The 43-year-old manager hailed Sevilla as tough rivals when at home as he acknowledged the dismal record http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 have in Andalusia.
Barcelona have enjoyed a perfect start 2012/13 La Liga campaign, winning all five of their league meetings. The Catalans travel to Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan for their next domestic fixture, with Tito Vilanova wary of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453’s impressive Sevilla outfit.
The Andalusian outfit already boast off Real Madrid’s scalp to their ranks, and have been a difficult fixture for Barcelona to negotiate in the past. From their last nine trips to Seville, La Blaugrana have managed all three points on a dismal three occasions.
Vilanova acknowledged the statistics against Barcelona on their trip to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramon-c30533 Sanchez Pizjuan, hailing the resilient attitude of Los Nervionenses.
The 43-year-old tactician stated that the trip to Seville is always difficult, whilst admitting he spent the worst 15 minutes of his life there in the 2009/10 season when the Andalusians came back from 3-0 to 3-2 despite being reduced to 10 men.
“All games are tough but it is true that the Pizjuan is not an easy ground to go to. I spent there the worst 15 minutes of my life [with Barca in 2009-10].”
“We were 3-0 up, then it was 3-2 and they could have drawn against us even though they had 10 men.”
Continuing on the topic, Vilanova praised Sevilla for their good start to 2012/13 La Liga season. He pointed towards their impressive defensive record that boasts off the lowest goals conceded so far in the league.
“Sevilla are in great shape, they have conceded the fewest goals in the League [alongside Malaga with two] and it will not be easy.”
The Barcelona manager especially took out time to hail the talents of Jesus Navas, Cicinho and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Negredo-c5294. He added that Barcelona players will have to be wary of the quality individuals in Sevilla’s ranks as they have the ability to score fast on the break.
“It will be a difficult game, [Jesus ]Navas has found a good addition in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cicinho-c9251, whilst [Alvaro] Negredo looks alert. We must be careful with set pieces and dead-ball situations.”
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