In his last LaLiga match against Sevilla, Neymar was given a fourth yellow card of the season and the question now is whether he forces another against Malaga or not, because if he does, he is guaranteed to play in El Clasico. It is a big dilemma for the Brazilian and the club as he would miss a difficult away fixture at Real Sociedad instead. The Estadio de Anoeta hasn't been the happiest of hunting grounds for the Blaugrana in recent times because none of Luis Enrique, Tata Martino, Tito Vilanova or Pep Guardiola won there when coaching the Catalans. Luis Suarez, who was also on four yellow cards before the last game was clear, and in the last few minutes ensured that he saw a card to complete the cycle before the vital match against Madrid. On subject of suspensions, in the two previous years Neymar forced the fifth yellow that fulfilled his obligations just before the birthday of its sister.
He took advantage of the sanction in both cases to ask permission form the club to be absent a few days. South American contingent to partake in key CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers over the last week and a half, and Neymar is only just arriving back to Catalunya ahead of Saturday's clash with Malaga. A victory a necessity to put pressure on the two Madrid clubs, Neymar will only take part in one training session, and that'll be just 29 hours before match time on Saturday at 16:15 CET.The Argentine duo of Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano came back to Barcelona a day early precisely because of that reason. With Paco Alcacer set to take Luis Suarez's place because of suspension, Luis Enrique will have less wiggle room in terms of rotation, making Neymar all but certain to play from the outset.
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