Ref case won't destabilise Barcelona ahead of Clasico - Xavi
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said the referee corruption scandal will not destabilise the club as they prepare to face Real Madrid at Camp Nou on Sunday.
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Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said the referee corruption scandal will not destabilise the club as they prepare to face Real Madrid at Camp Nou on Sunday.
Vinicius Junior besar kemungkinan akan menjadi starter saat Real Madrid berhadapan dengan Barcelona. Striker asal Brasil itu pemain yang suka memakai Blaugrana di video game.
Spain's Clasico is one of the world's biggest sporting occasions, pitting giants Barcelona and Real Madrid head-to-head, but the build-up to Sunday's La Liga clash has been overshadowed by "Caso Negreira". Barca have been charged with corruption by Spanish prosecutors for payments between 2001 and 2018 to the company of former refereeing chief Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, totalling around 7.3 million euros ($7.8 million).
There have been so many iconic moments in El Clasico over the years and this Sunday’s match between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be a crucial one. Barcelona lead La Liga by nine points, having won eight of their last nine matches in the league and come up against a Real Madrid who will be buoyant after they knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League. Ad Twelve matchdays will remain after this weekend, so it feels like a must-win for Real Madrid which is what Eurosport Spain’s Felix Martin alluded to when previewing El Clasico.
On his way out of Camp Nou in what was his last clasico as Barcelona coach, Ronald Koeman had to press the brakes on his car sharply and frequently. Supporters had crowded around the vehicle, some to snap photos recording how close they got to the so-called Hero of Wembley, the man who, as a player, scored the goal that won Barca’s first European Cup almost 30 years earlier.
Xavi Hernandez and his Barcelona side can take a decisive step towards winning La Liga on Sunday -- where a Clasico victory over Real Madrid would send them 12 points clear of the champions. The Catalans have not won the Spanish title since Ernesto Valverde was at the helm in 2019 and expanding the gap on their bitter rivals in second would virtually clinch it. Madrid won the first La Liga Clasico 3-1 in October but Xavi's side have vastly improved since then. The coach is desperate to win the league title to validate the team's growth, while for the club it would represent a swift return on their outlay last summer.
Barcelona will wear a logo from Spanish pop singer Rosalia on their shirt for this weekend's El Clasico against Real Madrid, in place of the Spotify symbol, the Catalans said on Wednesday. It is the second time this season Barcelona have changed their shirt for the Clasico, wearing Canadian rapper Drake's "OVO Owl" logo at the Santiago Bernabeu in October, with Madrid winning 3-1. As part of Barcelona's sponsorship deal agreed in 2022 with music streaming platform Spotify, worth around 280 million euros ($299 million) across four years, the club can put different artists in the spotlight on their shirt.
Barcelona meraih hasil manis melawan Athletic Bilbao. Blaugrana kini bisa penuh percaya diri berhadapan dengan Real Madrid.