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Barcelona host Real Madrid for first Clasico in October
LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, Spain, July 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Defending Spanish
champions Barcelona will host Real Madrid on October 28 in the first Clasico
of the 2018/19 season, the Spanish football federation said Tuesday.
Real Madrid, who finished third in the league, 17 points behind champions
Barcelona, will host the second meeting of the two Spanish giants on March 3,
the federation added as it unveiled the season calendar.
The season opens on the weekend of August 18-19, and ends on May 18-19.
The Spanish capital’s derbies will be at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu on
September 30 and at Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano on February 10.
The Copa del Rey final will be held on May 25 at a yet-to-be determined
stadium, the federation said.
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