Official: Barcelona and Real Madrid announce lineups for El Clasico

It is El Clasico time, and Barcelona have released their lineup that will attempt to take down Real Madrid at the Alfredo de Stefano Stadium in the heart of Spain.

It starts with a backline of Oscar Mingueza, Ronald Araujo, and Clement Lenglet as a three-man defence. Marc-Andre ter Stegen will be in goal. Araujo comes in to replace Frenkie de Jong in the heart of the midfield while Gerard Pique starts on the bench.

Jordi Alba will be flanking the midfield from the left side as a wingback. On the right, Sergino Dest assumed responsibility as the wingback. De Jong starts in midfield, partnering his usual teammates Pedri and Sergio Busquets.

The lineup is rounded off by the duo of Lionel Messi and Ousmane Dembele who will look to bamboozle the Madrid backline, constantly switching positions and finding each other with throughballs.

Barcelona Confirmed XI: ter Stegen; Mingueza, Araujo, Lenglet; Dest, de Jong, Busquets, Pedri, Alba; Messi, Dembele

Madrid Confirmed XI: Courtois; Vazquez, Militao, Nacho, Mendy; Valverde, Casemiro, Kroos; Modric; Vinicius, Benzema

Calling this a huge game will be an understatement. The dream to challenge for the title either gets a boost or dies tonight for either team. All eyes on that star-studded midfield which will decide the direction of the game. VAMOS!