The EA Sports League 2023/2024 celebrates its first classic of the season this Saturday, October 28, with the match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The match, belonging to the 11th LaLiga EA Sports Matchday, will also be the third consecutive match for Xavi Hernández’s team at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium.
This classic will also be a fight for leadership. Ancelotti’s men come into the duel as leaders of LaLiga, but with only one point ahead of the Catalans. Leadership position that the whites also share with the revelation of the current campaign, Girona.
FC Barcelona accumulates a large number of casualties for this match. From the defense with Joules Koundé along with the midfielder and the attacking point with Pedri, Frenkie De Jong, Raphinha and Sergi Roberto. On the other hand, the return of Araujo and Gündogan is confirmed.
Among the news from Real Madrid for this match, the return of Joselu Mato stands out, who has left behind the feverish process and the flu that prevented him from playing last Tuesday in Braga in the Champions League.
It will be his first classic with Real Madrid, against a Barcelona that motivates him especially and from which he already took two points in his last visit with Espanyol.
Real Madrid has announced the date of November 11 for the celebration of the club’s Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assemblies, in which the points of the day include the proposal to appoint José Martínez Sánchez Pirri as honorary president and call it “Ciudad Real Madrid Florentino Pérez” to the sports city of Valdebebas.
Members are scheduled to meet at 9:00 a.m. for the first call and at 10:00 a.m. for the second call, on a Saturday that will close at 9:00 p.m. at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium with the LaLiga match between Real Madrid and Valencia.
The EA Sports League match between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be played this Saturday, October 28 at 4:15 p.m.
The meeting will be broadcast by Movistar and the DAZN platform.