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The Royal Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) Competition Committee confirmed on Wednesday that the rescheduled Clasico is now scheduled to take place on December 18 at the Camp Nou.
The fixture, originally scheduled for this weekend at the Camp Nou, has been called off amid Catalan protests, and Barcelona and Real Madrid were asked to provide a new date.
⚠ OFICIAL | El Comité de Competición fija #ElClásico entre @FCBarcelona_es y @RealMadrid para el 18 de diciembre
— RFEF (@rfef) October 23, 2019
ℹ Más info: https://t.co/1IMiqpbqyG pic.twitter.com/26H4GnIN6d
Both clubs came up with December 18 which has now been confirmed, although La Liga have since confirmed they are not happy with the date and may take legal action.
LaLiga say they don't agree with the RFEF Competition Committee's decision to play #ElClásico on 18th December and are looking at taking legal action pic.twitter.com/uTtEPww6ro
— The Spanish Football Podcast (@tsf_podcast) October 23, 2019
The league want the fixture played on either December 4 or December 7 but would prefer a weekend fixture for television reasons.
If the game were to be played on the 7th it would mean Barca and Real Madrid having to move fixtures against Real Mallorca and Espanyol.
However, for now at least, we are on for a Christmas Clasico at the Camp Nou.