Real Madrid can take advantage of Barcelona’s fading form (Part 3)
Under Josep Guardiola’s mentorship, Barcelona have faced Real Madrid five times. Barcelona have won on two occasions while being away from home. One of the best away wins came during the first year of Josep Guardiola’s reign as the Catalan Giants scored six goals in the Santiago Bernabeu and won 6-2. In this season, Josep Guardiola is going to try his best to extend his winning streak against Real Madrid, but it is definitely going to be hard for him to contain a team that has a boss like Jose Mourinho.
The Spanish Champions currently have a tougher task to deal with as compared to Real Madrid over the weekend. Earlier, Real Madrid won 8-0 against Levante during the Copa del Rey and the scoreline might turn out to be even brutal this time around as Jose Mourinho deploys his weapons on the pitch.
On the other hand, Barcelona are going to be facing a very tough team in the form of Athletic Bilbao. The mid-table Spanish side have a lot of faith in their striking force, which consists of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331, ruled out, man marking is definitely not going to be an easy job for them and Guardiola would have to play a high back-line to try to play an offside trap.
In case Barcelona lose or draw the game, Real Madrid are going to be at advantage as the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona has to take place in Santiago Bernabeu later during the season. However, if Barcelona win, they are definitely going to be at advantage because Real Madrid later have to face a lot of difficult teams while being away from home. The Spanish Giants have to play Villarreal, Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Athletic-Club-c38535 as well but now is the time that Jose Mourinho can put pressure on Barcelona.
Barcelona are currently suffering with a dip in form. They are under crisis at the back as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique is doing a fine job in the centre half but without his favourite partner Carles Puyol, Pique is finding it hard to survive against good attacking teams.
This weekend is definitely very crucial in the Spanish La Liga. Athletic Club can easily open up the top of the table yet again. Even though it looked as if the seven-point lead that Barcelona had was good enough for them, Real Madrid have fought their way back and they are still considered to be one of the favourites to win the Spanish La Liga title.
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