Scouting the Upcoming El Clasico: Real Madrid and Barcelona’s Squads Face Off

Tonight, Thursday evening, the eyes of the fans of the round witch are riveted to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, where the upcoming El Clasico match between Real Madrid and its main rivals Barcelona will take place.

The match is expected to kick off at exactly 23:00 GMT as part of the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.

Veteran Italian footballer Carlo Ancelotti (63), coach of Real Madrid, will start the upcoming match against his guest, the Catalan team, with the following starting lineup:

Goalkeeper: Thibault Courtois

Defensive Line: Dani Carvajal – Eder Militao – Antonio Rodriguer – Nacho

Midfield: Luka Modric – Eduardo Camavinga – Toni Kroos

Offensive line: Federico Valverde – Karim Benzema – Vinicius Junior.

On the other hand, Spaniard Javi Hernández (43), Barcelona coach, has chosen the following starting lineup to face the royal team in this El Clasico:

1- Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

2- Ronald Araujo

5- Sergio Busquets

6- Jaffe

11- Ferran Torres

17- Marcos Alonso

19- Casey Frank

21- Frankie de Young

22- Ravinia

23- Jules Conde

28- Alejandro Balde.

The second leg will take place in Barcelona at Spotify Camp Nou on 5 April.

Source: RT