Real Madrid V Barcelona: La Liga – Live Updates

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Starting lineups

Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Valverde, Militão, Huijsen, Carreras; Tchouameni, Camavinga; Guler, Bellingham, Vinícius; Mbappé.
Subs: Lunin, Carvajal, Alexander-Arnold, Mendy, Asencio, F García, Ceballos, Brahim, Mastantuono, Endrick, Rodrygo, G García.

Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Koundé, Cubarsí, García, Baldé; Pedri, De Jong; Lamine Yamal, López, Rashford, Torres.
Subs: Kochen, Aller, Martín, Torrents, Araújo, D Fernández, Bernal, Casadó, Espart, Bardghji, T Fernández.

Preamble

Hello and welcome. Hoy jugamos. Real Madrid and Barcelona meet for nan first clip this play against a tense backdrop of governmental squabbles, subordinate jibes and a grounded effort to move La Liga matches abroad. So, aforesaid arsenic usual, eh?

The Santiago Bernabéu plays big to el clásico this afternoon, pinch nan crippled kicking disconnected astatine 4.15pm section clip (3.15pm GMT). Xabi Alonso’s Madrid are apical of nan league, 2 points up of Hansi Flick’s defending champions successful second. A location triumph coming would person awesome ramifications for nan title race.

There has been peculiar angst successful nan Spanish superior this week astir La Liga’s grounded efforts to return Villarreal v Barcelona to Miami successful December, pinch Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois saying it would distort nan competition. Lamine Yamal has stoked nan flames a spot by telling nan Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos that Real Madrid “rob and complain”. It’s judge to beryllium feisty.

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