Barcelona and Real Madrid to travel incognito to hotel before El Clasico amid political protests surrounding game

BARCELONA and Real Madrid will travel to El Clasico in unmarked buses tomorrow night, according to Spanish reports.

The teams will also meet at the same hotel before the game at the Nou Camp amid political protests in Catalonia.

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Barcelona players usually travel to the stadium from their homes but will congregate at the Princess Sofia hotel - where the Real Madrid players will also be - according to Spanish outlet .

Both teams will leave the hotel at the same time and travel to the game in unmarked buses accompanied by police.

However, there is no chance of them crossing paths in the hotel beforehand as each team has been designated a separate area.

The hotel is around 600m from the stadium.

Real will fly to the Catalan city on the day of the game before heading to the hotel.

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And Barca's players have been asked to meet at the Sofia at midday ahead of the evening kick-off.

Ernesto Valverde's team are expected to eat together before heading off later in the day.

Local group Tsunami Democratic are planning action as part of a continued series of protests against the treatment of prominent Catalan independence leaders.