Clásico injury update: Will Huijsen, Raphinha return for Real Madrid-Barcelona?

Real Madrid big Barcelona successful the archetypal Clásico of the play connected Sunday (stream LIVE astatine 11:15 a.m. ET connected ESPN+ successful the U.S.), and some LaLiga giants person had plentifulness of wounded concerns.

Madrid volition instrumentality connected the defending champions sitting 2 points supra them astatine the apical of the LaLiga table, with some sides having played 9 league games truthful acold this season.

Madrid manager Xabi Alonso hopes to person respective cardinal players backmost for his archetypal Clásico successful complaint of Los Blancos, but helium is alert that astatine the lucifer has travel excessively soon for astatine slightest 2 cardinal defenders.

Barça brag Hansi Flick, meanwhile, hopes to person 2 players backmost to look for the travel to the Santiago Bernabéu, but he'll person astatine slightest 5 important absences.

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Optimism for Huijsen

Dean Huijsen missed Spain's matches against Georgia and Bulgaria, and Real Madrid's lucifer against Getafe owed to a calf musculus injury, but sources person told ESPN that helium could instrumentality to the squad this weekend.

There had been hopes earlier this week that the halfway backmost could play a fewer minutes of Wednesday's UEFA Champions League lucifer against Juventus, but successful the extremity helium was not selected. A root told ESPN that Huijsen's lack against Juve was to let him to remainder and minimize the hazard of a relapse. This way, helium could beryllium successful amended signifier for El Clásico.

On Oct. 8, Real Madrid's aesculapian squad diagnosed that the 20-year-old would beryllium retired for 12 to 15 days, putting him connected people to instrumentality for the lucifer against Barcelona astatine the Bernabéu. The defender's information is improving daily, and determination is anticipation that helium volition beryllium backmost connected Sunday.

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