After several months of wait, has arrived again the moment, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will see the faces in LaLiga in the first Classical of the season 2018-19. The Catalans seem to arrive in a slightly better dynamics, but in a clash of this magnitude there are not favouritisms that cost and foresees a battle of a lot of emotion on the terrain of game.
Between the big subjects that define the duel by excellence of the Spanish football is the absence of Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, a fact that occurs for the first time in 11 years. The Portuguese left Santiago Bernabéu the past summer to put course to the Juventus, and the Argentinian lesionó in his last apparition liguera leaving to his orphan of his talent. In spite of everything, his mates expect to show that in the changing room there is spare quality.
The Classical will not play only in the Camp Nou, and is that there are several teams involved in the fight by the high zone and the leadership of the tournament. This last corresponds to the Barcelona after a reaction after a bad series, and expect to follow keeping it when the Sunday put an end to the day.
The four keys of the Barça-Madrid
The Barça wants to follow the good series without Messi
There were some doubts by the embarrassment that lived after his injury against the Seville, but the Barça scared them against the Inter of Milan showing that it knows to shine without Messi. It is evident that the help of the best player of the world always goes well have it manually, but in the staff there are a lot of footballers qualified to assume responsibilities and this remained showed in Champions. In addition to a triumph reparador, it is necessary to take into account that it arrived accompanied of big feelings.
Valverde Does not want confidences neither distractions
In the previous press conference to the party, Ernesto Valverde has left clear that the Barça has to trust his possibilities and leave to a side any distraction. The excesses of confidence are not good advisers, but neither the controversies, the doubts or think in the absences. The Txingurri expects an opponent of maximum level, and wants to that his pupilos are to the height of the expectations.
The collective game, the key
Precisely, the technician also has incidido in the positive points that saw in the duel with the Italians, and is that the culés knew to impose his style and minimise the virtues of the rival. In this sense, the meeting will be very alike, because to cancel to the Real Madrid the best is to activate to the 'jugones' Barcelona.
The feelings and the result, determinants
Against the Real Madrid activates that that no only is important to win, but win convincing. The three points are put it clearer by which struggle, but besides, reach it with good feelings would be very important, because it would aggravate the crisis of a rival that will be in the fight by the titles in the next months.