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Barcelona, Real Madrid to face off in October

Updated on: 10 July,2013 01:25 AM IST  | 
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Spanish archrivals Barcelona and Real Madrid will face off in October in next season's first "El Clasico", a highly charged football clash that stops the nation.

Barcelona, Real Madrid to face off in October

The dates were decided by a draw held by the Spanish football federation Tuesday, which set the fixtures for the 38 match days of the 2013-14 season running from August 17 this year to May 18, 2014.


Neymar
Neymar



Real Madrid, under new coach Carlo Ancelotti, will head to the Camp Nou to face Barcelona on the weekend of October 27, with the return match in the Santiago Bernabeu on the weekend of March 23.

Ancelotti will be hoping to improve on his predecessor Jose Mourinho’s performance last season when Real surrendered their league title to Barcelona by 15 points and won no silverware other than the Spanish Super Cup.u00a0This will be Neymar’s firstu00a0El Clasico.


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