<!--Article Start--> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="document jq_ColDocument jq_ShareArea"> <div class="tooltipContent"> <div class="scrollContent jq_Content jq_langdir tinyscrollbar doctooltip-y fontsize_0"> <div class="viewport"> <div class="overview"> <p style="text-align: justify">Head of the Spanish league, Javier Tebas, is confident that Saturday's huge clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona will pass off safely after two high-profile international friendlies were postponed in the wake of Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Germany's meeting with the Netherlands was called off just hours before kick-off on Tuesday due to a bomb threat in Hanover, whilst Belgium's friendly against Spain had already been postponed due to the heightened security threat in Brussels.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The Stade de France, where France were hosting Germany, was one of the targets of a number of attacks from gunmen and suicide bombers that left 129 people dead and over 350 injured in Paris.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Spain has been the target of jihadi terrorism in the past, but this is obviously a police matter," Tebas said in an exclusive interview with AFP.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Evidently, when something of the magnitude that took place in Paris happens anywhere in Europe, all countries take extra measures.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Obviously, this week we have to take measures to give greater security to everyone, but there are measures which the police know how to handle.</p> </div> <div class="overview" style="text-align: justify"> <h2>One Minute Silence to be observed ahead of <em>El Clasico </em>for Paris attacks victims</h2> "The police will control it and I am sure that we will be completely safe." </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify">Players and spectators at this weekend's mammoth clash between <span title="Real Madrid">Real Madrid</span> and <span title="Barcelona">Barcelona</span> in the Spanish capital will hold a minute of silence for victims of the Paris attacks, the Spanish football league said Wednesday.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The so-called El Clasico that pits the two fiercely rival teams against each other attracts on average a global television audience of some 500 million -- the world's most watched club match.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">In a statement, La Liga called for the minute of silence "in memory of the victims" at the start of Saturday's match in the 81,000-strong <span title="Madrid">Madrid</span> . stadium.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">It has also asked both clubs to broadcast the hashtag #TodosSomosFrancia ("We are all <span title="France">France</span>") during the moment of silence on screens in the stadium.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"In this way, professional football joins hands with international expressions of condolences and expresses its solidarity with the families and friends of victims."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The match kicks off Saturday at 1815 local time (1715GMT) with "draconian security measures", Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said Wednesday, after two high-profile international friendlies were postponed in the wake of the Paris attacks that left 129 dead and over 350 injured.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span title="Germany">Germany</span>'s meeting with the <span title="Netherlands">Netherlands</span> was called off just hours before kick-off on Tuesday due to a bomb threat in <span title="Hanover">Hanover</span>, whilst <span title="Belgium">Belgium</span>'s friendly against <span title="Spain">Spain</span> had already been postponed due to the heightened security threat in <span title="Brussels">Brussels</span>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p> </div> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--Article End-->