FC Barcelona travel to Valenica tomorrow night with a staggering 7-0 first leg lead. The odds are stacked against Gary Neville’s Valencia side who have to score 8 unanswered goals in order to progress to the final. This result is made even more difficult due to Valencia’s poor form in La Liga losing away to Real Betis at the weekend adding further to the pressure mounting on Gary Neville.
Lionel Messi scored a hat trick last time out.
FC Barcelona are expected to rotate the squad tomorrow night ahead of Sunday’s difficult fixture at home to Celta Vigo. Luis Enrique has decided to give some B team players a chance with Samper,Gumbau,Kaptoum,Camara and Romera all training with the first team today and yesterday. Enrique will almost certainly be with out Lionel Messi for tomorrow fixture. The Argentinian missed training in Monday and Tuesday as he underwent tests to follow up his renal colic experienced at the Club World Cup last December. Today he underwent a procedure to deal with some kidney stones that were discovered yesterday. The club announced he will return to training on Wedneday and should be fit for Sunday’s game.
The duo of Messi and Suárez scored the combined 7 goals last week
Luis Enrique equaled Pep Guardiolas record of 28 games unbeaten when his side overcame Levante on Sunday. Should Barcelona win/draw tomorrow he will set a new club record.
Possible FC Barcelona lineup:
Ter Stegen, Vidal,Bartra,Vermaelen,Adriano,Samper,Roberto,Kaptoum,Munir,Suárez,Turan.
Can Gary Neville produce one of the biggest comebacks in football history?
The game kicks off at 8pm GMT and is available on LaLigaCopaTV.
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