Valencia vs Barcelona (Match Preview)
March 1st 2011 16:08
Valencia host a tie breaking fixture, on Wednesday against Barcelona at Mestalla! It is the only place where Guardiola have failed to achieve success since he took over the managerial duty at FC Barcelona! And no doubt that Valencia can be a big bump on the road for the Catalans to achieve this years title.
Given, the excellent run of Barcelona in League Title, it will be very difficult for Valencia to overcome the Mighty Catalans side, but always expect the unexpected! Although still, there are problems for Barcelona as their defense is facing injury problems! As we kno that Puyol and Valdes are injured, and will miss this trip. But the sign of relief for Barcelona, as their center backbone, Xavi have returned from his injury and will play against Valencia!
Former Valencia player, Villa, who is currently embedded to Barca's starting XI, will be playing against his former club, but he is confident that Barca will not return empty handed from this fixture! Barca broke Madrid's emphatic record this year of longest winning run, and are in the best shape, although they had a disappointing trip to London for the Champions League, where the lost to Arsenal in last 14 minutes, but they recovered well after that loss, and again started their winning run.
Valencia, who are 3rd in La Liga table, after their close victory against Athletic Bilbao, and achieved eighth win in the last 10 matches!
Given, the excellent run of Barcelona in League Title, it will be very difficult for Valencia to overcome the Mighty Catalans side, but always expect the unexpected! Although still, there are problems for Barcelona as their defense is facing injury problems! As we kno that Puyol and Valdes are injured, and will miss this trip. But the sign of relief for Barcelona, as their center backbone, Xavi have returned from his injury and will play against Valencia!
Former Valencia player, Villa, who is currently embedded to Barca's starting XI, will be playing against his former club, but he is confident that Barca will not return empty handed from this fixture! Barca broke Madrid's emphatic record this year of longest winning run, and are in the best shape, although they had a disappointing trip to London for the Champions League, where the lost to Arsenal in last 14 minutes, but they recovered well after that loss, and again started their winning run.
Valencia, who are 3rd in La Liga table, after their close victory against Athletic Bilbao, and achieved eighth win in the last 10 matches!
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