El Clasico New Schedule Agreed December 18

MADRID - The rescheduling of the El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid was confirmed to be 18 December. This means that it is in the middle of the week, aka Wednesday.

Supposedly, this match was held at the Camp Nou on 26 October. However, due to the heated political situation in the Catalan, La Liga decided the match was moved to the home of Los Blancos, Santiago Bernabeu.

Both clubs refused to change the location of the match so that postponement was the best option. With a new date, but still at the Camp Nou.

The RFEF (Spain's PSSI), as supported by the two clubs, agreed to postpone this match to 18 December even though La Liga is adamant on 7 December, with Real Madrid-Espanyol and Barcelona-Mallorca matches scheduled for that weekend theoretically. rescheduled to Wednesday, December 4.

Launching Football Espana, Thursday, November 14, the match was postponed due to fears of a massive demonstration in Catalan. This not only has the potential to disrupt the course of the match but also threatens the safety of the players from both clubs.

Looked back a little. Last month, Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for incitement for their role in an independence referendum in 2017.

Oriol Junqueras, the former vice president of Catalonia and the highest-ranking pro-independence leader at the trial - was sentenced to a maximum of 13 years for incitement and misuse of public funds.

Junqueras was sentenced to 25 years in prison. But he, along with eight others, was acquitted of more serious rebellion charges.

Following the court's ruling, Catalan independence supporters marching in Barcelona displayed banners reading "Free political prisoners" while urging others to take to the streets.

So far, we have always heard appeals that say, 'don't dirty football with politics'. However, when it comes to the safety of players like this, that slogan may be a little forgotten.