While many of the important Barcelona players are currently out injured, all of them are expected to return before the Catalan giants face their arch-rivals, Real Madrid.
Barcelona and Real Madrid will be squaring off against each other on 7th October, 2012.
The Spanish giants, Barcelona, are currently leading the points table with 15 points for their showings. On the other hand, Real Madrid are currently 8 points behind their arch rivals, winning two, drawing one and losing one game in the process.
The current Spanish champions are in all sorts of trouble as they have not been performing at their best and have missed out on a few important points.
With the two best sides facing off against each other in the early phase of the season, it will be easy for La Blaugrana to extend their lead.
On the other hand, Real Madrid will be looking to build on the success they will achieve by beating Barcelona as Los Blancos are still not on the right track.
Even though Real Madrid are currently not in the form that they would like to be in, Barcelona are missing out on many of their important players.
While Gerard Pique is out injured because of an ankle injury, Adriano is suffering with a muscle strain.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 injured his cheekbone during the game against Osasuna and Andres Iniesta is still trying to recover from his hamstring injury.
Even though http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adriano-c3773 and Puyol are no longer as important to the first team as they once were, their return into the first-team squad will definitely ask the other players to be at their best as both these players can take over the first-team spot on their
best days.
Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique, on the other hand, are extremely important players for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 team.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071 and Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta recently won the UEFA European Player of the Year award and that simply explains that he is one of the best players in the Barcelona line-up.
Even though these players are currently injured, they are expected to make a comeback when they face Real Madrid after a week.
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