Lionel Messi’s return from injury hasn’t come quick enough for him to return to Barcelona’s starting line-up against Real Madrid.
The Argentine has been absent since suffering an injury in his club’s La Liga meeting with Las Palmas, but it had been thought that he could return for El Clasico.
Barcelona will have to make do with Neymar and Luis Suarez, with Messi on the bench – not a bad Plan B to have.
#FCB 11:
1.Bravo
3.Piqué
4.Rakitic
5.Sergio
6.Alves
8.Iniesta
9.Suárez
11.Neymar
14.Mascherano
18.Jordi Alba
20.S.Roberto#ElClásico— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 21, 2015
Substitutes #FCB:
1. Ter Stegen
10. Messi
17. Munir
19. Sandro
21. Adriano
23. Vermaelen
24. Mathieu#ElClásico— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 21, 2015
Real Madrid, meanwhile, start with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema up front, with Isco dropping to the bench.
¡Este es nuestro once inicial para el Clásico! #RMClasico #RMLiga #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/SdqzK50kD6
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) November 21, 2015
