The Catalan tactician remembered the French defender in the post-match conference and dedicated the victory over Getafe to show his support for him.
South American flavour was on the menu at the Camp Nou as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 triumphed over Luis Garcia Plaza’s Getafe.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 opened the proceedings in the first half and added another after the interval to complete his brace.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 followed his South American teammate, scoring the second of four goals in the dying moments of the first period.
The goal scoring rout was completed by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez, who scored the fourth and final goal of the match, with the board showing 74 minutes.
Earlier in the day, Eric Abidal went under the doctor’s knife to get operated on his troublesome liver tumour. The operation lasted ten hours and the liver transplant operation was successfully completed.
Guardiola was understandable happy with the efforts of his players on the pitch, and used the occasion to show his support for Eric Abidal.
The 41-year-old head coach dedicated the comfortable victory to Abidal and his cousin, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664, the liver donor to the French international.
Continuing on the topic, Guardiola claimed that it was a special day and hoped that there is more good news to come from Abidal’s corner.
"I would like to dedicate this victory to Abidal and his cousin, Gerard [who acted as a donor]," Guardiola said while talking to reporters after their domestic outing in front of home fans.
"This was a special day for us. We have to be prudent and wait for the next few days.”
"We will see how he recovers next week. We are very thankful to the doctors and we have faith that he will keep going forward because he is a strong lad."
Victory against the modest outfit from Madrid brings Barcelona closer to Real Madrid at the top of La Liga rankings table, with Pep Guardiola’s men only a single point behind their arch rivals after playing a game more.
Real Madrid have a tough league fixture on their hands as they take on the challenge of Atletico Madrid in their home ground, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon.
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