The Catalan boss has refused to rule out his opponents, Cordoba, from the Cup competition as he believes that a 0-2 score-line is not enough to guarantee Barcelona a place in the next round of the competition.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 coach, Tito Vilanova, has stated that even though Barcelona have already won the away leg 0-2, they still haven’t qualified for the next round of the competition.
The Catalan mentor is of the opinion that a 0-2 score-line is something that Cordoba can easily turn around and the Catalan giants should not take it for granted when their opponents will visit the Nou Camp for the return leg.
Barcelona faced Cordoba in the first leg of the pre-quarterfinal stage of the Copa del Rey.
Since the Spanish La Liga leaders are currently in extraordinary form, they were the favourites to win the game and they did eventually win with the help of their star striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, who was able to score a brace.
With the two goals he scored against Cordoba, he has taken his goal-scoring tally for this particular year to 88, something which no other player in the world has managed to achieve.
In his last game against Real Betis, Messi scored two goals to break the German legend, Gerd Muller’s record of scoring 85 goals in a single calendar year.
With Barcelona winning the game, Tito Vilanova claimed that they still have a chance to lose the tie as Cordoba are a side who managed to surprise the Spanish giants.
“Is the tie over? No, we have not eliminated them with a 2-0 win. It is a good advantage, but 90 minutes still remain.”
“I was not surprised at all by Cordoba. They were like we expected, we had to push forward. We knew we were going to have space, but that the match was not going to be easy.”
“I believe we need to play with a ball worthy of the Champions League, though. The Copa ball is a beach ball. I don’t know why we cannot have a decent ball for the Cup.”
“The reception for this game was what we had hoped for, the fans have been spectacular.”
Cordoba will now travel to the Nou Camp for the second leg of the pre-quarterfinal stage of the Copa del Rey.
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