Barcelona faces Real Madrid in a key classic for its aspirations for the LaLiga title and has reason to trust in a victory.
Barcelona faces a final with no turning back on Sunday at the Bernabéu. A simple draw would leave LaLiga looking for a ruling in favor of Real Madrid and in the Barça squad, trying to overcome the emotional blow that the elimination in the Champions League against PSG meant, the emotional and sporting significance of this last Clásico of the season is understood.
It will be the tenth, and supposedly last, for Xavi Hernández since he took charge of Barça in November 2021 and his fourth visit to the merengue coliseum, where he has won twice and lost the remaining time. Ending his journey with a victory that would equal the general statistics (today he has four wins and five losses in the Classics) would be for him, and for the club, the best news.
It is evident that the still League champion arrives at the Bernabéu at a disadvantage, but having won in six of its last ten visits, it has reason to trust in making a blow that could open, minimally, doubts in the championship.
Undefeated as a visitor
Barcelona is the only team in the League that has not lost a single away game. Nine victories (six in the last seven trips) and six draws adorn their statistics away from Montjuïc and, beyond the final luck of the tournament, they aspire to complete a League championship without losing away for the first time in their history.
Favorable scenario
Since the century began, Real Madrid and Barcelona have played 32 Clásicos at the Santiago Bernabéu in all competitions (League, Cup, Champions League and Spanish Super Cup) and the balance favors the Barça team, which has won 15 of those games. for 11 meringue wins and 6 draws. As if that were not enough, in their last 15 visits in the League, Barça has won nine times and only once, in 2020, did they go without scoring (2-0).
Ter Stegen
Undefeated in the last six league games, the German goalkeeper has gone 583 minutes without conceding a goal and is 53 minutes away from equaling his best streak, which reached 636 minutes last season. Iago Aspas, on February 17 in Balaídos, was the last one capable of scoring a goal against Ter Stegen, precisely in the game in which he returned to the frame after his injury in November.
Young
Pau Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal will debut at the Bernabéu. The two Barça youth players had not even been born the night that the Madrid fans surrendered to Ronaldinho in 2005, which coincided with Leo Messi’s debut on this stage in an unforgettable match that Barça won 0-3. Unexpectedly converted into fundamental footballers for their coach, both aspire to emulate Leo and debut with a victory in the Madrid coliseum, something that Gerard Piqué also did in his day (2-6 in 2009) rounding off that legendary Clásico with the goal that He closed the Barça victory.
