Five ‘El Clasico’ youngsters to become heroes in La Liga clash

Matt Haynes | November 18, 2015

Following the international break, domestic football returns and what better way to mark the occasion than with the highly anticipated ‘El Clasico’ fixture between fierce rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona. Of course, it isn’t just this match taking place and Coral offer customers a full program of La Liga fixtures.

While both sides have a big player out each, they still have plenty of talent capable of making a difference. However, we take a different tack here at Coral, looking at the other end of the spectrum, suggesting five youngsters who can make themselves heroes and potential match winners.

Borja Mayoral

Dubbed by many within Real Madrid as ‘the next Raul’, the 18-year-old operates as a striker for Castilla, however he is 11/4 to score anytime. Recently retired Raul was long admired by Sir Alex Ferguson, who tried to sign him more than once for Manchester United and it is no coincidence that the club are linked with this latest prodigy.

Munir El Haddadi

Has found it hard to break up Barcelona’s formidable attacking trio since graduating to the first team squad, though, there is no doubting, by every other clubs standards that the 20-year-old still has awesome potential. If Luis Enrique’s side still need a goal late on, the attacker could well be called upon and is 10/3 to net in the anytime market.