule out attending the league classic in Barcelona. Real Madrid's criticism of the last refereeing in the Sevilla field (1-1) also persists.
The person in charge of directing the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be Jesús Gil Manzano from Extremadura. In the VAR room, there will be Cuadra Fernández from the Balearic Islands.
The LaLiga EA Sports classic between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be played this Saturday, October 28 at 4:15 p.m. at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium. The match can be seen on television on DAZN and can also be followed live through the La Vanguardia website.
