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Madrid– Barcelona's open appetite for all titles faces a difficult test when Valencia hosts the second phase of the Spanish Football League, while Real Madrid's interests have been divided between the foreign and the Spanish. # 39; inside.
Barca, who won the trophy with 49 points, is five points from Atletico Madrid and 10 points from rivals.
Barca have qualified for the semi-finals of the cup they had played in the previous four seasons after losing 0-2 in the quarter-final against Sevilla, with a 6-1 home win at Camp Nou .
By cons, Valencia beat Valencia 2-0 at home against Getafe.
Since the November 11th draw at Atletico (1-1), the Catalans have won eight consecutive wins in the local championship, aiming for a ninth win over Valencia and a Group Stage victory in the League of Nations. champions ((PSV Eindhoven) against a tie (with Tottenham Hotspur) and three wins in the local cup competition, the last of which was in Seville against a loss to the latter.
The results of Barcelona and its Argentine captain, after the overwhelming victory over the Andalusian team, have corrected their previous promises and launched new promises reflecting the appetite of the Catalan giants to win all the titles of the season.
Messi contributed to Raimontada's first goal with a penalty from Brazilian Felipe Coutinho and a fourth with a pbad to Sergei Roberto.
At the start of the season, Messi issued a promise that focused on Barcelona's priority of winning the most important European championship, crowned last time in 2015 before the title of three consecutive seasons.
Messi corrected the situation and ironically said that "some people said we were going to give up the cup (title), we do not want it, my previous message at the beginning of the season may have been misinterpreted. will fight with all the force necessary to achieve the tripartite required by the duty of each season. "
"Playing with Barcelona forces us to hope to win all titles and strive to achieve this goal," said Argentina, who scored his 50th goal in the Cup and Eighth Cup in the past eight games, in all competitions. We will not be complacent at all. "
Messi, winner of the five-time best-selling Golden Ball in the world, promised in August that Barcelona fans "will do everything in their power" to restore the title of the European title "much in demand", and explained that the same day that Barcelona set this goal to its priorities Without paying attention to other titles.
Barcelona begins the crucial months of strength for a third trilogy after their victories in 2009 and 2015, with a comfortable lead in the semi-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League. The champion of France Lyon will meet unstable results despite his third place. Locally.
Real Madrid seems to watch the league title knowing the big difference that separates them from its Catalan rivals (10 points) and the results of the unstable and sometimes lean in the various competitions after the departure of the coach French Zinedine Zidane and the dismissal of former coach Golen Lobetigui, and things are not yet settled The son of the club, the Argentine Santiago Solari.
German playmaker Tony Crosse nicknamed "the league", exposing the current leadership of the royal team and its dual purpose in an interview published Tuesday by the Berlin daily Die Welt.
"We are always full and strong in the title race in two competitions, and that's what we're focusing on now." But still, I've always known, and in previous years give me that confidence, we have an excellent team and we do not have the right to ignore it. "
"Last season, we were also out of the race for the title of champion, but our motivation remained because we know we can win something and we won the third European title Tualia."
"Each new victory increases our confidence in us, things are better for the team and the feelings are definitely good."
Real Madrid, host of Deportivo Alaves, fifth, will qualify for the championship final of Europe and will face Ajax Amsterdam.
Atletico Madrid, defending champion, is aiming for a fourth consecutive victory, the seventh of the last eight meetings, and remains at the same distance from the leaders, as the road to the championship is still long (17 remaining stages). ).
Atletico has come out of the local cup competition, but has reached the final of the European competition and is called to a strong showdown with Juventus, champion of Italy.
Atletico will face Real Betis 8 on Sunday to qualify for the semi-finals with a 3-1 win over Espanyol (extra time and extra time).
Atletico, captain and top Uruguayan striker, Diego Godin, after Saturday's injury to Getafe, may miss a contraction of the right foot.
Fourth of Seville and Messi Messi and his teammates play at Celta Vigo Stadium, while Huesca and his Valladolid team will open the stage today.
Levante will also play with Getafe, Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal, Espanyol and Ibar with Girona on Monday.
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