How will Barça line up in El Clásico"
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Barça travel to the capital looking to save their season Barcelona are still trying to pick up the pieces after the midweek disaster against Paris Saint-Germain that resulted in yet another terrible Champions League elimination, and the Catalans now have one last chance to save their season when they travel to the Spanish capital for the final El Clásico of the campaign against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.
The mood around the Barça camp could not be any worse after Wednesday?s tragedy, but they must find a way to recover and try to reignite the La Liga title race with a win against their biggest rivals. Anything other than a Barça victory effectively crowns Real as champions, but a Blaugrana upset adds at least some intrigue to the final six games of the season. Here?s how we think Xavi Hernández will line up his troops for Sunday?s battle:
Defense
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The heartbreak in midweek was made even worse by the fact that Barça actually made a pretty good start to the game, as the Blaugrana were in full control until the infamous red card that changed the entire tie. But the strong performance in the first half-hour will probably lead Xavi into not making many changes, and sticking with mostly the same team that played so well in the first 120 minutes of the European quarter-finals.
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