There’s something a bit different about this La Liga Clasico

Tomorrow brings the first La Liga Clasico without either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo since December 2007 — but that is not even close to the strangest talking point ahead of the game.

There’s something a bit different about this La Liga Clasico

By Dermot Corrigan

Tomorrow brings the first La Liga Clasico without either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo since December 2007 — but that is not even close to the strangest talking point ahead of the game.

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