La Liga: Barcelona vs Valencia

No time for regrets. Barcelona must forget as soon as possible the elimination in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid, if you do not want your depression also endanger his lead in the league. Barça, who lives the worst moment of the season, received at the Camp Nou to Valencia in the game for the 33rd match day. An ideal box for the che fish in troubled waters, but can also be a club wanting to make amends and demonstrate that it remains the most hopeful to sign the double (league and cup) panorama.

Despite the downturn of play and results, Barcelona is the clear favorite to take the points, with a market share of 1.15 for his victory by 1. The tie is paid to 7.75 and the triumph of Valencia to 14 euros.

Of course, if we consider the recent precedents and overall numbers of Barca at home to Valencia (47 wins, 21 draws and 12 defeats), it seems the opponent conducive to leave the state of sadness. Especially the latest clash between the semifinal of this edition of the Copa del Rey, where the Blaugrana thrashed mercilessly box valencianista set 7-0. I

t is very unlikely to see such a result again, but if you return the best version of team Luis Enrique is not ruled out another win. 5 euros a victory of the premises by 4-0, 5-0 or 6-0 is paid. However, if you think Barca win will be tighter, you can always play for the 1-0, 2-0 or 3-0.

Much of the responsibility of the Barcelona regain its usual image will have the 'MSN', something off in recent commitments. But Barca clear reflection of the downturn is the 'absence' of Leo Messi. The five-time Golden Ball winner has five straight games without a goal, something very unusual in Argentina. So the '10' blaugrana be crazy to end his losing streak, and incidentally, scoring the goal 500 of his career. If you regularly is the leading candidate to score in matches, now it is even more, especially considering their numbers against Valencia. In 23 games against che picture, Leo scored 19 goals, including a hat-trick in the win Cup in February.

Another that swelled in that match was Luis Suarez cupbearer. The Uruguayan scored four goals, and becomes another serious candidate to score in the Nou Camp clash. Bet here for the Uruguayan striker. The other member of the trident, Neymar not even know what mark Valencia.

In addition to the success of Mina or attack Alcacer, Valencia must improve their defensive stats if you want to aspire to surprise. And it has conceded at least one goal in the last 22 league games, the worst run in their history. Valencia wins and is in itself a rather complicated task, but does so without conceding would be quite a feat and also great profits for bwin users (21 for 1).

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Barcelona vs Valencia Preview 03/02/16 Copa del Rey

Luis Enrique faced with a trap full squad tie with the Valencian try to channel their season with the league tie reference

Barcelona is where I wanted, to one hundred and eighty minutes to reach his fourth final in the last five years and also does so with virtually its full potential available to the coach, Luis Enrique Martinez, who dosed efforts to achieve a result that allows travel the week following Mestalla safe to revive a disappointment as he suffered in the league a few weeks ago.

The MSN will form in front of Barcelona's attack after all its members in the last training session. excessive rotations are not expected, if anything, can enter Sergi Roberto and Arda Turan, who face Atletico Madrid started the match from the bench.

Luis Enrique did not give many clues as to the approach but warned that the recent trajectory of Valencia, faltering on Phil Neville League has not yet added a single victory in the championship of the regularly- but steadily in the Cup, no It allows any relaxation.

The Spaniard knows that Valencia is always a tough nut to crack against Barca and will require the same voltage displayed at Athletic Club and Atletico to aspire to travel with relative ease in the second leg. Not surprisingly, the Valencian many of the aspirations of the season are played on a much more dangerous than it seems at Barca key tie.

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La Liga:Sevilla 2-2 Barcelona - 11th Apr 2015

The Barcelona left two points at the Sanchez Pizjuan to draw 2-2 at Sevilla good, especially in the second half, who scored his 32nd official match unbeaten home and encourages the League to promote that Real Madrid is placed just two points behind in the race for the title both.

The Barcelona, ​​with a serious sometimes brilliant game, cash and was much higher in the first half, in which he managed to get 0-2 with two goals from Messi and Neymar, the Brazilian free-kick, but Sevilla never rendered and after closing the gap to seven minutes before the break through of Ever Banega, equalized in a great second period with a goal from French Kevin Gameiro rearward.

With six changes to the side that won 4-0 at Almeria to return the injured Jordi Alba, the sanctioned Sergi Busquets and 'reserved' Pique, Mathieu, Iniesta and Neymar instead of Bartra, Mascherano, Adriano, Xavi, Sergi Roberto and Pedro, the club reached a Pizjuan completely filled with suspicion by the power of Sevilla at home, but with the pressure of having to win the victory of Real Madrid.

Sevilla, without Beto Barbosa and Christopher injury or porters, without the extreme Gerard Deulofeu Barcelona -cedido by technical decision, recovered the average Argentine Ever Banega tip and pulled out his eleventh gala, with Polish Krychowiak, Iborra and Banega in midfield, Aleix Vidal and Vitolo on the wing, and Bacca above.

