Barcelona will start their La Liga campaign against Real Sociedad and they would be looking forward for a win as they plan on snatching the league crown away from Madrid.
Barcelona lost the Spanish La Liga title at the hands of Real Madrid last season. Even though La Blaugrana were being hailed as one of the best footballing sides in the history of football, Mourinho was able to set his team’s pace at the perfect gear, and
helped them cruise through La Liga in order to win the domestic title.
La Blaugrana would now be looking forward to win back the Spanish La Liga title which they lost last season but the task is going to be extremely hard as they do not have the support of their manager, Josep Guardiola, anymore.
The Catalan coach left the club after failing to win La Liga and Champions League last season. However, Tito Vilanova has taken charge of the Catalan outfit and many expect him to continue on the path of success which Josep Guardiola created.
On the other hand, Real Sociedad finished twelfth in La Liga and will be expecting to do a better http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in the upcoming season. However, with the competition growing, anything can be expected.
Team News: Barcelona
The Spanish giants are currently in extraordinary form. La Blaugrana have won each and every pre-season friendly game even though they faced teams such as PSG and Manchester United.
Tito Vilanova currently has each and every player at his disposal and the only important team member who will be missing this fixture is the Frenchman, Eric Abidal.
However, since most of the team members are returning from international duty, Vilanova will try to rest the important players in order to save them for later as this fixture seems to be quite easy for the Spanish giants.
The expected line-up for Barcelona is:
Victor Valdes; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979.
Team News: Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad coach, Philippe Montanier, would definitely be cursing the first day fixture as starting the league against a team like Barcelona is definitely not an ideal start for any team in the league.
However, on the bright side, Montanier would have each and every player at his disposal as most of them were not out on international duty.
In their last five fixtures against Barcelona, the only positive result Sociedad managed to achieve was the 2-2 draw which they picked up last season.
The expected line-up of Real Sociedad is as follows:
Claudio Bravo; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Ifran.
Prediction:
While Barcelona are on a mission, they will be trying to send a message to the world that despite Guardiola’s departure, they are still the best side in the league. Therefore, Tito Vilanova is going to field his best players in order to get a good result.
Therefore, La Blaugrana are strongly the favourites to win this game, and that too in an emphatic way.
It is true that Real Sociedad will try their best to defend against a team like Barcelona, but since La Blaugrana will be playing the game at the Nou Camp, they are expected to win it.
The prediction for this fixture is 3-0 in favour of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and that’s because Barcelona can win the game, but they are still trying to settle with Tito Vilanova’s tactics.
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