Barcelona vs Real Madrid News
The stage is set for another epic El Clasico as Barcelona and Real Madrid prepare to clash for the fourth time this season, with the La Liga title race hanging in the balance. Having already defeated their arch-rivals three times this season, Barcelona will look to complete a clean sweep and tighten their grip on the domestic crown.
Barcelona took a major step toward winning its first league title since 2019 after coming from behind to beat Real Madrid 2-1 on Sunday, with Franck Kessié scoring in stoppage time.
Barcelona's players had just returned to the locker room when Gerard Pique put out a message on Twitter.
Barcelona, this Thursday will be travelling to Santiago Bernabeu in a hope to mend things in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup after a 3-1 defeat at home last Sunday.
The Portugal international will be able to play in the Champions League but will not return to domestic action until 20 September against Real Betis.
In the end, it was Asensio who sealed the things for Real Madrid as a shot a bullet into the extreme top corner thus adding on to Barca's woes. Probably the match proved what Neymar was to the Catalans!
Still a week to go before the 87th season of the Spanish League kicks-off and we have yet another El Clasico fixture lined-up. Just a fortnight after their friendly encounter at Miami, Barcelona lock horns against the Spanish Champions Real Madrid, at Camp Nou, tonight.
Lionel Messi scored two goals against Real Madrid guiding Barcelona to a 3-2 win which also took them to the top of La Liga points table.
n complete contrast to Ronaldo, who almost single-handily dragged Real Madrid through against Bayern Munich 24 hours earlier, the five-time world player of the year looked dejected as the game drew to its inevitable conclusion before sloping off at the final whistle.
Neymar was shown the first red card of his Barcelona career for two bookable offences as Barca`s title suffered a big blow in a 2-0 defeat at Malaga on Saturday.
For Indian fans, there will be special live screenings at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Mumbai's Khar Gymkhana, with Luis Garcia (New Delhi) and Frederic Kanoute (Mumbai) in attendance.
The `Clasico` will take place at 4.15pm (1515 GMT) at Barca`s Camp Nou on December 3.
Isco lashed out in apparent frustration at Neymar in the 85th minute of Clasico and was shown a straight red card.
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