El Clasico 2017
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Real Madrid can take a leap toward securing this season's La Liga title when they play host to Barcelona in the second of this season's El Clasico meetings on Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Los Blancos lead second-placed Barca by three points with a game in hand heading into Sunday's showdown, where victory for the hosts could see the crown's destination decided considering only a few games remain in the season.
After exiting the UEFA Champions League in midweek following a 0-0 stalemate at home to Juventus—completing a 3-0 aggregate defeat in the quarter-final clash—Barca will be motivated to resurrect their league chances.
Meanwhile, manager Zinedine Zidane's side can advance their prospects of a double this season, having progressed to the semi-finals of the Champions League following their 6-3 aggregate hammering of Bayern Munich in the last eight.
Unfortunately for Barcelona's chances of stealing a win in the Spanish capital this Sunday, Brazil maestro Neymar doesn't look as though he'll be available to feature for the visitors.
The Croatian is right in that Sunday's duel would be far less complicated with Neymar around, but the South American is paying the price for the dissent he showed after being sent off against Real Sociedad earlier this month.
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