体坛英语新闻:Goals on the agenda in first Classico of the season
MADRID, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Saturday's "Clasico" in Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium will allow football fans the world over to see two of the most devastating attacks it is possible to imagine in club football with the added incentive of Luis Suarez's return to action after suspension.
If the prospect of seeing Barca's Leo Messi and Neymar go head to head with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema was not enough, Saturday is the first time Suarez will be able to play a competitive game after his four-month suspension for biting Italian Giorgio Chiellini in the World Cup finals.
There have been questions about Suarez's match fitness and he is likely to start on the subs' bench, but as he showed in recent friendly games with Uruguay, he has not lost his goalscoring touch.
Others in form are Neymar, who has already bagged 10 goals this campaign, while Messi continues to mesmerize and also set up chances for his teammates.
Gareth Bale is likely to miss out with a muscle injury, but Cristiano Ronaldo has been unstoppable this season, netting 15 goals in the Primera Liga and Isco should provide creativity to substitute Bale's pace as well as providing an extra body in the middle of the park.
Barca travel to Madrid without conceding a league goal in their first eight league matches of the season in which they have dropped just two points, while Real Madrid have hit form of late, scoring goals almost at will, all be it against minor rivals, or sides looking for form.
As such the game in the Bernabeu can be seen as the first major domestic test of the campaign for both sides and a chance to see just where their title options lie. A win for Real Madrid would draw them back to within just one point of Barca, while victory for the Catalans, which always tastes that much sweeter in the capital, would see them open up a seven point advantage over Carlo Ancelotti's side.
That may not be definitive at this early stage of the campaign, but it would give Barca a very handy cushion for the games that lie ahead and give a boost to the credibility of coach, Luis Enrique, whose return to the Bernabeu as a coach is also going to be the focus of plenty of attention.
Both coaches will be working hard to get their tactics right, but the world is not tuning in to see a tactical battle, they are watching to see the best forwards in the world do what they do best -- score goals.
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