Five great European classics will be played this Sunday

Although it is not thus established, Sunday October 24 could be instituted as the ‘European Classic Day ‘ for this one 2021, because the destination and calendar wanted that matches of the maximum rivalry of England, Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands will be played on the same day.

It will be a celebration in which the Manchester United – Liverpool, Barcelona – Real Madrid, Inter Milan – Juventus and Olympique de Marseille – Paris Saint-Germain matches will have thousands of fans who will once again witness matches from the seats of the Old Trafford, Camp Nou, Giuseppe Meazza and Velodrome.

Ajax-PSV Eindhoven, one of the two most important football rivalries in the Netherlands, will have its fifth chapter of this 2021 and the second with fans in the stands after the one developed last August in Amsterdam.

These are the encounters:

Barcelona – Real Madrid

On March 1, 2020, the last Spanish classic took place with an audience, on that occasion the white club celebrated it in their stadium with the goals of Vinícius Júnior and Mariano Díaz for the 2-0 final. Since that game, there have been two more behind closed doors and with Real Madrid winning 3-1 at Camp Nou and 2-1 at Alfredo Di Stéfano.

Now for the tenth day of LaLiga and with two points less than its eternal rival, the Barça that beat Dinamo Kiev 1-0 at home in the Champions League receives the team of Carlo Ancelotti, who did his homework by scoring by 5 -0 to Shakhtar in Ukraine.

Ajax – PSV Eindhoven

The clubs with the highest number of Eredivisie titles once again set foot in the Johan Cruijff Arena, the same setting that hosted the match on August 7 in PSV’s 4-0 victory over Erik ten Hag’s team that meant the return of people to ‘De Topper’.

Ajax, leaders with 22 points, comes to this clash after a categorical 4-0 against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, while PSV, second with 21 points, does so after losing to Monaco 2-1 in the Europa League .

Manchester United – Liverpool

The last time the Solskjaer and Klopp teams met with their fans was on January 19 of the previous year at Anfield, the night in which Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah scored the winning goals for the Merseyside team.

Since then, three duels have passed – two in the Premier and one in the FA Cup – with a balance of a draw and a victory for each. Manchester United and Liverpool will jump to the ‘Theater of Dreams’ after beating Atalanta and Atlético de Madrid 3-2 during the week respectively in the maximum continental competition.

Inter Milan – Juventus

The ‘Derby of Italy’ had not developed with fans in the stadium since October 6, 2019 when Juventus attacked Giuseppe Meazza with a 2-1 and from then on there were five duels (three Juventine victories, one interista and a draw ) between Copa and Serie A that the supporters had to observe through a screen.

With the absences of Cristiano Ronaldo (now in ManU) and Romelu Lukaku (transferred to Chelsea), top scorers in Serie A in 2020/2021, and after taking all three units on the Champions League date, the ‘nerazzurro’ that is third in the classification (17 points) will receive the ‘bianconero’ who is seventh (14 units).

Olympique de Marseille – Paris Saint-Germain

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The last ‘Le Classique’ that had supporters (with limited capacity due to the measures against covid-19) took place on September 13 of last year in the Parc des Princes and had among other ingredients, the victory of Marseille (1 -0) after nine years without beating PSG and five expulsions including Neymar’s.

After that scandalous game, both tables met twice with the Parisians as winners. Now Jorge Sampaoli’s team that drew without goals with Lazio in the Europa League and is third in Ligue One, receives Tuchel’s team, who beat Leipzig 3-2 in the Champions League and is the absolute leader of the French league.