Sports
Real Madrid faced a significant setback ahead of their highly anticipated match against Barcelona, as the club announced the absence of their Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from the El Clásico scheduled for Sunday evening at the Spotify Camp Nou, part of the tenth round of the Spanish league. The club confirmed that Courtois will be unable to participate due to influenza, depriving the team of his services in his first El Clásico of the season. Consequently, Real Madrid will rely on Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin as the starter for the match, while goalkeeper Ilya Voloshin has been called up to cover for Courtois's absence. Barcelona enters the match leading the Spanish league standings with 27 points after winning their first nine matches, whereas Real Madrid is in third place with 21 points, trailing their Catalan rival by six points in a game that holds significant importance in the title race.
