It's been a handful of weeks since Barcelona dominated Madrid in Saudi Arabia; they now look like potential victims. Elimination from European football at the hands of Manchester United, even after two classic matches, and a decreasing quality of football after that Supercopa destruction of Madrid -- followed by a defeat at relegation-threatened Almeria last weekend -- have the hungry critics ready to feast on the novice Catalan coach if his team is, as seems extremely feasible, beaten at the Bernabeu on Thursday. Barcelona will not only play the first leg of this Clasico semifinal looking out of form, both physically and mentally ragged, but they'll do so without the injured Pedri, Ousmane Dembele and Robert Lewandowski. A win for the home side for sure.



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距离巴塞罗那在沙特阿拉伯统治马德里已经过去了几个星期;他们现在看起来像是潜在的受害者。在经历了两场经典比赛之后，被曼联淘汰出欧冠赛场，在超级杯上击败马德里之后，球队的足球质量不断下降，上周末又输给了保级的阿尔梅里亚，如果他的球队周四在伯纳乌被击败(这似乎是极有可能的)，饥饿的批评者们准备好了享用这位加泰罗尼亚新手教练的大餐。在这场德比半决赛的首回合比赛中，巴萨不仅在身体和精神上状态不佳，而且佩德里、登贝莱和莱万多夫斯基都受伤了。这肯定是主队的胜利。