Unai Emery came out determined, but somewhat embarrassed and with great respect to the Catalans, and so were unable to braid quick plays on offense and were overwhelmed by the good positioning of Luis Enrique, cooler than other parties and that controlled comfortably from the start the match.

They moved the ball and meaningful Messi and Neymar looking at a very lost and crouched behind Sevilla. The Barcelona dominated the midfield in too placid stage for visitors to the point that after two separate long shots of Neymar and Iniesta appeared Argentine Leo Messi and a goal made it 0-1.

The Argentine striker often rentabilizó a great pass Neymar, with his left he looked right angle Sergio Rico and nailed on the site that I thought the edge of the first quarter hour.

The sevillistas not able to react, or left a very neat, deep Barca team and beat again and again to Emery, in touch, in vertical, ideas to hurt near the opponent's box. The Barça proposal fruits him again on the half hour with 0-2 thanks to a goal from Brazilian Neymar-kick that slipped through the same angle as that of Messi.

At 3 minutes could reach the third, but the Uruguayan Luis Suarez, with everything going for it, high behind a wall topped with Neymar.

Sevilla played in his pride awoke from his "siesta". Banega picked up a ball outside the area and Bravo surprised by the 1-2 with a strong shot, which gave another air to an hitherto Barca clash color.

The Argentine was repeated, but the Chilean keeper prevented and Messi could also dial-kick.

After the break, everything was decided. Barca continued his precise game, looking to find quick ways to create danger and passes between the lines to his trident, Neymar, Messi and Suarez, who, after making a wall with Iniesta and clear Rico the kick of it, missed a clear goal 50 minutes to precipitate and send his shot high.

Local forced by the score against, began to play with more intensity and boldness, without fear, bothered enough off the Catalans and even without much clarity, also came up as an action that Bacca sent out after revolverse in the area.

Luis Enrique's team dropped its performance, longer had absolute control under tightened Sevilla, much more solid, electric and confident in their choice of tie, which coincided with a downturn in the Barcelona game, although in a failure local behind Luis Suarez picked up a clearance and finished off the side netting.

Emery opted for tighter pulling the Cameroonian Mbia by Iborra and pass and magic of Kings, on the site of a Vitolo off. After getting refreshed attack the French Gameiro by Bacca, and Sevilla had more depth in his fight after the draw. Luis Enrique strengthened their midfield with Xavi for Neymar.

In the last quarter of an hour, Hispalenses made Barca suffer and will recoil. The intermittent appearances Messi and Suarez also implied danger, but in this period Barça lowered their level and chances generated just before a Seville that grew attacked with faith and found his prize to six minutes from time with a 2-2 of Gameiro after a great move by the right of Aleix Vidal.

Luis Enrique was time for it to reverse its earlier change by Neymar Xavi and Iniesta took Peter for. Rakitic tried and Dani Alves, from afar, and Luis Suarez in an action that disrupted behind Sevilla, who managed a creditable draw and made the Barcelona two points were left in the fort of Pizjuan.

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Barcelona vs Elche 08/01/2015 Copa Del Rey Matc Preview

Amid the turbulence generated at the Camp Nou, following the clash between Leo Messi and Luis Enrique and dismissal of Andoni Zubizarreta, Barcelona is measured at Elche in the first leg of the first knockout round of the Copa del Rey that will to check the level of tension of FC Barcelona.

Everything has been unleashed after the defeat last week at Anoeta. Is marked coach, the star and the president, Josep maria, who decided to strike down Zubizarreta at his post after a statement in which the latter recalled that the president also has responsibility in the case and the sanction Mas FIFA.

In the Camp Nou we talk about everything except football and that's bad business for a club that has worked like clockwork when the main argument was the ball.

Now is not it. Anda Messi upset for not having played in Anoeta holder; coach by the absence of Leo in open training; and the president is questioned by fellow board on whether to move elections planned for the summer of 2016.

The Elche facing the encounter with nothing to lose and the mind of the League. The ilicitano equipment, bottom side and four points in the area of residence, gives priority to the commitment of next Sunday against Athletic, but his coach and players have indicated their intention to achieve a positive result at Camp Nou as to maintain alive the tie for the second leg.

This meeting will be the first of three faced the Elche against Barcelona during the month of January as well as the Cup tie sides will meet again on the 24th on the first day of the second round of the League .

The Valencia coach has also decided to reserve to José Ángel Alonso and Manu Herrera, who recently emerged from their respective injuries. Escribá complete the call with José Antonio Peral, Rafa Galvez and Franco Fragapane, team players, although it seems unlikely that any of them holds.

The coach announced a competitive team, although he announced that will have several minutes of players who have had fewer opportunities throughout the season, so Corominas, Pelegrin and Albacar emerge as owners.

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