The Barça team arrives at the duel against Real Madrid as the undisputed leader but without Hansen and Mariona, their two usual players on the wing
Barça and Real Madrid will meet this Sunday (6pm) at the Alfredo di Stéfano for the first Clásico of the season, and the ninth in history. They are both only undefeated teams in the first seven days of the F League. Both exhibited superiority in their last duel of the championship, beating Levante Las Planas and Villarreal 4-0, respectively.
The azulgranas can boast of never having lost against Real Madrid, despite having met eight times in the two years of existence of Florentino Pérez’s club, who was forced to invest in the women’s section after the firm and continued commitment of the Catalan club, which has accumulated 42 consecutive wins in the league .
A classic without Alexia, Hansen, or Mariona
Sunday’s game will be something different for a team that has three of its most differential players in the infirmary. The recent casualties of Hansen and Mariona, the two starting wingers of the team, join that of the Captain Alexia Putellas. “Mariona has a great impact on the game with goals and assists. And a player like Hansen is hard to find,” admitted Giráldez. In the first match without the wingers, the Galician coach opted for Claudia Pina and Salma Paralluelo, but during the season Rolfö and Crnogorcevic have also taken the position of Hansen and Mariona.
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Real Madrid is making merits to become the maximum rival of the azulgranas in the league. “Every year is a better team than the previous one. He has shown it in the league and the Champions League” said Jonatan Giráldez. The white team is better since the arrival of Alberto Toril and has been strengthened with the transfer market.
“With Caroline Weir they have given a qualitative leap, is an experienced footballer, who dominates the last pass, the shot from outside the area… He has fit in very well due to the impact he has on dangerous occasions and on goals”, explained the Barça coach. “With Kathellen too, on the defensive line. These two players and those who were already, who have been together for a couple of years, will make it more complicated, “he concluded.