Barça vs Real verdict (9:24 on 10/24): Classic calculation?

For many years now, Barcelona and Real Madrid have had the habit of starting last season very well and entering the Clásico with great enthusiasm. But this 2020-21 season, when there were only 4 and 5 games in the league, both Barça and Real have had to savor defeat.

Real Madrid lost the rookie Cádiz clash 1-0

The classification does not add much meaning in this phase of the season in which both Barça and Real play 1 or 2 games less than the rest of the teams. Barça’s performance after 4 games was 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ronald Koeman’s team collected 7 points, ranking ninth in the standings at the moment.

Barça had an impressive start to the season with back-to-back wins against Villarreal and Celta de Vigo, scoring 7 goals without conceding. However, Sevilla drew 1-1 against Sevilla before the October national team meeting.

At the end of last week, Barça suffered a 1-0 loss to Getafe on the road. Fortunately, to lose to his favorite rival, the Catalan giant immediately placed a Ferencvaros in the second-lowest position of the Champions League group stage this season.

Even playing without people in the second half due to Piqué being a red card, Barça won easily 5-1. Lionel Messi, Ansu Fati, Philippe Coutinho, Pedri and Ousmane Dembele each scored 1 goal for the Blaugrana in this match.

Shortly after, Koeman’s Barça did the same when they fell to Getafe

Lionel Messi’s performance has always been watched by all eyes and at this moment it is even more noticeable when he is accused of not being in maximum concentration after publicly wanting to leave this summer. But the field record of the M10 has shown otherwise.

2 goals plus 3 assists after 5 appearances show a good performance and Messi’s important contribution to Barça. Koeman’s positive point when leading the home team at the Camp Nou is to reduce the burden on the club’s great number 10.

In the last few games, Barça distributed the ball evenly throughout the attack instead of only targeting Messi. That’s also a way to keep the 33-year-old general from feeling exhausted from this season’s busy schedule.

Messi is no longer central in Barça’s way of playing

Trying to take the throne?

Koeman revealed that it takes more time to create optimal Barca strength. But with many years of hitting as a player, the 57-year-old coach must understand that the Blaugrana has no room for patience.

Koeman’s predecessor, Quique Setien, was mercilessly fired after just a few months at the helm of Barça. The fact that Barça had 2 games only earned them 1 point in La Liga and they didn’t know what would happen if they lost to rival Real Madrid.

El Clásico did not decide to win the league title, but it has many meanings. Last season, realistically, Real won. They drew 0-0 in the first leg at the Camp Nou before beating their ugly rival 2-0 when they returned to the Santiago Bernabéu field.

The pressure grows on the technician Zidane

Real’s performance in the second half of the 2019-20 season is simply amazing. He helped Los Blancos win the League, leaving Barça 5 points at the end. Last season, Real only lost 3 games. But at home last weekend, they were hit empty-handed against rookie Cádiz for Anthony Lozano’s lone goal in the 16th minute.

The impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on the finances of football clubs was very strong. Real did not come out of that spiral, which led to no new contracts in the summer.

The pressure on Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos at both ends is very strong. But only Ramos demonstrated the role. Missing him at Shakhtar Donetsk’s reception in the opening match of the Champions League, Real’s defense immediately went off track and led them to lose 3-2.

Benzema has only scored 1 goal since the start of the season

Benzema has had an unsatisfactory start to the season when he only had 1 goal in 6 games. It’s hard to put big demands on someone who will turn 33 in December. Real also considered a replacement when they brought in Luka Jovic for € 60 million in the summer of 2019.

But Jovic’s performances are too lousy. Four appearances from last season to now in all competitions, he only has 2 goals. “The trump card” Eden Hazard is on the mend in no less than a month, pushing coach Zinedine Zidane into a headache.

Barça vs Real Madrid this week may be less attractive

The two consecutive defeats to Cádiz and Shakhtar Donetsk certainly add to the pressure on Zidane. His teachers and students did not want to suffer another defeat, especially against the great Barça rival to let the real crisis arise.

A small mistake can have a high price in El Clásico. It is likely that Real will come to the Camp Nou with the greatest pragmatism in order to save the sad situation. The great soccer field, but not the Barça crowd, is not a suitable place for the performance of “Buitres”.

Real Madrid can reestablish a firm stance similar to that of last season’s La Liga first leg. It is not known that the goalless draw will also be repeated at the Camp Nou.

Predict the score: Draw 0-0

Information force:
Barça: Stegen and Umtiti leave due to injury
Real: Hazard, Carvajal, Odegaard continued to heal

Probable teams

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