Champions League finalists Real Madrid will not give new La Liga champions Barcelona a guard of honour before Sunday's El Clasico at the Nou Camp.

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Barca gave Real the honour in 2008 when the capital side had just won the league.
But Zinedine Zidane was annoyed when Barcelona did not see his side out on to the pitch after they won the Club World Cup in December.
Barca are four games away from going an entire league season unbeaten.
The Catalan side, who beat Deportivo La Coruna 4-2 last weekend to seal the domestic double, have not lost in a record 41 league games dating back over a year.
No side has ever gone unbeaten for a Spanish top-flight campaign since since the 1930s when there were only 18 games in a season.
Real Madrid, the deposed champions, are 15 points behind Barcelona - but set up a Champions League final against Liverpool this week by beating Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate.
Barca full-back Lucas Digne said: "This is a record the team now wants to go for. It is important for us and we will give everything to hold on to it.
"Real winning the Champions League is still hypothetical; it is not done yet.

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