La Liga; FC Barcelona vs Racing Santander, El Sardinero, Tuesday, September 22 2009, 22:00 CET

Since when do we play Liga matches in the middle of the week? It's mad and the tight match schedule is killing us, but what can be done... we're gonna have close-packed matches all season to make room for the World Cup in the summer. All there is left is to hope that fatigue/traveling issues can be overcome and Pep can have the lads good and ready to play.

Pep goes to El Sardinero stadium with the same 19 players he selected against Athletico Madrid three days ago, with Gerard Pique is surprisingly included despite his injury. Should Barca win tonight, it will be the first time since the 97-98 season that the team starts the Liga with four straight wins. So we're hoping, now more than ever, that the boys will be victorious tonight and history will be made!