Barcelona, led by Xavi Hernandez, is preparing to face the Valencia team led by Italian coach January Ivan Gattuso, in the twelfth round matches of the Spanish Football League at nine in the evening.
After playing 11 games, the Barcelona team enters the contest in second place with 28 points. They managed to win 9 games, tie one game, and lose their most recent game to Real Madrid, the league leaders in Spain.
Valencia is in ninth place in the Spanish league table with 15 points after 11 games, having won four, drawn three, and lost four.
Barcelona hopes to overcome its loss to Bayern Munich by a score of three to nothing and go from the Champions League to the European League by winning more games in the Spanish league to win the championship after Real Madrid did so the season before.
For his part, Xavi Hernandez emphasised that during the future games, his squad must put the humiliating Champions League exit behind them and concentrate solely on the Spanish League battle.
“I try to be positive and this is apparent, we have been subjected to a heavy attack in the Champions League, but there are different championships, and we can still deliver a magnificent season,” Xavi remarked during the news conference prior to the match against Valencia.
“We have a good opportunity for us to express a reply,” he continued.
I talked to the players about changing the situation, and assured them that we enjoy a good dynamic in La Liga, what happened in the Champions League has happened, we criticized ourselves and saw that we were not effective in the big matches. ”
He went on: “We are focused on La Liga, we’re in a title race, and this is the dynamic that must be followed. We work well together in the locker room, and tomorrow will be an excellent opportunity to reply once more.
” Barcelona striker Lewandowski is the top scorer in the Spanish league’s top scorer with 12 goals, collecting them from 11 games so far in the local competition. Lewandowski played in 11 games for Barcelona, contributed three assists in addition to his 12 goals, which led the league in scoring.
Borja Iglisias of Real Betis, followed by Josello of Espanyol, with the same number of goals scored, Igo Esbas of Real Betis in fourth place with six goals, and Brazilian Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid in fifth place with five goals, replaces the Polish star Robert Lewandowski as the top scorer in the Spanish league.
Barcelona is pursuing Real Madrid in the Spanish league matchup with Valencia.
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