Real Madrid have a real test awaiting them as the go into the first El Clasico of this season on Saturday. Luckily, the Merengues will be going into this game in the best of spirits after their second-half display against Borussia Dortmund in which they scored five goals in 45 minutes.
Vinicius Junior scored a hat-trick in that game and is looking to be the favourite to win the Ballon d’Or at the end of this month. He will be the player to keep an eye on in the match against Barcelona, while Kylian Mbappe will be the other main attraction in the Los Blancos attack.
Furthermore, in the squad list published by Real Madrid for this game, Brahim Diaz has also been named. This will be a significant boost for Carlo Ancelotti as Rodrygo will be unavailable for this game.
Other players who remain absent for this crunch tie including Thibaut Courtois, who suffered an injury in the game against Borussia Dortmund, like Rodrygo. Other players like Dani Carvajal and David Alaba continue to recover from their injuries.
The full squad announced by Real Madrid for this game is as follows:
Goalkeepers:
- 1: Andriy Lunin
- 2: Fran Gonzalez
- 3: Sergio Mestre
Defenders:
- 1: Eder Militao
- 2: Lucas Vazquez
- 3: Jesus Vallejo
- 4: Fran Garcia
- 5: Antonio Rudiger
- 6: Ferland Mendy
Midfielders:
- 1: Jude Bellingham
- 2: Eduardo Camavinga
- 3: Federico Valverde
- 4: Luka Modric
- 5: Aurelien Tchouameni
- 6: Arda Guler
- 7: Dani Ceballos
Forwards:
- 1: Kylian Mbappe
- 2: Vinicius Junior
- 3: Brahim Diaz
- 4: Endrick
