The Spanish international has sent out a message to English Premier League side, Chelsea, reassuring them that Barca can be defeated at Nou Camp.
Real Madrid’s midfield maestro, Xabi Alonso, has expressed that the current Spanish champions, Barcelona, are not invincible. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 player made his remarks in wake of his side’s El Clasico victory over the Catalan outfit.
La Blaugrana were defeated 2-1 at the hands of their fiercest rivals this past Saturday, as the two teams played out the Clasico at the Nou Camp.
The match that took place in the Catalan capital proved that Pep Guardiola’s men can be beaten at home.
The defeat at the hands of Los Blancos broke Barca’s run of 54 unbeaten games at home and saw their hopes of retaining the Spanish La Liga title blown to bits.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 was more than pleased with the victory and took out the time to send out a message to Barca’s next opponents. The Spaniard claimed that Chelsea have already secured a victory over the Catalan giants and can repeat the feat when the two teams meet
on Tuesday.
In the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, Pep Guardiola’s men were beaten with a score of 1-0 as they travelled away from home. An outstanding performance by the Blues made sure that the Spanish giants were safely kept at bay.
However, playing at the Camp Nou is not going to be an easy task for the Premier League outfit and according to some, it will almost be a miracle if they are able to knock out the current champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
Contrary to this, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 has stated that even though Barca play wonderful football they are not unbeatable.
While talking to reporters, the World Cup winner quoted:
“The reason for that is not just tonight. But the other night as well. We saw that Chelsea beat them. We know that over the last few years, Barcelona have been so successful, that they have been playing great, wonderful football. But they are not unbeatable.”
"Chelsea have the lead. They are ahead in the scoreline. To play here is difficult but we will have to see what happens."
The match between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 will take place at the Nou Camp on Tuesday.
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