The Spanish full-back was suffering with an illness, but now he is back in training for La Blaugrana and will be available for them as they take on Granada over the weekend.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 will return their focus on Spanish La Liga after winning their midweek European fixture against Spartak Moscow.
The Catalan giants are currently in extraordinary form and even though they lost the Supercopa de Espana right at the start of the season, they are currently sitting at the top of the Spanish La Liga table, and have also managed to beat their first Champions
League opponents, Spartak Moscow.
La Blaugrana have started their league campaign in the most perfect way possible, winning each and every game out of the available four which they have played.
Barcelona’s first game was against Real Sociedad, which they managed to win 5-1. Later, they faced Osasuna and it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 who fired them to a win after Barcelona made a comeback from being 1-0 down and winning the match 2-1.
The third fixture was against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 and even though it seemed to be a tough tie, La Blaugrana won the game 1-0.
Barcelona’s most recent La Liga fixture was against Getafe and while many thought that it will not be an easy fixture, the Spanish giants won the game 4-1.
So far it has been going well for La Blaugrana, but this weekend fixture might prove to be difficult for them as they will be without their first-choice centre-back pairing of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique.
Both these players are out because of their respective injuries. While Carles Puyol has injured his knee, Pique limped out of the game against Spartak Moscow after picking up an ankle injury.
Therefore, Tito Vilanova will have to adjust with players such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-Song-c4804; players who do not have much experience of playing in the centre-back role that often.
However, all hope is still not gone for the Spanish giants. While Pique and Puyol will be on the sidelines, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-Alba-c19111 is back in training for La Blaugrana and he is expected to start the game against Granada over the weekend.
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