Luis Enrique's prediction for El Clásico: total provocation to Real Madrid

Real Madrid rushes preparation for the fourth and final Clásico of the season. The match against FC Barcelona, for LaLiga, arrives at a key moment of the current campaign. After all, both teams are separated by a distance of just four points with twelve points still to be contested.

Despite that small margin available to the top national rivals, Real Madrid must leave the Ciudad Condal with a victory in their tally. That is the only result that would allow them to be closer to FC Barcelona and discuss, during the last three matchdays, their candidacy for the domestic title this season.

While the teams fine-tune their tactical proposals for the match, multiple opinions have accumulated. As usually happens in a match of this caliber and significance, the verdicts of former Madridists and Culers have quickly emerged in a debate as striking as it is "heated." One of the latest to weigh in has been the current PSG coach.

Luis Enrique has been at the helm of the rouge-et-bleu entity for a season, but his connection with FC Barcelona is much stronger than it seems. Especially due to his time as a player, a period he began after leaving Santiago Bernabéu locker room. That's why his verdict on the match has not surprised many.

He has no doubts

In the latest PSG press conference, a journalist asked the coach of the French capital team about his particular prediction for this afternoon's match. His response was as clear as it was quick: "Barça is going to win 3-0, easy". With those words, Luis Enrique sentences Real Madrid's chances in a match that will mark the course of the current league campaign.

It is not the first time he remembers FC Barcelona in good terms since he has been leading the locker room at the Parc des Princes. The former player and former coach of FC Barcelona was candid in pointing out that "it hurt me that Barça wasn't in the final", words that reinforce his clear Culer sentiment.

"He scored six goals and showed what kind of soccer is practiced in Barcelona throughout history", noted the rouge-et-bleu coach. For all that, "they deserved to be in the final", even though it was a hypothetical future he wouldn't have liked to face... because he is still the PSG coach and had to plan a Champions League final against Hansi Flick's pupils.

"But playing a Champions final against Barça for me would have been the worst", Luis Enrique sentenced. Those words about FC Barcelona's European elimination, in addition to the verdict on this Sunday's Clásico, perfectly illustrate Luis Enrique's feelings as just another Culer.