Saturday, April 9, 2011

Barcelona-Almeria ... The Catalans seek to maintain their advantage

The bottom side gets Almería Barcelona with the aim of achieving a victory that would permit him to the Santiago Bernabeu in the next day, at least with the eight point lead is now over Real Madrid, while the Andalusian search box "effect Olabe." In the Catalan side is understood that this may be a suitable weekend for their interests.

The Real Madrid have a tricky trip to San Mames and falling to the Athletic Club, Barcelona would have it all with a view to achieving a win at the Nou Camp would leave the League sentenced. So coach, Josep Guardiola, has insisted that his men still do not think the hypothetical quad showdown with arch-rivals, but in saving the last hurdle league that would allow them to focus, starting Sunday in the Champions League and in the final of the Copa del Rey.

Guardiola will be without for the match against Almeria the suspended Sergio Busquets and Víctor Valdés. Busquets downward given a new chance to Gabi Milito to occupy the center of the rear with Gerard Pique and remain in the ownership of a defensive midfielder Mascherano. More complicated will cover the lower Valdés.

His deputy usual, José Manuel Pinto, suffered a sprained left ankle and, if in training tomorrow morning do not get the high, his place in the starting goalkeeper the subsidiary will take Rubén Miño. Besides these two punished, Barcelona has already known the casualties of the injured Carles Puyol, who are still reeling from suffering tendinitis in his left knee for more than two months, and Eric Abidal, recently operated on a tumor the liver.

The rest of the team owner will be the usual. Peter, once overcome his groin injury, will regain its position in the attacking trio, which will delay Iniesta back to midfield and probably let out of the team to Keita. Almeria effect tomorrow will be entrusted to bring her new coach, Roberto Olabe, to dream of scoring at the Camp Nou aware of the difficulty of facing an opponent who rushes the conference to add a new league title.

In addition, Almeria travel with a defense table. Carlos Garcia, who suffered a muscle strain, will not travel with the team, so it only stays in the rear Santi Acasiete Peruvian and Uruguayan Marcelo Silva. Also, low forced Pellerano after the Argentine was banned for two matches after being sent off at the end of the match played in Gijon, while Leo Ortiz Ulloa Bernal and discards are two technical reasons Olabe.

Still, the set is loaded Almeria moral and rely on some physical and rotations that can perform the Catalan team its international commitment to do harm at home and make some point that would be crucial to the struggle for permanence. Almeria, bottom club first division with 26 points, you need a positive result does not sag from the group fights to save, since a defeat would almost definitely condemn the Almeria to decline in coming sessions.

- Probable teams: FC Barcelona: Pinto or Miño, Alves, Piqué, Milito, Adriano, Mascherano, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Villa, Messi. Almeria: Diego Alves, Michel, Santi Acasiete, Marcelo Silva, Luna, Juan Ortiz, Bernardello, M'Bami, Cruse, Pablo Piatti, Kalu Uche. Referee: Ayza Gamez (Committee Valenciano).

Stadium: Camp Nou. Time: 13:00 Central Time Mexico.

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