• Initiative.The Government presses to postpone the Classic
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The Classic of October 26 will have to change the date because of the violent independence revolts that are shaking Barcelona since the judgment of the trial against procés was known . After an intense video-conference meeting this Thursday, the Competition Committee has not yet announced the day that the first Barcelona-Real Madrid of the season will be played. It will be in December, before the inability on the part of the central Government and the Generalitat to guarantee the security of the party planned, initially, for next week. Soon the alarm went off in Moncloa, when reviewing the agenda of imminent events in the Catalan capital and verifying that one of the great manifestations announced by the secessionist movements was going to coincide with the great Spanish LaLiga party. Too tempting an international showcase like this: the most followed soccer duel on the planet, already used by independence on previous occasions to spread its proclamations in the form of banners. From Catalonia is not Spain to recent claims in favor of Catalan politicians now found guilty of sedition.

Although the Federation marked next Monday as a day to resolve the fate of the Classic, this Thursday precipitated the events. The two clubs involved and LaLiga needed to close the subject as soon as possible , giving all parties the option of holding the meeting on the date that marked the calendar last summer. Despite the defense of Barça coach Ernesto Valverde , convinced that the duel could develop normally, the public authorities have been clear that it is not worth risking any incident or propaganda during the game or before it. Is a radical victory the postponement of the party? The Government of Pedro Sánchez, advised by the Ministry of Interior, prefers to remove such a media appointment from the middle rather than see it interrupted by any type of propaganda or even violent act . The international image would then be very harmful.

Contrary to reverse order

The two teams, meanwhile, were always willing to play the game, without fear of the charged political atmosphere of these days in Barcelona. Even the white wardrobe leaked his desire to be in the field of the maximum rival next week. What the starter clubs rejected, especially Madrid, was LaLiga's first idea of ​​reversing the order of the classics , and thus playing that of October 26 at the Bernabéu, instead of at the Camp Nou. The white club said no, defending that such change meant an adulteration of the tournament and a disorder for its members and followers, many of them coming for this type of international destination matches. They would have difficulty organizing the trip with so little time.

Nor was Barça's proposal exciting, a club that positioned itself on Monday by issuing a statement criticizing the Supreme Court ruling. Both entities sent their claims against LaLiga's suggestion to the Competition Committee. "It was the formula that harmed the Federation the least," LaLiga sources insisted on Thursday night, assuming at this point that the duel was going to change location on the calendar. The same was the opinion of Barça and Madrid from the early hours of the morning, while some political actors, such as Pablo Iglesias , were favorable to keeping the classic in its date. Isabel Díaz Ayuso , president of the Community of Madrid, lamented the situation: «It is a pity to see the social division and that a party can be modified by it. I hope you can celebrate well wherever you are.

The Competition Committee spent the entire afternoon discussing the new Classic date, once it was decided that on October 26 it was not going to be played. All options appeared in December. First they shuffled on 4 and 18, free for Barça and Madrid. The second date coincides with one of the first rounds of the Copa del Rey, from which the two greats of the country are exempt. At the last minute it was also studied to place it on Saturday 7, to benefit the television audience. To do this, yes, you would have to change the games of Barça and Real Madrid players scheduled for that day, against Mallorca in the Camp Nou and Espanyol in the Bernabéu, respectively.

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