After losses to Elche and Shakhtar, the Blancos are hosted at the Camp Nou for the first Clasico of the season • Valverda gave the Blancos the lead after just 5 minutes
Messi.
Eyes as usual mostly on him
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In front of an empty stadium and after a difficult period for both clubs, Barcelona is currently hosting Real Madrid for the first Super Clasico of the season in the Spanish league.
Real arrive at the game after a difficult week in which they lost in the league to Elche, the newcomer and Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
The Catalans, come even after a league loss against Hattafa but with an easy victory over Frantzvaros on Tuesday in the opening round of the Champions League.
Professionally, Ronald Koeman, who is making his debut as a coach in the exciting class, decided to start with Federy at 11 when Antoine Griezmann, who is in a bad period, remains on the bench again.
Injured Jordi Alba returned to the left-back position and Sergino Dest opened in his natural position on the right side of the defense.
At Real, captain Sergio Ramos, who did not play in the team's losses this week, returned to the squad even after injury when Karim Benzema was also in Zinedine Zidane's 11.
Compositions:
Barcelona:
Neto, Serginio Dest, Gerard Pique, Clemente Langela, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Frankie de Jong, Filipe Coutinho, Federy, Enso Patti and Leo Messi.
Real Madrid:
Thibaut Courtois, Nacho, Rafael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Perlan Mandy, Casimiro, Federico Valverda, Tony Cross, Luca Modric, Vinicius Jr. and Karim Benzema.