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Barcelona can secure the La Liga title with a draw against Real Madrid in the upcoming clĂĄsico, amid internal turmoil at Madrid, including a recent fight between players.
Sid Lowe has previewed a crucial Clasico.
double quotation markThis is a crisis that is cultural. When VinĂcius JĂșnior stormed off having been substituted towards the end of the clĂĄsico in the autumn, threatening to walk straight out of the team, it brought the disconnect between him and Xabi Alonso into the open and in doing so made it irretrievable. He was not entirely alone in feeling that: Valverde too had made his discontent public. Nor, though, was the feeling unanimous. âItâs not the managerâs fault,â TchouamĂ©ni had insisted, blame instead lying inside the dressing room, sides starting to be taken.
About that quiet week, itâs got to the stage where Jose Mourinho, just the man to calm things down, is in line for a return.
Been a quiet week at Real Madrid? Well, even by the standards of the soap opera that is the world footballâs equivalent of the Borgias, itâs been chaotic. On Thursday a fight with AurĂ©lien TchouamĂ©ni at Valdebebas left Fede Valverde bleeding and with what a club communique described as âcraniofacial traumaâ. Kylian Mbappe is missing, too, his popularity rating down at absolute zero. Whatâs worse is that Barcelona can clinch a second successive Liga title with a draw.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 34 | 58 | 88 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 34 | 39 | 77 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 35 |
Barcelona only needs a draw to clinch the La Liga title in the upcoming clĂĄsico.
A fight between Aurélien Tchouaméni and Fede Valverde resulted in Valverde sustaining craniofacial trauma.
Barcelona leads Real Madrid by 11 points, with Barcelona at 88 points and Real Madrid at 77 points.

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| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 35 | 20 | 63 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 35 | 11 | 54 |
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