The biggest game of the year has arrived in Spain, filled with doubts over the presence of one of its biggest stars and surrounded by security concerns prompted by the attacks in Paris. Real Madrid and Barcelona will play at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday in the first clasico of the season. Authorities are promising unprecedented security measures because of what happened in France last week, but it remains unclear whether Barcelona’s Lionel Messi will be fit to play following a long injury layoff. Messi returned to practice this week, nearly two months after tearing a ligament in his left knee,...
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