The tenth day of LaLiga Santander offers us one of the most anticipated matches not only in the Spanish national championship; millions of spectators and fans will be attentive to the Clásico, the most important football match at the club level where Barcelona takes an advantage in betting to overcome a Real Madrid that arrives at a critical moment, with Julen Lopetegui in the spotlight and with the feeling of having stopped being a fearsome team in scoring after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. Of course, the Catalans can not count on Lionel Messi, a fact that will open a little more the game and that forces to take into account the statistics signed by both teams in the previous weeks.
The match of Champions League that disputed the Barcelona against Inter of Milan served
to verify if the cules would be able to survive without Lionel Messi, and
passed the examination with note. The Uruguayan Luis Suárez was in charge of
throwing the team on his back, with a little seen mobility since his arrival in
Barcelona, offering solutions for the continuous arrivals of his teammates,
acting as assistant and being close to scoring a goal that would have put the
finishing touch to a round performance. The victory against the Italian team
was the second consecutive victory at home, a Camp Nou that has not yet
assaulted anyone so far this season after seven games in which they have
registered five home wins and two draws. Yes, it should be noted that in four
of those meetings, Barça has conceded at least one goal, a fact that can be
important against a team like Real Madrid.
Yes, it is true that Real Madrid is having more difficulties
than expected to hit in the face of a goal, but that does not prevent it from
being a team with perfectly trained players to break that bad run of play and
results, and to do so at the Camp Nou. would be the best way to return to the
path of victory in LaLiga after having achieved a single point of the last
twelve possible, which has led to his plummeting down to the seventh position
of the table. The triumph against Viktoria Plzen last Tuesday has not served to
relieve a team in crisis, with the head of Julen Lopetegui at stake and in
which Bale and Benzema are not being able to meet the goal of supplying with
guarantees the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo on his way to Juventus. Of course, a
Classic is a different party that does not understand streaks or moods, and
that is the nail to which Real Madrid must grab to survive the worst possible
scenario in such a delicate moment.
Barcelona is
being the great dominator of Spanish tournaments in recent years. Whether in LaLiga, Copa del Rey or Supercopa de
España, the Catalans are showing themselves superior to the rest of their
rivals, but when it comes to the duels with Real Madrid, it happens that they
have just signed a win in the last five Classics played in the Camp Nou, and
three years have passed since that 2-1. Subsequently, Real Madrid has drawn two victories and two draws from the Barça
coliseum, an evident example of that trend seen in recent years in which the
Classics are dominated by visiting teams. Undoubtedly, Barcelona has a golden
opportunity to break that streak, but Real Madrid is one of those teams capable
of drawing strength from weakness and out of bad spells with victories of
renown.
There are several facts that invite us to think that Barcelona will win. First of all, the
Camp Nou is being an impregnable fortress throughout this season, and we must
not forget that Barcelona comes from signing two major games against Sevilla
and Inter Milan, while Real Madrid have not won in their four last logueros commitments
and suffered more than expected in his home match against Viktoria Plzen. Thus,
the 2.00 odds for the victory of Barcelona should be taken into account, as
well as the 3.25 for the win culé with goals in both goals, since we expect a
new Classic with goals in both frames, something that has happened in seven of
his last ten crashes. As for the scorers, we will trust the good form of Luis
Suarez to focus on the 1.80 odds set for a goal at any moment of the Uruguayan
striker.
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