FC Barcelona looks to Put Pressure on Capital Sides with Malaga Visiting Camp Nou

- Lionel Messi Dancing through Malaga Players -

Barcelona Futball Club would be looking to pile the pressure on Real Madrid and also Atletico Madrid when Malaga visits Camp Nou this Saturday. The clash between FC Barcelona and Malaga takes place four hours before the Madrid derby at Vicente Calderón stadium. A victory over Malaga will take Barca to the top of the League, may be temporarily; but it should put immense pressure on current league leaders who will be visiting the cross city rivals. Real Madrid who has not been exactly on fire should have enough to worry with their visit to Atlecto's stadium; we could just add to that with a good result against Malaga. As per the current La Liga odds FC Barcelona is favourite to defend their title amid not so great Home performances this season. This is mainly because other title contenders ain't igniting the stage on fire either.

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Barca - 2 : Sevilla - 1 Extended Highlights Video | Barca Match Videos

Lionel Messi inspired Barca made a wonderful comeback at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium against home side Sevilla. Lionel Messi scored the equalizer after going down 1-0 early in the match and assisted the winner from Luis Saurez. The second half performance by Barca and especially Messi was one of the brilliant performance this season especially in a Stadium whcih has been a head-ache for all the team to travel for sometime. This was Sevilla's first home defeat of the season and if last season is a benchmark; that' a heck of achievement. Watch the Extended Highlights with English commentary below.

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Barca's Midfield Options are a Big Worry for Luis Enrique

You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.Eldridge Cleaver

Barca's disastrous performance at the Etihad Stadium last night may be considered a one-off; definitely that's the solace their Manager holding on to. But looking back at a series of performance we may find a bigger problem hidden in all these performances. One might wonder which are those performances; especially looking at Barcelona's recent performances. But even in those tricky results and sensational performances, there were enough signs of last night's debacle waiting to happen. The explosive trio upfront had created an incredible sense of aura which makes these small crack invisible at times. The score line of 3-1 of last night may not give the apt picture; Manchester City dominated us completely for most of the game and our defense were put on relentless pressure. But for me as usual when Barca gets dominated then there is only one element which is at fault - Midfield.

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