Saturday, 19 October 2019
Moved from Camp Nou to Santiago Bernabeu, Valverde did not accept
By db-admin
DBasia.news – The El Clasico tension is increasing day by day, moreover, the new match will take place next week. The planned Barcelona and Real Madrid meeting will take place at the Santiago Bernabeu
Indeed the first edition of El Clasico this season took place at Camp Nou, the headquarters of Barcelona. But local authorities moved him to the Santiago Bernabeu. The safety factor is the main reason for this transfer.
The plan was rejected outright by Barcelona coach, Ernesto Valverde. He said his team’s busy schedule that had to fly to Prague to carry out the Champions League would incriminate Lionel Messi et al if he had to travel again to Madrid.
“We have a midweek match in Prague and we have to go back. You have to respect the match and the fans. The normal thing to do is play in our stadium,” Valverde said as reported by the US on Thursday (10/17/2019).
“We will see what happens. We know this week is very strange, but we sure can play at Camp Nou because that’s all we want. “All players want it,” continued the former Athletic Bilbao coach.
For information, the situation in Barcelona is indeed heating up. The political tension in Catalonia led to massive action on the streets. As a result of this incident, one of their players, Ivan Rakitic, had to go home on foot from the El Barca training ground.