Archive | April, 2009

Valencia vs Barcelona….A must win

Posted on 25 April 2009 by seun

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Tonight,

our beloved host league leaders Barcelona.

Both teams have a lot to play for going

into this match.

A win for Barcelona will temporarily see them extend their lead

at the top of the table while a loss will put more pressure on them should Madrid win at

Seville.

On the other hand, a win for Valencia will temporarily see them move to

3rd while a loss might drop them down to 5th should Villareal win.

In the first

match of the season, Barcelona strolled to a 4-0 win but this time around, both clubs go into the match on a

high note with Valencia’s sudden resurgence after some financial relief came their

way.

Team

News

Barcelona have some ‘Key’ players on 4 yellow cards

and they run the risk of losing these players in the ‘El-Classico’ should they get booked in this

clash.

The players in question are Eto’o,Alves,Xavi,Toure and Busquets.
Whether

Guardiola will take this risk still remains to be seen.

On the other hand, they welcome

Gudjohnson and Jorquera back to the pack.

Barcelona have other distractions as well. Being the

only spanish team left in the champions league, they face Chelsea mid-week.

18 Man squad to

Valencia are

Valdes,Jorquera,Alves,Abidal,Marquez,Puyol,Toure,Busquets,Keita,Xavi,Gudjohnson,Iniesta,Hleb,Bohan,Eto’o,Messi

,Henry.

Expected line-up

Valdez,Puyol,Marquez,Pique,Abidal,Busquets,Xavi,Keita,Messi,Bojan,Iniesta
Valencia will be without midfielders Albelda and Fernandez.The former

picked up an injury during training while the latter is out for the season.Joaquin will also be out after

picking up an injury against R.Betis.The top 4 selection in defense will however be available.Moretti back from

injury and Miguel back from suspension.

Expected

Line-up

Cesar,Miguel,Alexis,Albiol,Moretti,Pablo,Mata,Silva,marchena,Baraja,Villa.
RECENT

FORM

Valencia
A

2-1 Real Betis

H 3-1 Sevilla
A 3-2 Sporting
H 4-1

Getafe

A 1-0 Racing
H 1-1

Recreativo

Barcelona
H 4-0

Sevilla

A 1-0 Getafe
A 1-1 Bayern Munich
H 2-0

Recreativo

H 4-0 Bayern Munich
A 1-0 Real

Valladolid

PREDICTION

>With the hottest Spanish striker in their team,Valencia have enough fire-power to score freely against

Barcelona but do not have the defense to hold half of Barca’s.This game might be similar to the Athletico

match with the outcome decided by who scores more.

Valencia 3-2 Barcelona

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