preview and prediction, Barcelona against Madrid

one of the great match.. i think we wait again when messi play against ronaldo.. both of them have an important role for their club and i think the manager know how to handle or stop their opponent..

So it is back to El Classico time. This time around, I think Barcelona are so far ahead of Real Madrid in La Liga that Real Madrid needs to win both the El Classicos in La Liga and even then they might not win the title. So I think the pressure would be more on Mourinho's men to get a result. This could play into the hands of Barcelona and they could hit Real hard on the counter. Cheers! Ram

Barcelona will miss Puyol and Pique from the defense, which will make it very hard for them not to concede at least one goal. But they play at home and we know that Real has many problems in the defense also. I expect a game which will be full of goals, and Barcelona to win it. My prediction is that Barcelona will win with 3-2 and both Messi and Ronaldo will score.

I think the difference of eight points recorded between Barca and Real at the moment is exaggerated and it's completely unexpected after only 6 rounds played,it does not reflect the true equilibrium which exists between the two teams.Real Madrid had an unexpectedly poor start this season,but they seemed to recover and they will probably manage to obtain many wins in a row,but I guess that will happen after El Classico.I think the big match will end in a draw,which in these circumstances would bring Barca very close to the title.I'd like to think that the battle for the title won't be over after this round,because if Barca wins there will be a huge gap of 11 points between the two giants of world soccer,and with all the respect and admiration I have for teams like Atletico Madrid and Malaga,I doubt they can keep up the pace with Barca,unfortunately.For me if Barca win tomorrow they will be 90% champions,and I would prefer to see more suspense in the Spanish league,but I am realistic and realize that even for Real Madrid it's extremely difficult to defeat Barca in Camp Nou,that's why I think the big match will end in a draw.

These two teams are at the same level with very little difference - apart from Barcelona having the home ground advantage, it is the performance in the match itself on that day that we will see the winning team. Real Madrid seems to have got back on the right path to winning matches with Christian Ronaldo scoring successive hat tricks. I will go for a draw or a win for Real Madrid.