Copa Del Rey: FC Barcelona vs Cultural Leonesa, Municipal, Wednesday October 28 2009, 22:00 CET

Barca's defense of the Copa Del Rey title begins against third division club Cultural Leonesa. There's been talk that coach Pep Guardiola wouldn't be giving much importance to this competition in light of the tight match schedule, but Pep had something different to say at the pre-match press conference:

"We have the same motivation to win this competition as we had last year.