FC Barcelona will be returning back to La Liga action tonight with Villareal visiting Camp Nou.
Lionel Messi will not feature in tonight's encounter as he was given an extended holiday. Yaya
Toure has already left for African nations Cup, eventhough it is clear that Guardiola will not have
used him even if he is available.
Copa Del Rey swings back to action with Sevilla's visit to Nou Camp tonight. FC barcelona will also
be looking to put back their game back in track after a not so satisfactory draw against Villareal.
FC Barcelona met SWevilla in the same competition two years ago and the Catalan outfit went through
on away goal.
FC Barcelona need a miracle of sort to overcome their first leg deficit of 2-1 at the Ramón
Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Sevilla. Our last visit to the same stadium resulted in a 3-0 victory
and a somewhat same result will see us through. But then the Barca side has not yet hit the form of
last season side.
After being the second best in the Copa Del Rey clash against Sevilla, this is the best time for
Barca to regain focus on the league. Sevilla eliminated Barca in the Copa Del Rey and Barca will be
out for revenge tonight. The Copa Del Rey tie was actually lost at home so barca will be looking to
correct that with a glorious victory against Sevilla at home.
FC Barcelona will be looking to extend thei lead on top to eight points tonight and put immense
pressure on Real Madrid who will be playing Malaga tomorrow. Seydou Keita has returned to the 19
men squad announced by Guardiola - Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Cygrynskiy, Milito, Márquez, Puyol,
Piqué, Abidal, Maxwell, Jonathan, Xavi, Iniesta, Keita, Henry, Bojan, Pedro, Messi and
Ibrahimovic.
FC Barcelona will be back tonigh at the place where their dream run started. After begining the
last season in the worst possible way in ages, Barca got back to winning ways with a 6-1 thrashing
of Gijon at El Molinón. The senario for Barca in the League is different from their last visit.
