Madrid is cautious at the Bernábeu in the face of Barcelona’s good form and this can be seen in its coach’s lineup. Carlo Ancelotti has chosen to populate the midfield with muscle and pair Camavinga and Tchouaméni with Fede Valverde. The two Frenchmen enter the team for Modric and the injured Rodrygo.
Although Tchouaméni only played the last five minutes against Dortmund, the Italian coach trusts in one of his talismans as he did last season, when the former Monaco player started in the three classics, all with white victories.
The precedents of the Ukrainian goalkeeper
Fourth classic for Lunin, who has won the previous three
Camavinga initially played the last classic but then as a left back, facing Lamine Yamal. Now he is in his natural position in his eleventh classic.
The entry of both means the substitution of the veteran Luka Modric, who at 39 years old, will have to wait on the bench. In this scheme, Jude Bellingham, who decided the two League classics 23-24, will act as a playmaker, leaving the most advanced positions to Vinícius and Mbappé.
The defense is the same one that already played against Borussia Dortmund, with Lucas Vázquez, Militão, Rüdiger and Mendy, but between the sticks there will be, as was already known, Lunin due to Courtois’ muscle injury in that Champions League match. The Ukrainian goalkeeper has won the three classics he has played.
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