A lot of changes occurred for both Barcelona and Real Madrid, mostly Barca though. After Barcelona's failure last season, the Catalan bought in 2 players whom I consider as superstars. Jordi Alba and Alex Song. Alba will fulfill the left-back of Barcelona's 11 due to Abidal's condition (get well soon, Abi!). Although I have to say that having Abidal as a left-back was one of the factor for Barcelona victory over Real Madrid, I still believe Alba can fulfill both attacking and defending Barcelona play like Abi.
I doubt that Song will start tonight though, he might come as a sub later. This is the first exam for Tito, quite a tough one huh? If Tito's men loses tonight, it still won't prove that Barcelona will fail this season. Madrid lost the 2-legged Super Copa last year, they still won the Liga. But in the same time, this will give you a guide toward Tito's squad management and tactics. So it is still very important.
Honestly I wouldn't really call it an "exam", instead, I would consider it as a "pre-exam". As a manager, this is his first Clasico, so we need to give him a chance. If we lose tonight, then Tito must find new tactics to fight with the White King in the next Clasicos. And that would be his "Real" exam. You can always fail your first test, but you need to learn from your mistakes, and improve your score in the next tests.
Good Luck Barça!
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