Ex-Barcelona Chief Says Barça Is Clearly Better Than Real Madrid

El Clasico is around the corner, and Madridistas and culers are starting to add flavor and tension with comments on social media and sports programs. In this case, the candidate for the FC Barcelona presidency in 2015 and 2021 and club director with Joan Laporta, Sandro Rosell and Bartomeu, Toni Freixa, highlighted on El Partidazo de COPE that the Catalan club is far superior to Real Madrid.

"I believe Barça is far above Madrid. Madrid can improve; I am not saying it cannot, since its results after the international break have been good. In some matches, it has obtained very tight results, like against Roma. The match against Sevilla has a lot to unpack from the refereeing point of view, which also has to be said. But well, in the end there is only room for one when it comes to talking about championships, and Madrid's problem is Barça, which is far above.

And I am not referring specifically to Sunday's match; Madrid could win in Barcelona, which I don't see as possible from a footballing point of view, but let's imagine it happens: they would be only three points behind. Now Madrid has to come to the Camp Nou; there we wait for them. And we wait for them with great desire, not only football-wise, but with the desire of the Barça fanbase for everything this institution is doing for our club," he mentioned.

There is no doubt Sunday's match will be electrifying, not just because it is a Barcelona-Madrid, which is already a lot. But because of the current situation surrounding both teams. With a merengue board that is more willing than ever to help UEFA so that it takes a resolution in the Negreira case, in addition to the tifo seen at the Bernabeu both in the match against Sevilla and against RB Leipzig where "No impunity for Negreira" was mentioned.

Madrid's stars are in great form. Arda Guler has had a great performance in recent matches; Jude Bellingham always takes great advantage of his speed and explosiveness in attack; Kylian Mbappe has caught fire on the scoring front; and Yan Diomande, who, after the first matchdays of the season when he looked timid, now seems to have loosened up and already has three goals in four matches, in addition to offering a great attacking route.

For its part, Barcelona will arrive this Sunday with a Champions League defeat at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain. As well as several doubts, such as Jules Kounde, Dani Olmo and Eric Garcia, after the demanding match at the Parc des Princes last Tuesday. No one wants to drop points, so both giants will go out to give everything, which guarantees a match with many goals. Are you ready?