Barça need to pick themselves up after the disappointment of Tuesday night and go into the final four games of the season with the intention of finishing second in the table. A third place would mean having to play the Champions League qualifiers in August which would cause some changes in the pre-season plans. Tomorrow evening Barça take on Valencia at Camp Nou (kick off 7pm) hoping to gain revenge for the Copa del Rey defeat in March.
Barça are without the injured Milito, Iniesta and Toure for the game which means a return to the squad for Oleguer, Marquez and Giovani. Frank Rijkaard has been saying he has no intention of leaving which is probably the correct thing to say right now even if everything is already decided; he will be hoping to end his time at Camp Nou in the best possible way. No doubt there will be some fans who will want to protest tomorrow for the disappointing season, I would rather they stayed at home as the team need all the support they can get right now if we are going to have a chance of second place, and Frank Rijkaard deserves some respect for all he has done for the club.
Voro has replaced Wembley hero Ronald Koeman as Valencia’s coach which means that Cañizares, Albelda and Angulo are back in contention after their months of being ostracised by Koeman. Valencia are still in need of points as they are only four points above the relegation zone. They showed a big improvement in their first game under Voro, beating Osasuna 3-0 last weekend. Voro has brought back a 4-4-2 system with two holding midfielders in the middle and two attacking midfielders on the flanks.
The teams have met three times already this season. In the Copa del Rey semi final the teams drew 1-1 at Camp Nou while in the return game Valencia won 3-2. In the league game at Mestalla Barça had it a bit easier winning 0-3
Barça’s 18-man squad: Valdés, Pinto, Zambrotta, Oleguer, Thuram, Puyol, Abidal, Sylvinho, Xavi, Marquez, Edmilson, Deco, Gudjohnsen, Messi, Bojan, Eto’o, Henry, Giovani.
Possible starting XI: Valdés, Zambrotta, Thuram, Puyol, Sylvinho; Xavi, Marquez, Deco; Messi, Eto’o, Henry.
My Prediction: Barça 2 Valencia 2
Can anyone catch e10 and Blaugrana who have 3 correct predictions each?
17 responses so far ↓
Dr.Osmo // May 3, 2008 at 18:52
——————————Valdes——————————
———————–Marquez———Thuram——————-
–Zambrotta——————————————–Sylvinho–
—————————-Edmilson——————————
——————-Guddy—————Xavi———————-
——-Giovanni———————————-Bojan————
————————–Eto’o(Henry)—————————-
Taras // May 3, 2008 at 19:32
Barca 3-1 Valencia.
Jay // May 3, 2008 at 19:40
1-0 Barcelona
bobkat // May 3, 2008 at 19:43
1-1
Youssef Gazia // May 3, 2008 at 20:19
Dr. Omso, i think you’ve missed someone very important in your starting 11.
It will be funny to see the attendance figures in tommorows game.
Dr.Osmo // May 3, 2008 at 20:37
My Prediction: Barça 2 Valencia 1
Youssef Gazia, what about game in Santiago Bernabéu…
Angus // May 3, 2008 at 21:18
Valencia appear to have improved since Koeman left and the players look a little more inspired. With Villa possibly moving to Real he’ll really be up for this one to seal the deal.
Barcelona’s current form is abysmal. Nothing really left to play for now so don’t be surprised to see a dull 0-0 or Valencia steeling a late win as I have no faith left in this current Barcelona side!
BARCA 4 LYF // May 3, 2008 at 21:33
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Youssef Gazia // May 3, 2008 at 22:36
Oh yeah Dr.Osmo your right. I know no one would forget ”Little Leo” in the starting 11.
Dr.Osmo // May 3, 2008 at 23:04
Hildebrand: Barça One Of The World’s Best
:H
FCB // May 4, 2008 at 0:25
2-1 barca
e10 // May 4, 2008 at 1:28
Barca are in awful form in the liga
1-1
soccerfanbase.com // May 4, 2008 at 8:46
I am hoping Barca wins this one to cover up for the dissappointment of the past one week…any soccer lover who will like to interact with other fans and dicuss any soccer related issues should check out Soccer fan base dot com it is free to join.
BARCA 4 LYF // May 4, 2008 at 9:39
1-0 to Barca!!!
Blaugrana // May 4, 2008 at 12:17
0-0
BARCA 4 LYF // May 4, 2008 at 15:09
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=683061
bLinD // May 4, 2008 at 16:48
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