I. Rakitić and L. Messi received medical clearance to play at full strength

Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic - these two footballers received permission from Barcelona's medical staff to play at full strength in the "El Clasico" last night and made it to the team roster for the match against Real Madrid. The principled and first confrontation of the two Spanish football giants this season will take place on Saturday evening at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. However, it is still unclear whether L. Messi, who has been recovering from injury for two months, will start the match from the very beginning. Javier Mascherano is back in the Barcelona lineup, who was suspended for two matches for being too close to the disputes and insulting the referees in the Spanish league match against Eibar. Marc Bartra and Jordi Masip did not make the roster by Luis Enrique's decision, and due to health problems, Rafinha and Douglas Pereira are not in the Catalan team. Registered for the match against Real Madrid Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo, Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Defenders: Gerard Pique, Dani Alves, Jordi Alba, Javier Mascherano, Thomas Vermaelen, Jeremy Mathieu, Adriano Correia; Midfielders: Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Roberto; Forwards: Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar, Munir El Haddadi, Sandro Ramirez.

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