http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 offered a paltry 701 tickets for December 10 showdown against Real Madrid – La Liga News
Only 701 tickets will be offered to Barcelona for this season’s La Liga El Clasico. The application procedure for obtaining the tickets will last for a measly one day and will end on Friday, November 25.
Barcelona and Real Madrid will lock horns in a top of the table clash. The match between traditional rivals has garnered a lot of hype as the two Spanish giants exhibit jaw dropping performances.
In their latest fixtures, Real Madrid thrashed Dinamo Zagreb 6-2 at Santiago Bernabéu. It was a victory for the Catalan team as well, who won 2-3 against AC Milan at San Siro.
The paltry number of tickets for the much anticipated match has caused apathy amongst the fans. However, more tickets might become available on Monday, November 28.
It is the first time that Barcelona are exercising distribution of tickets for a league match. The Catalan club were forced to bring such measures into action after an overwhelming social demand for travelling to Madrid in support of Pep Guardiola’s team.
The club let the fans knew about the newly implemented system through their website. A similar procedure has also been put into effect for Champions League qualifiers and Copa del Rey finals.
Of the 701 tickets made available for Barcelona, 85 percent will be handed out to the Socios, making up a total of 477. Other season ticket holders will be given 119 tickets, while the remaining 105 with be distributed to meet corporate, sporting and contractual
agreements.
With both clubs playing exciting brands of football, the match is highly anticipated by fans and neutrals alike. The fixture has been billed as the match of the season between two competitive clubs with contrasting footballing philosophies.
The comparisons do not stop here as players and managers come under spotlight. The match will resume the battle for supremacy between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, while ruling out Jose Mourinho from the encounter will be a fault.
The Portuguese coach will lock horns with Josep Guardiola in a match-up of two of the most brilliant minds in world football. Mourinho has shown the tenacity for taking mind games to another level, a fact not lost on his Catalan counterpart.
All in all, it will be an entertaining fixture with both teams looking to get the bragging rights early in the season.
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