http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 entertain Manuel Pellegrini’s Malaga at the Camp Nou for their next La Liga outing, with Champions League qualification on the line for the visitors.
For their next La Liga outing, Malaga travel to Catalan country to take on the challenge of reigning European and Spanish champions, Barcelona, at the Camp Nou.
Malaga 21 million Euros summer signing, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Cazorla-c32505, was full of praise for Pep Guardiola’s charges as he predicted a tough league fixture.
The former Villarreal man opined that Barcelona are the best team in the world at the moment and asked him teammates to repeat their performances at the Santiago Bernabeu where the Andalusian outfit held Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw.
Cazorla claimed that in search of a positive result against La Blaugrana, Malaga will need to score at the Camp Nou and make sure they are secure at the back.
"We expect a tough match. Barca are the best footballing team around. We have to play a great game if we are to score and we have the example of what happened at the Santiago Bernabeu [1-1 draw] where we stood up to a big side," Cazorla said while talking
to reporters at a press conference.
With Real Madrid on course to securing their 32nd La Liga title, the league encounter between the two Spanish outfits still carries a lot of importance.
The match up has symbolic significance for Barcelona, who are playing their last matches under the tautology of the outgoing Pep Guardiola.
After their disappointment in La Liga and UEFA Champions League, La Masia academy graduate revealed on Friday that he has taken the decision on calling his time as La Blaugrana coach, and will make way for Tito Vilanova at the end of the June.
On the other hand, Malaga are on course to register their highest Primera Division standing in their history and have their ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League are at stake with three matches remaining until the 2011/12 campaign’s culmination.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-c23383 Pellegrini’s side currently occupy 4th place in La Liga standings with Levante and Atletico Madrid hot on their heels.
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