THE BARCELONA, SOLID IN THE LEAGUE
El Clásico, 'poison' for Madrid and an unexpected 'balm' for Barça
The Clásico between Barça and Real Madrid has set a pattern in the League that has benefited the Catalans. Since the fall at the Santiago Bernabéu they have only added victories in the local championship
The Classical of the past Sunday 16 October has reflected two different realities for the FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in League. The Barcelona have found very good rhythm in the domestic competition in spite of the fall in Santiago Bernabéu, whereas the merengues have been irregular in the last four parties of the Spanish competition.
Xavi Hernández and company have faced with good foot the tournament suspender belt from the (3-1) in Chamartín, chaining four consecutive victories that have allowed him be leaders to a date that the stop of the World-wide open his doors. The culés have defeated to the Villarreal (3-0), Athletic Bilbao (4-0), Valencia (0-1) and Almería (2-0), what turns them into the most consistent club of Spain.
By his part, the whites have gone out victorious in front of the Elche (0-3) and Seville (3-1), although they found with a good Girona in Madrid (1-1) and fell in front of the Ray Vallecano (3-2) in an authentic partidazo in Vallecas. In fact, the 'rayistas' have showed good level in front of the Barça, Athletic and Madrid, achieving 2 ties and a victory in the three commitments in front of them.
Like this the things, the Barcelona will have to visit this Tuesday The Sadar to confront to an Osasuna that looks for to assault the third position of the general table. The 'rojillos' accumulate four meetings followed without knowing the defeat, what turns them into a rival complicated for the aspirations of Xavi to move away to 5 points of the Real Madrid. The Catalans depend on yes same to heave the title suspender belt, by what will be at stake the capacity of the trainer to make an able group to win titles.
The Madrid, to the expectation
The ones of Carlo Ancelotti will be very attentive of what occur in Pamplona with the Barça to restart the tip of the championship. Next Thursday in the last date before the World-wide will receive to the Cádiz, a group that accompanies to the Elche and to the Celtic of Vigo in the zone of descent. It will be an opportunity of gold if the blaugrana do not carry the three points in front of the navarros, what will leave LaLiga to the red alive after the appointment in Catar.
