The meeting of these two big clubs will always be interesting, although for some people there is something missing, because the players we used to see in the match are no longer there and are now dominated by new players. And the most lost is when Real Madrid must be left behind CR7 and Barcelona lost LM10, of course these 2 players are the 2 players who get the most attention in their El Clasicco era.
A new era has begun, even from the previous season, but when looking at the last el clasicco duel, there is blood flowing from the seniors, that is, they play with hot tension.
This EL Classico can be very interesting because this time in this EL Classico Real Madrid don't have Benzema but they have players like Jude Bellingham who scored a goal in the last friendly match and on the other hand this game can be a hard test for Xavi and his players to find weakness and try to improve it.
Players coming and going is a given, and now they're without Benzema as you said, and in the Barcelona camp they have Lewandowski who was the top scorer last season.
There are some very noticeable changes, for example Xavi Hernandez himself, he used to be a player during el classico whereas now he's a coach. Real Madrid also experienced the same when Zidane was still a player.
I'm eager to see how their new players heat up the match, because usually if new players will be a little surprised by the atmosphere that occurs in the meeting of these two clubs.