The Catalan outfit are lagging in their race for La Liga title, while the Andalusian side dropped out of the top half for the first time since the start of campaign.
Reigning Spanish champions, Barcelona, travel to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramon-c30533 Sanchez Pizjuan for their next La Liga fixture.
La Blaugrana need the three points on offer to add pressure on Real Madrid, as they trail them by 10 points in Primera Division rankings. On the other hand, Los Blancos welcome Malaga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, March 18th.
Sevilla also find themselves in a precarious situation, the Andalusians performed exceptionally well in the first half of the season and have seen their form dwindle as Spanish topflight football enters its final stretch.
Los Rojiblancos have accumulated 33 points from their 26 La Liga outings, with only 8 of them coming from their last 8 domestic fixtures.
Sevilla’s below par performances have seen http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453, taking his place.
The outfit from Andalusia managed to hold the Catalan side to a goalless draw at the Camp Nou earlier in the campaign, and will be looking for a positive result in their upcoming encounter.
Reflecting on the situation, the manager stated the importance of the points on offer, while adding that La Liga title is Real Madrid’s to lose.
"The league is Real Madrid's."
"These points are more important for us than for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604. They know they are uncomfortable behind Real Madrid, who are very strong," the ex-Getafe trainer stated in a pre-match press conference.
Ahead of their crunch encounter, Michel took out time to talk about Barcelona duo, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and Eric Abidal.
The former Spanish midfielder was full of praise for the diminutive Argentinean, who scored 7 goals in his last two competitive outing, including 5 against Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League.
Michel sympathised with Eric Abidal who continues his battle against liver tumour and faces the possibility of hanging his sporting boots forever.
"Messi is the best in the world, but also because he plays alongside other great players.”
"It is very unfortunate news about Abidal; I wish he could be on the field and could play well for his team," he concluded.
The crunch encounter will kickoff at 20 00 CET.
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