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La Liga to deploy 40 cameras for El Clasico broadcast
October 20, 2026 at 02:05 PM
La Liga will use up to 40 cameras for Sunday's El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, including dedicated tracking of Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe.
- La Liga has planned an "A+" broadcast using up to 40 cameras for the Barcelona–Real Madrid match on October 25 at Camp Nou.
- The league may dedicate cameras to Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe to record their movement even when off the ball.
- The match kicks off one day before the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony, for which Yamal and Mbappe are leading candidates.
- The expanded coverage follows the Real Madrid–Sevilla match, in which VAR lacked clear footage of an Arda Guler incident despite 26 cameras.