Barca back to league at Valladolid
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Reuters
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 04, 2009 00:00
MADRID - With the international break out of the way, Barcelona's final push for honours on three fronts gets underway with a trip to Real Valladolid in the Primera Liga on Saturday.
The league leader has a six-point advantage over chasing Real Madrid with 10 games left to play, and has already secured a King's Cup final.
Next Wednesday, it hosts Bayern Munich for the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal, and if it makes it all the way to Rome, Barcelona needs to be prepared to play 16 games before the end of next month.
"We cannot afford to have one bad week," Barca's Brazilian defender Silvinho said, perhaps aware that the side have only won one in four after international breaks this season.
"People say a particular competition may take it out of us physically, but the problem is we want to get as far as possible in each one," he added. "We are optimistic and working hard to win a treble."
Coach Pep Guardiola could have defender Carles Puyol and midfielders Andres Iniesta and Yaya Toure back in contention after injury against the ninth-placed host.
Real Madrid visits eighth-placed Malaga who suffered a 6-0 loss at Barcelona two weeks ago.
Next Wednesday, it hosts Bayern Munich for the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal, and if it makes it all the way to Rome, Barcelona needs to be prepared to play 16 games before the end of next month.
"We cannot afford to have one bad week," Barca's Brazilian defender Silvinho said, perhaps aware that the side have only won one in four after international breaks this season.
"People say a particular competition may take it out of us physically, but the problem is we want to get as far as possible in each one," he added. "We are optimistic and working hard to win a treble."
Coach Pep Guardiola could have defender Carles Puyol and midfielders Andres Iniesta and Yaya Toure back in contention after injury against the ninth-placed host.
Real Madrid visits eighth-placed Malaga who suffered a 6-0 loss at Barcelona two weeks ago.