Real Madrid will host Barcelona this weekend in La Liga action in one of Europe’s most celebrated club rivalries. Real will have to win if they want to close the gap with Barca and keep their fading chances for a championship title alive. A defeat will mean an immediate end to those dreams.
The game will be a challenge for those Real players still figuring in our FTBL World Top 23: Argentine international Gonzalo Higuain will need a big performance to maintain a foothold in the elite: he currently has 143.74 points over all, which puts him on the edge of the exit. His plank to beat in this match is 21.70 rating points.
A lot will also depend on skipper Raul’s performance as relates to the faith of Real and the player’s own rating. Raul's chances of staying in the World Top 23 are quite slim as he will need to pick 11.50 rating points just to earn a bonus. A loss for Real and a poor performance will most probably send the Spain international out of the elite group. His current overall rating of 194.72 points puts him in second place form the bottom in the list of best forwards in the world.
Meanwhile, Iker Casillas, with 142.85 points, will be a decisive factor as to whether Madrid achieve their ambitions. The goalkeeper will have a plank of 14.60 rating points to beat, which means that he could lose his top spot in our rating of best goalkeepers in the world if he concedes just a single goal.
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