Las Vegas will be in the spotlight on Sunday, July 24, when Barcelona and Real Madrid face off in a heavyweight clash that has been dubbed the Spanish national championship. Although Real Madrid won the La Liga and UEFA Champions League last season, they lost 0-4 to Barcelona in the second round of the league, plus Barcelona has made large-scale reinforcements this summer, the strength of the significant improvement, the duel will undoubtedly be sparks. According to statistics, in the last five meetings between the two sides, there were at least two goals scored at half-time in four of them, so the half-time goal battle may be staged in this match. (Live on myTV SUPER at 11am on Sunday)
Despite Real Madrid's brilliant success last season, manager Fatty Antsalotti did not bring in large-scale reinforcements, but kept the original starting lineup, only signing French midfielder Cao Yaveney and center back Rudiger. Comparatively speaking, although there are a number of Galaxy players who have left the team, these players are all replacements, such as Luca Zuwer, Garif Bali, Marcelo, Esco, and so on, which has little impact on the overall strength of the team. Real Madrid will continue to play with the champion lineup and plan to put Chassat in the No. 9 position, where the Belgian star will have a chance to prove himself.
Barcelona have enough money to bring in reinforcements and pay players' salaries after selling 10% of their broadcasting rights for the next 25 years for a revenue of 207 million euros and plan to sell another 15% of their broadcasting rights for the next 25 years, which is expected to bring in 320 million euros (about HK$2.55 billion).
However, Barcelona is also aware of the reasoning behind making future money first, so they still need to control expenses. To this end, Barcelona plans to sell some of its players and consider selling shares in the club's companies.
This season, Barcelona's most notable signing is the Polish World Footballer of the Year, Robert Lewandowski, as well as new additions such as Rafin Chabiloni, Kissel, Anders Kirchen and other new additions to the lineup, which is a huge increase in strength. Barcelona will go all out in this matchup with arch-rival Real Madrid. Moreover, the two sides have always played sparks, this game is more of a performance nature, the two players are not under much pressure, half-time more goals may become the norm.
