Barcelona striker David Villa claims the victory over Osasuna was curial – La Liga news
Barcelona and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 claims that the victory over Osasuna was important for his side to come back to winning ways.
The Catalan club collected maximum points as they defeated Osasuna 2-0 in a Spanish La Liga fixture, the victory means that Barcelona are able to maintain an eight point lead over second placed Real Madrid in the La Liga table.
Villa scored a 24th minute goal to give his side the advantage and later http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 added a second to take his individual goal tally to 50 goals in all competitions for the season.
The goal ended Villa’s barren spell as the striker was unable to find the back-of-the-net in 11 successive appearances, however, the Spaniard maintains that he was more concerned with Barcelona winning the match rather than his own form in front of goal.
Earlier, Barcelona’s hopes of winning the treble ended as they were defeated by Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final and Villa claims the victory has helped his side to heal the wounds of losing the Spanish Cup.
He said, "The most important thing is that the team score and win, to forget what happened on Wednesday. It's a very important victory and we're very happy. They are a very difficult team and more so because of our mental and physical tiredness from the
other day. We've got three points, we keep the same gap and it's one game less."
The three points mean that Barcelona are looking set to win the Spanish League for the third successive season and certainly will boost confidence for the Catalan club as they face Real Madrid in a two legged semi-final in the UEFA Champions League.
However, there is bad news for Barcelona as defenders http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabriel-Milito-c14321 sustained injuries in the match against Osasuna. With Eric Abidal and Adriano all ready on the sidelines Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has serious defensive problems as he
prepares to travel to Santiago Bernabeu to face Real Madrid in the first leg Champions League semi-final on 26 April, 2011.
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