Actual Madrid will face Cacereno in a La Liga match on the Estadio Principe Felipe in Caceres, Spain on Tuesday, January 3, 2022 (23.11.2022).

Followers can watch the match through subscription ESPN+.

Here is what you’ll want to know:

What: La Liga

Who: Actual Madrid – Cacereno

When?: Tuesday, January 3, 2022

Time: 15:00 ET

The place: Estadio Principe Felipe

tv: ESPN+

Channel finder: Verizon Fios, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Condition, Optimum/Sixce, cox, DIRECTV,Plate,Hulu, fuboTV, Sling.

Reside broadcast: ESPN+

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — With Champions League hopes virtually utterly dashed, Barcelona realizes that the Spanish league title has turn into a must-win to justify the membership’s huge monetary gamble.

Taking part in “clásico” at Actual Madrid subsequent Sunday, Barcelona will want a small miracle to keep away from being knocked out of the Champions League group stage for the second time in a row after successful simply one in every of their 4 video games thus far. A 3-3 draw with Inter Milan at residence on Wednesday introduced one other undesirable ticket to the Europa League on the brink.

This was not of their plan when Barcelona mortgaged their future by promoting a few of their tv rights and different belongings to spend money on new gamers. Membership president Joan Laporta argued that it was definitely worth the threat to win the workforce main championships and outrun Lionel Messi’s painful debut.

Barcelona’s dim hopes of progressing within the Champions League rely on successful the remaining two group video games and failing to attain three factors towards Inter’s Viktoria Plzen and group winner Bayern Munich.

Not less than Robert Lewandowski proved to be definitely worth the cash. The 34-year-old Polish striker has scored 14 targets in 12 matches in all competitions since leaving Bayern; He leads the Spanish league with eight targets; and shares the scoring lead within the Champions League with Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah with 5 targets every. Lewandowski’s two targets towards Inter this week saved Barcelona from defeat.

“After a foul sport it’s important to face actuality as finest you’ll be able to, present that you would be able to play nicely and win,” Lewandowski advised DAZN tv earlier than his first “clásico” towards Actual Madrid. “It is a robust second, however we all know that in ‘clásico’ we have now a chance to exit and win the sport.”

The opposing groups are tied in factors on the high of the standings, with Barcelona main by aim distinction after each have seven wins and a draw.

Laporta stated Friday that failing to advance to the Champions League qualifying stage would price the already closely indebted membership 25-35m euros ($24-34m) in estimated revenues.

“We now have to shift our focus,” Laporta stated. “We should not overlook that the workforce remains to be united. Our aim has been clear because the starting of the season – to win the (Spain) league. We wished to see how far we may get previous the group stage within the Champions League, however issues will not be going nicely.”

Barcelona have been hit laborious by accidents, particularly on the defensive, after they lately misplaced defenders Ronald Araújo, Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen and Héctor Bellerín.

That left Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez with solely Éric García and veteran Gerard Pique because the central defender towards Inter. Pique, who had a standard begin earlier than this season, was booed on Wednesday after permitting Inter over a goal-seeking ball.

The one excellent news is that Koundé, who can play right-back or mid-defense, is again to follow together with his teammates on Thursday.

The Barcelona protection must cope with a Madrid offensive led by Karim Benzema and the speedy Vinícius Júnior main his workforce by seven targets. Benzema, Rodrygo and Federico Valverde every scored 4 targets.

The one begin that Carlo Ancelotti will in all probability play with out him is the injured goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, aka Andriy Lunin, who will play at aim.

Madrid are undefeated in 13 video games in whole this season and are attempting to defend each their European and Spanish titles.

The sport will even function Barcelona’s eye-catching kits that includes singer Drake’s owl emblem.

(Related Press contributed to this report)

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Ryan Novozinsky may be reached at: rnovozinsky@njadvancemedia.com.