The Brazilian full back Maxwell back in the squad for Barcelona
Barcelona played a very tough Spanish Cup game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Athletic-Club-c38535 during the midweek. It was hard for both the teams to breach through; however, the Spanish Champions made sure that they qualify for the next round after a wonderful goal from Eric Abidal
took the team through on away goals advantage despite the fact that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Llorente-c13671 found his team an equalizer later on.
Before the away leg to San Mames, Josep Guardiola named the team that was going to perform during the Cup game. With the resultless first leg at the Nou Camp, it was hard for Josep Guardiola to decide whether to play youngsters or not. It was obvious that
players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 and Victor Valdes were to be rested but he still played most of the first team stars.
During the home leg, Josep Guardiola played the Brazilian full back Maxwell on the left and he did a fine job throughout the game. Eric Abidal featured in the centre with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 while Daniel Alves featured on the right flank. However, while going
away to San Mames, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maxwell-c25051 missed out because of a thigh strain that he picked up during the Spanish La Liga fixture against Levante. With an injury that concerned the coach and the medical staff, he was left out of the squad that travelled to San Mames as
he worked on his thigh in the gym while the players trained for the next important fixture.
Barcelona have to travel to the La Coruna as they are to face a very in-form Deportivo side. The table toppers will be looking to extend their winning run as even a draw would be an unacceptable result for them. Josep Guardiola’s La Blaugrana Giants are
currently sitting at the top of the table and they can simply not slip a point knowing Jose Mourinho’s Los Blancos are sitting only two points behind them.
Josep Guardiola made sure that all his first team players are fit to play for this game and it is good news for the Catalan boss that Maxwell is back to playing fitness after working on his left thigh that took a strain. With Maxwell coming back, Josep Guardiola
has a team of 21 players with 20 first-team members and 1 B team star, Thiago Alcantara. Even though there are 21 players in the training, Guardiola will have to leave three behind to the game with him.
Victor Valdés, Jose http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547, Jeffren Suarez,
Pedro Rodriguez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794 are the 21 players that featured during training which took place in Ciutat Esportiva – the training ground for Barcelona.
With Maxwell coming back, there is an ease of pressure on Josep Guardiola as the only replacement for Eric Abidal is now fit to perform in the next game. However, good enough for the fans, the newly signed Dutch star Ibrahim Afellay might be featuring against
Deportivo during the Spanish La Liga clash between the two teams.
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