Madrid can perform Barcelona twice this week. With choice dilemmas and a Champions League plan suddenly on the edge, Barcelona can be likely to bring David Villa back once again to the fore. This fit is more important compared to the group fixture for Barcelona. They have a large lead in a group they have probably already won and the match is likely to be at home. A gain might find them in the ultimate of the Copa del Rey. For this reason, you can expect them to field their finest line-up. The difficulty for Barcelona is that the thinking on their "best line-up" might have improved after the midweek shock of losing 2-0 to a poor and far-from-vintage AC Milan side in the Champions League. Recently, Barcelona have performed essentially a striker-less system, with Messi as a nine, Alexis Sanchez or Pedro (both having frustrating times) up front with him, and sometimes Iniesta when Fabregas is started in midfield. Against Milan, a team that weren't even particularly defensive, the flaws with this process were on full display. Cesc Fabregas, the poor person, pushes the exceptional Iniesta out of his most useful position. Neither Pedro nor Alexis Sanchez are rating. Barcelona had no penetration; Messi had a single effect of the ball in the resistance box and Barcelona had just one shot on goal. That week-end, Barcelona won against Sevilla after conceding early. They enjoyed David Villa upfront. The fixtures against Madrid can observe that player returning to the standard line-up. There has been reluctance to use Villa this season. He was injured for some time, and upon his return was included in a spat with Lionel Messi. Ever since then he's seen out-of-form players start before him and has perhaps not included in a crucial match. But he remains the absolute most gifted of Barcelona's strikers and he's an important trait: he is prepared to shoot from length. In a group that will challenge once they aren't allowed to have the ball in the place (and Madrid are predicted, as usual, to perform a top range) Villa allows Barcelona the edge. If he weren't to play It'd be described as a shock. This is a fantastic Barcelona staff, well on its way to winning a record-breaking season. But any champion winning team has to own luck on its side and this team still has defects to exploit that Mourinho's men will be well conscious of. Some have already been touched on. There are the others. Barcelona remains defensively susceptible. Additionally they rely on Lionel Messi to get them out of scrapes. Up to now, specially in the last many weeks, it has worked. They continue to rule possession, but as Milan's coach put it mid-week "we simply had to ensure possession was clean and utilize ours." The breakdown was 35% to 65% person - but Milan had greater chances, more shots on target and handily won the game. Barcelona have the second-leg home-advantage, and the absent target after achieving a considerably weakened Madrid in the initial leg. They're an excellent team playing at home, but the tie is carefully balanced.
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