For The Sake Of Title, Should Barcelona Support Madrid In The Capital Derby?

Derby Madrid (Twitter @realmadrid)

JAKARTA - La Liga has begun to enter the final stages of the competition. Barcelona and Real Madrid are still chasing Atletico Madrid at the top of the standings in the title race for the 2020/2021 season.

Atleti will host Los Blancos on Sunday and the Catalans will likely benefit from a potential Real Madrid win or even a draw between the capital rivals.

If Los Rojiblancos drop points at the Estasio Wanda Metropolitano and Barcelona win over Osasuna it will make Las Blaugrana narrow the gap with the leaders of La Liga.

With the win in Pamplona on Saturday, Barcelona will be putting enormous pressure on Atletico, who host Athletic Bilbao three days after the Madrid derby.

If Los Rojiblancos don't win one or both of those games, the title race will suddenly get tighter. The reason is, Barcelona face Real Madrid on April 11 at the Estadio Alfredo di Stefano, before joining Atleti on May 9.

Following their comfortable win over Sevilla, Barcelona are confident they can compete for the La Liga title.

Meanwhile, Monday's draw against Real Sociedad means Los Blancos are now level with Las Blaugrana in the La Liga standings, both five points behind Diego Simeone's side, who have a game in hand.

This time, Barcelona fans are likely to support Real Madrid, as the victory over Atletico is in their favor. However, a draw was also a positive result for Ronald Koeman's men as both title contenders would drop points.

What is clear, if Atleti manage to win the three points against Real Madrid, they will be absolute favorites to win the 2020/21 La Liga title.