Football NewsReal Madrid will play El Clasico on the full Nou Camp
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Barcelona is ready to host Real Madrid in the next few weeks. The political decision means that Nou Camp will be full and fans can give a big energy boost to Barcelona’s players. It’s important for the host team to get better results against Los Merengues.

 

Full capacity in the October

FC Barcelona will be able to play in front of capacity crowds from Friday, the regional government confirmed as it lifted restrictions that have limited fan numbers at the Camp Nou stadium due to the covid-19 pandemic. Catalonia’s regional President Pere Aragones said in a news conference on Tuesday that outdoor sporting venues will be able to be at 100% capacity, a move that Barcelona welcomed. Barcelona thanks everyone’s efforts and applauds the Government’s decision to apply a measure that practically allows us to return to normality,” a club statement on Twitter read.

 

Not playing in front of the fans since March, 2020

Barcelona have not been able to play in front of a capacity crowd since football was first shut down in March 2020 due to the pandemic. A crowd of up to 99,354 will be able to watch Ronald Koeman’s Barça side host Valencia on Sunday with El Clasico against rivals Real Madrid taking place at the Camp Nou on 24 October. Spain’s central government lifted restrictions on outdoor sporting venues on Oct. 1, however Catalonia chose not to lift the allowed capacity above 60% before Tuesday’s announcement. The move also means that Barça’s city rivals and fellow LaLiga outfit Espanyol, who beat Real Madrid 2-1 last time out, will also be able to sell out their 40,000 RCDE Stadium. The last El Clasico before the pandemic and it was really good in front of the full stadium. Real Madrid won the last Clasico in front of the fans at the Estadio Bernabeu.