So Real Madrid has to score 10 goals to impress you? What if we look at the Barcelona vs Levante match? Will it also make you unimpressed with Barcelona? Yes, Real Oviedo is a bottom team, but so is Levante, but they also played with 11 men. Yes, I understand that you are quite skeptical about the quality of Real Madrid's performance, which you think is still doubtful, but one important thing is that Real Madrid shows a much better picture of development than in the previous season. Their midfield area currently looks more promising after Arda was fully trusted by Xabi, they really have the capital to face tough teams.
The first El Classico fixture for this season is on October 26, 2025, and Real Madrid will be hosting that game. I will be interested to see how that game will go since Barcelona largely dominated all the encounters last season home and away.
I still have my skepticism about Real Madrid, they need to play a big team to convince me, Barcelona already passed their own test a long time ago.
This year should be a huge one for Real Madrid because they had a terrible season last year. They were humiliated so badly in El Clasico last year. This year, they have to work hard to get a win in the first leg.