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This matchup needs no hype. It speaks for itself.
Barcelona. Real Madrid. El Clasico.
The titans of La Liga face off on Sunday in a match that always has the highest of stakes.
This time around, Barcelona will be missing a key piece: Raphinha.
The news was known already, but when Sunday's lineup came out, it was confirmed. Raphinha will miss out.
Why isn't Raphinha playing today?
Raphinha is missing Barcelona's matchup with Real Madrid due to injury.
He remains out with his hamstring injury.
Raphinha was originally injured against Real Oviedo and has missed Barcelona's last five games heading into Sunday.
Manager Hansi Flick had said earlier in the month they hoped to have Raphinha to take on Real Madrid, but that changed after Raphinha missed Friday's training.
Barcelona's front three will feature Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford to try and break down the Real Madrid back line without Raphinha available.
In the midfield, Pedri starts with Ferimine Lopez and Frenkie de Jong.
Barcelona does get good news with Jules Kounde among the starters at the back despite missing training twice in the lead up to this match.
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