Published 17:51 IST, October 23rd 2019

El Clasico, Real Madrid vs Barcelona: Who will benefit from delay?

El Classico is not happening in October. Know about Real Madrid and Barcelona's take on the El Clasico reschedule and who is going to gain more in El Clasico

Reported by: Raj Sarkar
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most-awaited El Clasico has been postponed and it has left all fans wondering about ir favourite sides. It was scheduled to take place on October 26 but according to reports in Spanish media, El Clasico has been rescheduled and date has been postponed to December 18 by Royal Spanish Football Federation. highly-anticipated clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona has been delayed due to protests going around. Spanish Supreme Court is sentencing nine Catalan separatist leaders due to ir involvement in anti-national activities it has cost football fans ir favourite El Clasico. However, both Real Madrid and Barcelona can take benefits from this delay.

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El Clasico: Who gets advant in delay?

Real Madrid

delay of date can be considered lucky for Real Madrid. If El Clasico would have taken place on October 26, Galacticos would have missed out on Luka Modric, Lucas Vazquez and Gareth Bale due to injury. Marco Asensio is expected to miss squad till next year so it does t change things for him. Real Madrid are going to benefit highly from delay since entire Barcelona team is fit and absence of three prime players would have cost a lost for Madrid. Real Madrid are placed at second spot current LaLiga standings and a delay in El Clasico will surely give m a chance to experiment more with squad before facing ir arch-rivals.

Barcelona

Barcelona are in top form and squad is performing extremely well in  LaLiga. y are leading points table with six wins from nine games played. delay in schedule is t going to benefit much for m since entire squad is steady at moment. However, Ousman Dembele would have missed El Clasico on October 26 due to suspension and he might get to be a part of it December. duo of Griezman-Messi is working really great and at recent moment, y were arguably favourites for October 26 El Clasico.

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