The next El Clasico match is not a good time for Barcelona. The injury storm is sweeping the Barcelona squad, including Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Yamal, Jules Kounde, Robert Lewandowski, and Alejandro Balde. In particular, Lewandowski is the leading goalscorer of the Catalan team, but he still needs to determine his recovery date from injury. He will miss a series of important Barca matches. As for Raphinha, he is healthy enough to play in the El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
This is a headache for coach Xavi. Xavi's team has had poor results recently. They let Real regain the top spot and dropped to 3rd place on the rankings. The championship race is increasingly fierce.
The first El Clasico of the season isn't slated to take place in two weeks time from now which means that some members of the Barcelona squad are gonna be back from their injury before the all important game against Real Madrid that'll be played in the famous Barcelona stadium Camp Nou.
I expect Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez to device a means and dish out the best tactical approach that'll help his side get a good result against a Real Madrid side that's been on impressive form since the start of the season.
Their most recent match was in the United States, witnessing a display of destruction from coach Xavi and his team. Even though it was just a friendly match, the El Clasico match was exciting right from the first minutes. Barcelona crushed Real Madrid with a score of 3-0. When Real Madrid just lost their pillar Karim Benzema.
But now the victory is somewhat in favor of Real Madrid. Their lineup is almost complete. Jude Bellingham is the name that will help Real Madrid avenge the recent feud. Barcelona is showing its weakness without a pillar. We can see they have struggled against small teams. What will coach Xavi do in this situation?