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The 5-0 victory in the first leg has made tomorrow's second leg of academic interest. But it could be pretty important for the fringe players in the side. Guardiola is expected to rest majority of his stars in the match in Sevilla. Messi who was down with flu has recovered and has made into the squad. the entire squad list is Valdés, Pinto, Adriano, Milito, Piqué, Bartra, Maxwell, Abidal, Mascherano, Keita, Sergio, Iniesta, Xavi, Afellay, Jeffren, Bojan, Messi, Villa and Pedro. Puyol has been left out as a precaution and Alves is injured and will miss this match. The surprise ommision is Thiago from the list. Everyone was expecting him to make the list to travel to Sevilla. Surprisingly only one Barca B player has been called in for this match and that is Batra.
Real Betis did put up a spirited fight at the Camp Nou in the first leg of the tie. For that case it will be foolish to take them lightly. But the 5-0 scoreline would be too difficult for the second division leaders to overcome. No one expects to put five goals past this Barca side without conceding an equal amount. But with nothing to lose and only pride at stake, we can expect Real Betis to give a final shot at it. That should sound as good news to the likes of Bojan Krkic and company. An attacking side should open up some neat space for our players to exploit and Bojan definitely has to get back to scoring goals again.

Guardiola most probably will start with Messi in the front trio along with both Bojan and Jeffren. Messi should be looking to add some goals into his tally and leap forward in the Pichichi list. When you get a second division opponent, why not make best use of it. Mascerano should be back as the traditional defensive midfielder partnering Keita and most probably Afellay in the middle. Afellay did impress everyone in the ten minutes he played on Sunday and every Barca fan will be looking to see how he perform across 90 minutes. The defnse should see Milito partnering Abidal in the middle along with Maxwell and Adriano. As usual Pinto is certain to take his position under the bar

It just took only a minute for us to go upfront. Pedro was the scorer. Messi and Villa palyed a great one - two and then Messi send in a chipped cross into centre, where Pedro had to do absolutely nothing. In the 10th minute Lionel Messi played Villa in on the left, but the Spanish striker could only shoot wide. In the 16th minute Racing striker Rosenberg had Valdes stretching to save a good shot after cutting inside Puyol. In the 28th minute there was total madness in Racing box. How on earth we didn't score is still baffles me. Messi, Puyol and Adriano all had shots which were saved somehow. In the 30th minute Messi send in Adriano through with a great pass but the keeper came out to block the shot. In the 32nd minute a great run inside the box won Barca a penalty kick, which Messi converted with ease. In the 41st minute the keeper dived well to save a Messi free kick. It was a great kick; it started curving from 2 metres outside of the post and was well in its way in. We should encourage Messi to take more and more free kicks. In the 44th minute Villa shot wide after being forced wide by the keeper and defense. The half ended with Valde pulling out a one handed save after an aerial ball exposed our defense.

The upcoming Real Madrid defender David Mateos was banging heavily on hercules hurting FC Barcelona on the Saturday night. The truth was Hercules definitely tried, they played well, were very organised but this Barca side was too muchb for them to handle in the end. But the question in everybody's mind is whether the newly promoted recruit from Real Madrid B team was expecting too much from his senior side to keep on the tail of this exceptional Barcelona side. I have been to a particular Real Madrid blog sometimes back and it looked like they were banging heavily on Kaka's return to instill the momentum to take the quest forward. But at this moment his return looks like has done more damage than good to the side from the Capital.
The match against osasuna was quite difficult for Real Madrid, made tougher by an absolutely physical opposition and an aggressive crowd with some strange naughty acts. Was the opposition's efficieny the only reason for the Real Madrid defeat? No not at all. When you are a side assembled at more than 250 million dollars you ahve to find a way to get past those. The bigger problem for Real Madrid has been the lack of a definitive formation. Cristiano Ronaldo was the one who carried the Madrid hopes in recent times and he struggling in last three matches is very good news for us. But it is so surprising to see Madrid struggling big time whenever Xabi Alonso is taken off. Mourinho has a huge job in his hand and he could better write off La Liga title hopes. Not because Barca will not drop any points, we may but so do Real Madrid.

Meanwhile the Hercules match was a very tough test for our boys. And they came out of it with flying colours. We were focussed and determined to continue on the winning run. The win also said a lot about the character of the squad. The narrow pitch, actually the narrowest in La Liga gave a good test for Barca. Its tests like these which will prepare us well for the gruelling campaign in Europe. Iniesta did gave us a scare having getting injured in the match. As per the Barca website, Iniesta has suffered a grade 1 sprain on the AC joint of his left upper back. No i have no idea of this but a Grade 1 usually is a bad description. But considering that this is a sprain in the back, Iniesta should be fine to continue spearhead our midfield. He is sure to be missing in the match against Almeria but we have to wait and see whether he will miss the visit of Athletico Madrid.

FC Barcelona's consecutive winning runcame to an end at the most unlikeliest place, Estadio El Molinon. Sporting Gijon made life hell for our boys in the first half and we had to rely on a brilliant finish by Villa to grab the solitary point from the match. With this draw we have now moved eight points clear of Real Madrid. Madrid will be playing Espanyol tomorrow night and have the chance to cut the lead to five points. The biggest point to be seen is how our players get over this small blip when facing Arsenal in the Champions League. Guardiola brought in some changes with an eye on Champions League clash against Arsenal. Alves, Milito, Pique and Maxwell made up the defense. Busquets was rested and that meant Mascherano started along with Iniesta and Messi. The front trio had a new look with winter signing Afellay partnering both Messi and Villa.

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