With the commitment of Ancelotti postponed, this mini-Classic, recovered almost with a shoehorn, monopolizes the spotlight. The particular group division of this newborn First RFEF crosses Castilla and Barça B seven and a half years later. To save the essences, two coaches with extensive experience as players in this type of clash: Raúl and Sergi. 64 Classics add up between the two: 37 the madridista coach and 27 the azulgrana, which also has four other subsidiary crashes to its credit.
A good poster to kill the football monkey after the break just eight days before the El Clásico. The postponement of the clash against Athletic allows Raúl to ‘forget’ Ancelotti’s needs and count, among others, with Miguel Gutiérrez, Blanco or Arribas. “It’s going to be a very nice game for everyone. You can see the energy that there is,” says the playmaker.. The first two, in addition to experience in the First Division, also know what it is to face a Barça. Also Marvin. They did it in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Youth Cup, in which the Whites got off the Catalans and Blanco scored a goal from 45 meters to sentence the tie. Nine players from the visiting squad also “survive” (Tenas, Comas, Mika, Álvaro Sanz, Jandro, Peque, Nico, Nils and Lucas).
Four points separate the two, but Castilla is a two-sided team that shows its best version at Di Stéfano, where they remain undefeated. Sergi’s Barça has had an irregular and somewhat disappointing start. In the Johan Cruyff he has survived, but outside it is a fragile team, from which nothing can be expected for sure. Nor today. Sergi Barjuan, who has not improved by far, at the moment, García Pimienta’s performance, does not want his players to become obsessed. “TO media level, this game is more important, but they are three points as in the rest. You have to give value to what they are doing. They have not lost at home, he has scored eight goals and they have been playing for three years with the same idea, although the systems vary. We are going to see if we compete well and can make a splash, “said the coach.
Real Madrid Castilla-Barcelona B
Castile: Toni Fuidias; Sergio Santos, Rafa Marín, Marvel, Retuerta; White, Dotor; Arribas, Aranda, Peter; and Gudjohnsen. Coach: Raul.
Barça B: Iñaki Peña; Guillem, Comas, Mika Mármol, Solà; Álvaro Sanz, Jandro, Lucas de Vega; Aranda, Jutglà and Rodado. Coach: Sergi.
Referee: Román Román (Castilla y León).
Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano.
TV: Real Madrid TV / Footters
Results and classification of group II of First RFEF.