Montjuïc welcomes this afternoon (16.15 hours/Movistar+) a Classic that can decide the champion of Liga. He Barçaleader with four points ahead of the Real Madridhas before him an unbeatable opportunity to sentenced the championship. A house victory would not only be an almost definitive blow in the classification, but could allow those of Hansi Flick sing the alirón next Thursday (9.30 pm), in the derby against the Espanyol in Cornellà-El Prat.
The Barca team reaches the clash after the painful elimination in semifinals of Champions in front of the Inter from Milan. A cruel defeat, in the extension, which left the culés at the doors of the final of Munich. The challenge of Flick It is now mental: to recover its players, manage the physical wear of 120 minutes of high intensity and re -connect with the domestic championship, which they have prioritized since the season began.
The squad, aware of what is at stake, was conjured this week with a barbecue that served to close the European page and focus on the great goal. In sports, doubts are in the physical state of Baldand, who has just received the medical discharge, and Lewandowskiwhich forced to play a few minutes in Milan. Despite the accumulated fatigue, an eleven is expected very similar to Tuesday, although Flick You must refine in the changes to maintain the equipment of the equipment. As he said Lamine Yamal“Where the legs do not reach, the heart does.” That is what the Barça in a Classic That is worth more than three points.
Probable alignments of Barça-Real Madrid
Last Barça training before the transcendental match against Real Madrid
In front will be a Real Madrid That he grabs his last chance to fight the league. White arrives wrapped in an environment of uncertainty: Carlo Ancelotti It is still linked to the future bench of the Brazilian team and, in addition, this Friday Xabi Alonso announced that it will leave the Bayer Leverkusen At the end of the season, which shows his return to Santiago Bernabéu Now as a coach. The Basque coach has not yet made it official, but his name already monopolizes the foci prior to the game, in a context that could divert the attention of the Madrid players at the most decisive moment of the course.
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A Barca victory would leave the Barça With seven points ahead in the absence of only three days, and would give him the option of proclaiming himself champion in Cornellàprecisely in the stadium where he already raised his last Liga In 2023. Then, part of the Perica fans invaded the grass and prevented the celebration. A tie would maintain a distance of four points that would remain favorable for the culés and bring them a little more to the title. Instead, a victory of the Madrid It would squeeze the classification to the maximum: the whites would be placed only one point, with the most favorable calendar, while the Barça You must visit the Espanyol and al Athleticin addition to receiving Villarreal and the pulse by the title would be decided in recent days. All or nothing in Montjuïc. He Barça has the Liga within range. He Madridhis last bullet.
