As the time is coming for the first meeting of the fierce rivals in the new season, it will be notable to say that this game should be one of the most exciting games in the recent history between these two teams . The reason is not that simple but the public will want to know how these two teams will respond after the disappointing seasons especially Barcelona.
Barcelona hit the ground after the Champions League defeat by Bayern with 8:2 and right after that Messi announced his decision to leave the club after spending his whole career for the Catalan giant. This hit Barcelona very hard and supporters and even players protested. But everything went well at the end so Messi changed his mind and for now he decided to stay. The new head coach Koeman showed some character and Barcelona looks well so far in the first 3 rounds. The transfer period for Barcelona was also not satisfying for the fans as they decided to “sell” many of the key players during the past seasons. This way, Vidal, Rakitic and Luis Suarez left the club absolutely free. Also they sold Semedo and let Rafinha join PSG for free and traded Arthur for Pjanic with Juventus. On the other side they returned Coutinho who seems to get a chance with Koeman, and signed hot prospects in Trincao, Dest and Pedri.
Real Madrid haven’t done that bad in the past season and took the present Barcelona left them after the Covid19 break and took over the first place from them and won the title; However they did bad in the Champions League and got an early defeat by Manchester City. Regarding the transfer policy this transition period it was the first time probably in their history or after a long time to sign ZERO players. However Real Madrid did well to sell players earning around 130 millions and they also took off Bale and James Rodriguez wages off their paying list by sending them on season loans at Tottenham and Everton. Many rumours behind this decision but the main one is that they are saving money to bring Mbappe the next season.
Regarding the clash between these two teams, Barca as host will definitely play without supporters due to the pandemic so the home team advantage is almost gone. However they must be happy how their new superstar Ansuh Fati started the season as he was promoted as Primera League player of the month in September. Still it’s too early to say but this guy should replace Messi anytime soon. Team looks well so far and Barcelona will be considered a slight favorite. Real Madrid started solid after a draw in the season opening with Betis, they managed to win 3 games in a row leading the table with 10 points, but Barcelona has 1 game less played. Zidane has the same team from last season, but he also got Odegaard and Odriozola returned from loans and both are included in the first team.
Prediction:
It will be a close game, with the deciding factor to be who else if not Messi. Barcelona to win with one goal with 2:1 or 3:2 as a final score.
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