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The global betting company 1xBet announces the great Spanish derby.
On March 19, two colossuses will😊 meet at Camp Nou, and the world will enjoy the great struggle with bated breath. What are the chances of😊 eternal rivals to win?
History of games
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It will be the 246th official match between Barcelona and Real in all competitions –😊 Primera, Copa del Rey, Super Cup, Spanish League Cup and Champions League. So far, Madrid is ahead: 101 wins, 48😊 draws and 96 losses, with a goal difference of 397-410.
This year, the Catalans have beaten their opponent twice: the first😊 victory was in the Super Cup final in mid-January (3-1), and then they played in the Spanish Cup semi-finals. Barça😊 came to the Bernabéu, scored the only goal in the counterattack, parked the bus and won with a minimum score.😊 Madrid even owned the ball more – this is an almost unique achievement for the Clasico of recent decades. The😊 hosts have spent 65% of their playing time with a ball, Real’s best result against Barça since the 2013/14 season.😊 And yet, despite the Merengues’ multiple attacks, there was a feeling that Barça would not miss even if the referee😊 added another 50 minutes to the main time.
Real Madrid
After that failure, the chair under Ancelotti began to stagger. The coach😊 cannot start the Madrid machine: before the winning game against Espanyol (3-1), the team did not win in three matches😊 in a row, and they could not even score against Barça (0-1) and Betis (0-0). However, even in the game😊 against the Catalonian capital second-best team, which Madrid won without any apparent effort, the absence of Karim Benzema was noticeable😊 occasionally. Without him, Madrid’s attack does not look very effective. The French striker is expected to return to the starting😊 line-up against Barcelona and help his team’s attack sparkle with new colors.
Barcelona
Barcelona cannot live a measured life as a championship😊 leader and a club world championship winner (yes, we are talking about Real) – as soon as the team overcame😊 the crisis, the Blaugranes management was suspected of corruption.
Catalans have been accused of paying millions of euros for three years😊 to a firm owned by the vice president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation’s Referees Technical Committee. It turned out😊 that the payments had been dragging on since 2001. Although nothing threatens Barça in Spain yet, they still may have😊 to respond before UEFA since the Champions League regulations imply a ban for one season if the club was directly😊 or indirectly involved in influencing the matches results at the national or international level.
With all that, Barcelona came to Bilbao😊 for Sunday’s match against Athletic. And they faced a very unexpected reception: Basques fans began to throw fake money on😊 the field with the word “Mafia” and the Barcelona logo, and Athletic players beat their opponents’ legs for an hour😊 and a half. At first, this did not help much – Barça opened the scoring in the first half’s last😊 seconds. A few minutes before the end of regular time, the hosts equalized the score, but the insidious VAR discovered😊 a rules violation that happened before the decisive attack and was completely invisible to the fans in the stands. Basques😊 felt robbed, but in the end, Barcelona got three points in this match.
After a minimal victory over Athletic, the Xavi😊 team has an interesting statistic: this season, the Catalans won with a minimal score for the 9th time, a club😊 record. La Liga record for this indicator is 11 matches in a season.
If you look at the standings, you’ll see😊 Barcelona has 65 points, and Real has 56. Get popcorn and make yourself comfortable: soon, they will face again, and😊 if Madrid does not win, then Xavi can be carefully congratulated on the title. This battle will become legendary, and😊 therefore the top bookmaker 1xBet offers the highest odds for this match. Bet on the game and hit the big😊 jackpot!
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