Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Barcelona's world-class talent will lead the Spanish champions to a clasico win over Real Madrid on Sunday, in what the Swede has labeled the biggest game of the year in football
Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Barcelona's world-class talent will lead the Spanish champions to a "clasico" win over Real Madrid on Sunday, in what the Swede has labeled the biggest game of the year in football.
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Madrid hold a one-point lead in the standings going into one of the most eagerly anticipated derbies between the arch-rivals, especially after Madrid spent over USD 375 million on players in the summer.
Ibrahimovic said in an interview with the Associated Press that he was "pretty sure we will beat them" despite Madrid's additions of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso. "It will be an exciting game. It will be the game of the year," said Ibrahimovic, who has scored eight goals for Barca in 13 appearances since a swap deal that saw Samuel Eto'o go to Inter. Ibrahimovic hasn't played in over three weeks due to a hamstring problem but he wants to play on Sunday.u00a0 "You want to play these big games, they remain in the history," he said.
Meanwhile, Real's Cristiano Ronaldo said: "We respect our opponent but to me there are no favorites. We're going to give our best and try to win."
