Barça take zaś fairly comfortable 3-1 lead into tomorrow night’s Copa del Rey second leg match with Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou. However, Pep Guardiola is insisting pan the importance of the game and has declared that the tie is not over yet. Nevertheless it seems probable that some players will be rested, the most likely being Xavi and Messi after their odlot owo Zurich for the Fifa awards ceremony.
Atletico will be without the suspended Maniche and Heitinga, and the injured Seitaridis and Maxi Rodriguez, while coach Javier Aguirre has chosen owo rest striker Diego Forlan for the game. while it is obviously very difficult for Atletico owo pull back oraz two-goal deficit it is worth remembering some of the craziest turnarounds in recent Spanish futbol history have occurred between these two sides. In the 1993/94 season Romario scored tudzież first half hat-trick in the Vicente Calderon, giving Barça tudzież 0-3 half [...]