El Clasico

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Only one hour till kick off, so I'll be short.

14/08/2011 Real Madrid - Barcelona FC

First El Clasico of the season and I think Real is more ready than Barca for this match.

Real had great preseason wining 7 from 7. Most of the players trained for long period together. This is first match of Super Cup and home ground is advantage.

Barca had some important players like Messi, Mascherano and Alves missing because of Copa America, in preseason they played some of the matches with mixed team of reserves and main players. Result - lost matches against MU and Chivas Guadalajara.

Today Barca will miss Puyol, Busquets, Pique, Xavi and Messi is just back from summer holidays.

All in all, I have to give edge to Mourinho and Real. Victory in this much is much needed to boost their confidence before upcoming season.

6 units - Real -0.25@2.05 Stan James

Good luck!


EDIT: FT Real 2-2 Barcelona. Half stake is lost, half returned (-3 units).