Monday, January 5, 2009

Copa Del Rey: Athletico Madrid vs Barcelona, Vicente Calderón, Tuesday, January 6 2008, 20:00 CET

The match schedule is tight this week as Barca faces Athletico Madrid just three days after beating Mallorca, followed by the liga match against Osasuna on the weekend. That means we'll be seeing alot of rotation, and some of the usual substitutes will be possibly be starting—we're really hoping to see Bojan play. Also we're looking forward to the return of Messi, as well as Pique who's all better now after missing Mallorca because he was down with the flu. Pique will most probably be starting since Marquez won't make the match; poor Rafa suffered from contracting of the muscles in his left thigh after Saturday's match and will have to sit this one out. These recurring troubles with his thigh are starting to worry us; we really hope this doesn't develop into something more serious.
As for the game itself, Athletico haven't been so hot lately and Barca did give them a royal thrashing when they met in the league; facing them this time should be no trouble.

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