Xavi Hernandez and his Barcelona team can take a decisive step toward winning LaLiga on Sunday as a Clasico victory over Real Madrid would send it 12 points clear of last year’s champion. The Catalan club has not won the Spanish title since Ernesto Valverde was at the helm in 2019 and expanding the gap on its bitter rival in second would virtually clinch it.

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