Western media: The El Clasico is scheduled for the afternoon, so Barcelona can only change their itinerary and arrive in Madrid early.
6686 Sports News on October 26 According to the "Daily Sports News" report, in order to prepare for the national derby on Sunday afternoon local time, Barcelona has arrived in Madrid in advance. They broke the routine and adopted the preparation mode of staying overnight in another place.
According to reports, Barcelona changed the traditional arrangement of playing in the away team and followed the previous practice against Sevilla and came to the away team in advance.
In addition, although Barcelona players are not used to playing in the afternoon, from the 8th to the 10th round, their games were scheduled to kick off at 16:15 local time.
On Saturday night local time, the charter flight for the entire Barcelona team landed smoothly at Madrid Barajas Airport. The team then went to stay at the InterContinental Hotel on Paseo de la Castellana, which is only about a ten-minute drive from the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
The 22-man roster for this expedition was determined by coach Flick. In order to adapt to the rhythm of the afternoon start, the team will have a mixed "brunch" at noon on Sunday to ensure that the players receive sufficient and appropriate energy supply before the game.
According to the plan, there will be no traditional muscle activation exercises or field adaptability exercises before the game, but the coaching staff will organize a strategic video analysis meeting to further clarify on-the-spot deployment and detailed strategies - this is also Barcelona's usual pre-match preparation method in recent years.
