No Messi or Ronaldo in El ClÃ¡sico for 1st time in 11 years
For the first time in nearly 11 years, the El ClÃ¡sico match between Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona will feature neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi. Barcelona captain Messi will miss the match owing to a fractured arm, while Ronaldo had left Real Madrid in the summer. Notably, Messi is the leading scorer (26 goals) in El ClÃ¡sico history.