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Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is not expecting anything out of the ordinary as he prepares to face Girona in the midst of Catalonia’s push for independence.
The Spanish government recently invoked Article 155 to take certain powers away from Catalonia’s government and return them to Madrid, furthering political instability.
Los Blancos have, since the 1930s and the Spanish Civil War, been associated with General Francisco Franco, the fascist dictator who clamped down on Catalan culture and language.
Franco’s support of Real Madrid, and FC Barcelona’s status as a symbol of Catalan pride, fueled the Clasico rivalry and Girona, in the north-east of the region, could also express their animus for autonomy when Zidane’s team take to the field at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi.
"We're not worried about Catalonia because security will be as it always is," Zidane said after Thursday's 2-0 Copa del Rey win over Fuenlabrada.
"We'll play our game without thinking about anything else. I'm not going to ask the fans for anything. We're thinking about the game. We hope it's a good match and that's it."
The match is now in danger of being postponed, according to radio station Onda Cero, after Barcelona’s match against Las Palmas in early October was played in an empty Camp Nou for similar security reasons.
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