Barcelona v Real Madrid: Neymar ready for El Clasico debut BARCELONA V REAL MADRID Venue: Nou Camp Date: Saturday, 26 October Kick-off: 17:00 BST Coverage: Live text commentary on BBC Sport website Barcelona forward Neymar is excited about his first meeting with Real Madrid on Saturday. The Brazil international joined Barca from Santos in the summer for £48.6m and has scored two goals in 11 games. The Clasico is the most important game for any player, the 21-year- old told the club website. Its the match every player wants to play in. Its the game where each player wants to play his best football. He added: This will be my first Clasico and I hope to have a great debut, preferably with a victory. Champions Barcelona lead La Liga, three points above third- placed Real, after dropping only two points from their opening nine games. And Neymar is not worried about the pressure, saying: I think the anxiety is the same before any match. I understand that were talking about a very important Clasico but I think that butterfly-in-the- stomach feeling is the same before any game. Coach Gerardo Martino, who replaced Tito Vilanova in the summer, is not worried about coming into the game on the back of two draws. I have no doubts on the teams ability to perform. I would have liked to defeat Osasuna and Milan, but were doing well and were still growing, the Argentine said. Meanwhile, Barcelona fans will form a mosaic for Vilanova, who quit in July to continue treatment for cancer. A club statement read: Once FC Barcelona and Real Madrid jump out onto the pitch on Saturday afternoon, the fans in the Camp Nou send a message of encouragement to the former FC Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova with a mosaic that will read Forca Tito. The mosaic, which will be made up of 98,000 individual pieces, will combine the Blaugrana [Barcelona] colours with the colours of the senyera [Catalan flag]. Share this story Also related to this story 22 Oct 2013 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 19 Oct 2013 FOOTBALL 22 Oct 2013 FOOTBALL 19 Jul 2013 GET INSPIRED Messi back with goal in Barca draw Osasuna 0 - 0 Barcelona Ronaldo wants Bale pressure eased Get Inspired: FOOTBALL No need to panic before says Bercelona Chennai Online 4 hrs ago Martino disappointed with draw Sky Sports 5 hrs ago Alarm bells ringing for Barcelona before El Clasico? Firstpost 5 hrs ago No need to panic before El Clasico, insist Barcelona IBNLive India News 6 hrs ago Liga - No need to panic before Clasico, Barca insist
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