A very special Barcelona-Real Madrid: no public, unprecedented hours for the Asian market and the help of artificial intelligence

Matias Garcia

10/23/2020 7:28 PM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 10/23/2020 7:28 PM

Barcelona and Real Madrid will play this Saturday, October 24, from 11am in Argentina, the 181st Spanish classic in LaLiga history, which celebrates 90 seasons since its creation in 1928 and was only interrupted between 1936 and 1939 due to the War Spanish civil.

From the hand of Lionel Messi, Barsa will receive the champion at the Camp Nou for the seventh date of the local championship, which takes place amid the new normality conditioned by the coronavirus pandemic.

That is why

of the 180 that were played in the First Division.

That implies, among other things, that it

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LaLiga launched a set of audiovisual innovations that offer the best possible experience to the millions of fans around the world who

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In Argentina, it can be seen live on

and

, as well as

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“There will be new graphics and statistics during the match, thanks to artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

Aerial cameras and the popular Replay 360 ° system will also be present, which allows you to see key plays of the match at 360 degrees, thanks to 38 cameras in the stadium.

In addition, improvements were made to the virtual audio ”, explained

, LaLiga delegate in the Southern Cone of the American continent, through a press conference through Zoom, in which

participated

.

The first Spanish classic during the coronavirus pandemic Photo: LaLiga

Among the novelties of the game, there is also the schedule, since it will be played five hours earlier than usual.

Is that, as confirmed by Tarradas, it will be

,

in order to "cover as much territory as possible." In China, for example, the teams will take to the field at

7:00 p.m.

that in India it will be 16:30.

As for football,

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On the last date of LaLiga,

were defeated by the recently promoted

1-0 at Alfredo Di Stéfano, while the Blaugrana team lost by the same result against

.

Thus, Real Madrid is in third place in the standings with 10 points and Barcelona is in the ninth place, with seven units.

The team led by Zinedine Zidane had a bad debut in the Champions League (Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine won 3-2) and they ended an incredible positive streak: they had started at home 12 times in the history of the European tournament and had won All of them.

Meanwhile, Barça beat Ferencváros in Budapest, Hungary, 5-1.

However, both in Spain and anywhere in the world, the classics are special matches and the present of each team matters little.

Top figures of Barcelona and Real Madrid Photo: LaLiga

In search of the three points, Messi,

(18 goals for LaLiga and 26 in total), and the experienced defender Gerard Piqué will be the benchmarks of a Barcelona that is undergoing reconstruction since the arrival of the new coach : Ronald Koeman.

Real Madrid will be supported by two of the greatest figures in its squad: Sergio Ramos, is the defender with the most goals in LaLiga history and

(44), and Karim Benzema, who started each of the classics since he arrived at the club in 2009 and whose role in the team became of vital importance after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus, in July 2018.

The youngest members of each team will also have the chance to be the protagonists of one of the most exciting duels on the planet.

The Brazilians

, 19, and

(20) will wear the Real Madrid shirt, while the great promise Ansu Fati (17) and the recently joined

(19) will do so in Barcelona.

Coaches Zinedine Zidane and Ronald Koeman.

(Photo: LaLiga).

The confrontation will also be lived on the substitute bench, between Zidane and Koeman.

The Frenchman, a former footballer and

legend

, has established himself in his role as technical director and has a resume that supports him: two local championships (2017 and 2020) and three consecutive Champions League (2016-2018).

For his part, the brand new coach born in the Netherlands must revalidate the great mark he left on the Catalan team after his time as a player.

Between 1989 and 1995 he scored 102 goals and won four First Division championships, three Spanish Super Cups, a King's Cup, a Champions League and a European Super Cup.

A curiosity: both teams arrive with 288 goals converted into the history of the classics by LaLiga.

Regarding the history in the local tournament,

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There were 35 ties.

Messi will step on the Camp Nou pitch in search of breaking a strange negative streak: until this Friday, he has not scored a goal for Real Madrid for two years, five months and 17 days.

The last one was on May 6, 2018, in a classic that ended 2-2.

After that tie,

played five, of which he won three, tied one, and lost another.

But he did not scream his own goals.

They are 440 minutes without scoring and he has not scored a goal against his historic rival since Cristiano Ronaldo left the club.

Another piece of information for this Barcelona-Real Madrid to be very special.

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