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Today football fans will once again be able to enjoy the "El Clasico" match. This time the battle moves to the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium, where Madrid's "Real" and "Barcelona" clubs will fight for three points in the Spanish "Primera" championship.
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, both Spanish giants met in the King's Cup semi-final second leg match. Playing at the "Camp Nou" stadium, the royal club easily defeated "Barca" and secured their ticket to the final.
These matches in the Spanish championship are almost irrelevant, as the Catalans in the first place have a 14-point lead over the third-place "Real" team. This victory is necessary for Jose Mourinho's squad when fighting for the second place against Madrid's "Atletico".
Lately, the "Madridistas" have been demonstrating better and better form in sports, winning four out of the last five matches and drawing with "Man Utd" in the UEFA Champions League.
The recent results of Jordi Roura's team have not been pleasing. Out of five matches, they celebrated victories three times and suffered painful losses twice.
There is no doubt that the starting lineup of "Real" will be different than in the King's Cup matches. J. Mourinho should give his team leaders rest before the upcoming crucial match in Manchester.
The lineup of the Barcelona rivals should also change slightly. A few days ago, there were doubts about whether Lionel Messi would be able to help the team in this match, but the Argentine already trained with other footballers on Thursday. It is doubtful whether the defender Cesc Fabregas will help the Catalans.
"Real" players who will not be able to play: Angel Di Maria (suspended) and Iker Casillas (injury)
"Barcelona" players who will not be able to play: Xavi (injury), Adriano (injury), and Alex Song (injury).
Predicted starting lineups:
