Marca claims today in its front page that Real Madrid and Barcelona will play today the Clasico with more world-class stars. “A priceless Clasico,” they title in a reference to the signings of Neymar and Gareth Bale.
“Millions of eyes will watch Neymar, Leo Messi, Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo,” they point out.
The Madrid daily highlights the managers’ words prior to the game. “Of course we are going to take risks, we are Barcelona,” Gerardo Martino claimed. “We’ll try to play with personality,” Carlo Ancelotti said.
The other main Spanish sports newspaper, As, titles today “Cristiano scares.” Alfredo Relano’s paper points out “the Portuguese has scored ten more goals than Messi this season.”
“In the Champions League, Ronaldo has scored more goals than all Barca players together, and he’s scored in the last six Clasicos at Camp Nou,” they add.
As also emphasizes Los Blancos’ boss statement claiming “everybody thinks Barcelona are the favourites and that isn’t bad for us.”
