Back in the hunt 



Barça have the chance to get to within 5 points of Madrid after the leaders slipped up yesterday against Deportivo at Riazor.

Rijkaard’s side, with nine first team players missing, are determined to get back to winning ways after two consecutive League defeats (19.00, Barça TV, PPV, Ràdio Barça).

After losing in the Vicente Calderón and in the Camp Nou against Vila-real, Barcelona want to get back to picking up three points. If they can they would once again be 5/6 points behind Madrid, who yesterday slipped up at Riazor against Deportivo. Over the last seven weeks whenever one of the top two wins, the other misses out. So this week it’s Barça’s turn, and the Catalans were within only two points of the leaders 20 days ago.

Lots of players missing

However, Barça will have to do that without a lot of first team players. Eight are out injured — Jorquera, Márquez, Touré Yaya, Deco, Ezquerro, Messi, Ronaldinho and Giovani — while Zambrotta is suspended. As a result Frank Rijkaard has called up reserve team players Víctor Sánchez, Víctor Vázquez and Pedrito to make up the 18-man squad which has travelled to Almeria.

Two comebacks

On the positive side Barça can welcome back two of their central defenders, Puyol and Oleguer, who have returned to action. Puyol was suspended for the game against Vila-real while Oleguer was given the green light by club doctors on Thursday after recovering from a broken bone in his left hand.

Almeria’s line-up

This evening’s opponents, Almeria, are also missing players such as Acasiete and Paunovic, but they will still be putting out a strong side. Barça will have to keep an eye on Negredo, the Andalusian outfit’s top goalscorer, and Diego Alves who has been the surprise goalkeeper this season in the League. Almeria are currently in eighth spot and have the best defensive record in the League at home.

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Dos Santos i njegov menadžer tvrde kako je veliki broj europskih klubova zainteresiran za njega, te kako bi u Barceloni morali hitno produžiti ugovor sa njim ukoliko ga žele zadržati. Takvo stajalište je navelo čelnike Barcelone da razmisle hoće li uopće nastaviti pregovore sa njim.

Španjolski mediji već dosta dugo tvrde kako Dos Santos stvara probleme, ali čini se kako je to sada postalo još izraženije, te bi on na ljeto mogao promijeniti sredinu. Jedna od mogućnosti je i posudba, ali u Barceloni bi ga radije prodali ukoliko uspiju postići zadovoljavajuću cijenu.

Prošle se sezone sa Dos Santosom povezivao Chelsea, ali kako je došlo do promjene na čelu struke tog kluba, upitno je da li je i Avram Grant zainteresiran za njega.

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