Supervisor Hansi Flick is ready to take cost of Barcelona towards their fierce rivals Real Madrid in El Clasico regardless of the passing of his father.
Asserting the information on Sunday – simply hours earlier than kick-off – the Catalan membership mentioned: “FC Barcelona and the complete blaugrana household want to ship all our like to Hansi Flick after the passing of his father.
“We share in your sorrow and our ideas are with you and your loved ones throughout this troublesome time.”
Tributes will probably be paid to the 61-year-old’s father on the Nou Camp, with a minute’s silence earlier than kick-off and the gamers sporting black armbands throughout the sport.
Something aside from a defeat for Flick’s aspect would see Barca topped LaLiga champions for a second successive yr – and the primary time in historical past the Spanish top-flight has been gained in El Clasico.
In an announcement, Los Blancos mentioned: “Actual Madrid C. F., its president, and its Board of Administrators deeply remorse the passing of the daddy of Hansi Flick, coach of F. C. Barcelona.
“Actual Madrid needs to specific its condolences and affection to his household and all his family members. Relaxation in peace.”
Mbappe dominated out
Actual will probably be with out striker Kylian Mbappe for the journey to their rivals, whereas headlines in latest days have been dominated by obvious tensions within the altering room.
Alvaro Carreras revealed he had a confrontation with fellow defender Antonio Rudiger, whereas Federico Valverde and midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni got here to blows on Thursday, with Valverde struggling a head harm that guidelines him out of the Clasico.
Each gamers received €500,000 fines.
The excellent news for Madrid is the return of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from harm and the Belgian will begin at Camp Nou.
In the meantime, Barcelona will probably be with out star Lamine Yamal on account of a hamstring harm he suffered towards Celta Vigo final month.
The place to look at Barca v Actual Madrid: TV channel, dwell on-line streams
Kick-off on Sunday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with dwell protection within the UK on Premier Sports activities 1 and streaming obtainable on an enormous vary of units by way of the Premier Sports activities app.
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Barcelona v Actual Madrid stats
- The one event on which a Clasico has determined the title was throughout the 1931/32 season, when Madrid drew 2-2 on the ultimate matchday of the marketing campaign to beat Athletic Membership to glory
- Not one of the final 12 La Liga conferences between the groups have been a draw, which is the longest run and not using a league Clasico ending stage since a run of 18 matches between 1977 and 1986 (10 Madrid wins, eight Barcelona)
- Barcelona’s present run of 10 La Liga wins is their greatest run below Hansi Flick and places the German on track to develop into the fifth coach within the membership’s historical past to gather 11 consecutive league victories, after Pep Guardiola (a run of 16 and one other of 11), Frank Rijkaard (14), Luis Enrique (12) and Tito Vilanova (11)
- Flick might be part of Guardiola, Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde because the Twenty first-century coaches to have gained the league in each of their first two seasons in command of Barca
- Victory would make Flick the second Barcelona coach this century to win his first two dwelling La Liga matches towards Madrid, after Guardiola (first three)
- Barca have scored in every of their final 54 video games in La Liga, since a 1-0 defeat at dwelling to Leganes in December 2024
- Madrid have gained eight of their final 12 La Liga conferences with Barcelona (L4), which is as many as they had been victorious in throughout their earlier 32 Clasico matches within the competitors (W8 D7 L17).
- They’ve misplaced two of their final 5 La Liga away video games (W2 D1), which is as many defeats as they suffered of their earlier 17 on the street within the competitors (W12 D3 L2)
- Alvaro Arbeloa’s first Clasico provides him an opportunity to develop into the fifth Madrid coach to win away of their first managerial expertise of the fixture, after Jose Quirante in 1929 (2-1), Carlos Queiroz in 2003 (2-1), Bernd Schuster in 2007 (1-0) and Zinedine Zidane in 2016 (2-1)
- Vinicius Junior has eight targets in 23 appearances towards Barcelona in all competitions, solely scoring extra towards Valencia and Osasuna (9)
