Another subplot of today’s game is the collapse of La Liga’s plans to play Barcelona’s away game at Villarreal in Miami in December.
La Liga have tried moving matches abroad before – five times, in fact, with four of them involving Barcelona.
Real Madrid have long been opposed to the idea and Thibaut Courtois spoke out against it before December’s move to Miami was binned.
Last season’s clásicos produced 23 goals in total from four games – Barcelona won all four, including 4-0 at the Bernabéu in the league:
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