Despite trailing Barcelona by eight points in La Liga, Sid Lowe feels Real Madrid will have chances to mount a comeback. Ernesto Valverde believes Barcelona's clash with Athletic this weekend is the start of a hard run of fixtures for the club. Barcelona's squad depth will be tested on Saturday as they look to extend their unbeaten run to 16 games in all competitions when they host Sevilla at Camp Nou. Until now, things have gone well for Ernesto Valverde in his debut season on the Camp Nou bench. Injuries, by and large, have respected him and so has the fixture list. Barca have won nine of their opening 10 games in La Liga -- drawing the other against Atletico Madrid -- but seven of the teams they have beaten go into this weekend's...
Friday, November 3, 2017
Injuries and a tough run of fixtures to test leaders Barcelona's squad depth
Despite trailing Barcelona by eight points in La Liga, Sid Lowe feels Real Madrid will have chances to mount a comeback. Ernesto Valverde believes Barcelona's clash with Athletic this weekend is the start of a hard run of fixtures for the club. Barcelona's squad depth will be tested on Saturday as they look to extend their unbeaten run to 16 games in all competitions when they host Sevilla at Camp Nou. Until now, things have gone well for Ernesto Valverde in his debut season on the Camp Nou bench. Injuries, by and large, have respected him and so has the fixture list. Barca have won nine of their opening 10 games in La Liga -- drawing the other against Atletico Madrid -- but seven of the teams they have beaten go into this weekend's...
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