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The classic This week marks a new era Barcelona and Real Madrid, without Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Last like this, Los Blancos massacred Los Cules.
Barcelona will host the first edition of the El Clasico this season at Camp Nou, Sunday (24/10/2021) evening WIB, in the 10th match of the week. LaLiga. Seeing the current position of the two teams, Madrid is clearly more favored.
The capital team are in second place in the standings with 17 points, three points ahead of Barcelona in seventh. El Clasico this time seems to be a marker of a new era of competition between the two Spanish giants.
Because, Barcelona is no longer reinforced by Lionel Messi, who left for Paris Saint-Germain last summer. Meanwhile, Ronaldo left Madrid in 2018 when he moved to Juventus.
There is no longer a great competition between the two best footballers in the world and this is an opportunity for the latest players from Barca and Madrid to show off. Speaking of Messi and Ronaldo, when was the last El Clasico without them?
That happened in LaLiga 2018/2019, on Sunday 28 October when Barcelona hosted Madrid at Camp Nou. Messi at that time had to be absent because of a broken arm, while Ronaldo had moved. Even without Messi, Barcelona is still too tough for Madrid.
They were already 2-0 up in the first half through Philippe Coutinho in the 10th minute and Luis Suarez’s penalty in the 30th minute. Suarez completed a hat-trick in the second half in the 74th and 83rd minutes before being confirmed by Arturo Vidal’s goal in the 87th minute.
Madrid, who could only score one goal through Marcelo in the 50th minute, finally gave up with a landslide score of 1-5! This is Madrid’s biggest loss to Barcelona in a long time.
During the era Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, it is rare for El Clasico without the presence of both. Prior to October 2018, the last Barca vs Madrid duel without the two megastars occurred was in the 2007/2008 season. Los Merengues won 1-0 at Camp Nou through Julio Baptista’s goal.
At that time Ronaldo had not joined Madrid while Messi was absent due to injury. Then, how about The classic this weekend?
(mrp/ran)
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