The much-anticipated La Liga fixture’s date has been brought a day behind to April 21st,
due to fixture congestion.
Real Madrid’s trip to the Camp Nou was scheduled for April 22nd,
but the date has been changed to accommodate their European responsibilities.
Jose Mourinho’s men will now have to make the trip a day earlier, on April 21, according to Spanish football federation (RFEF).
As many as seven first team regulars from both sides can miss the match as they stand on the brink of facing a one-match ban.
Victor Valdes, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara can miss the starting eleven for Barcelona after picking up four yellow cards.
On the other hand, Jose Mourinho faces the possibility of going into the match without the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao.
With two matches remaining, the governing body will be keeping a close eye on the fixture as players from both sides have picked up deliberate bookings to play in crucial matches.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 received their marching orders for time wasting antics in their UEFA Champions League fixture against Ajax last year.
However, it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique who most recently earned a match’s suspension to be available for the current season’s La Liga El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu in early December.
The central defender was reprimanded by Pep Guardiola but went unscathed by the Spanish authorities.
It will be the sixth meeting between the two arch-rivals in the 2011/12 campaign, with Barcelona maintaining the bragging rights, winning three of the six fixtures, while the rest were all stalemates.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 have registered a 9-match winning run in La Liga thus far, and can increase their tally if they are able to overcome the challenge posted by Luis Garcia Plaza’s Getafe, one of the two sides to beat them.
With La Blaugrana in their best form of the season, Jose Mourinho’s charges cannot make the same claim. The Capital club have dropped 6 points in their last five matches, watching their once-handsome 10-point lead drop to a meagre 4 points.
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