At the Nou Camp tomorrow evening, Barcelona and Villarreal will do battle to see who could possibly take advantage going into the second leg of the semi-final,
It all is coming to plan for the Catalan side. Barcelona are now hot favourites to win the Copa Del Rey given their excellent recent run of results in the league and the demise of holders Real Madrid to Atletico in the round of 16, as well as the elimination of Atletico, in the depense of the Blaugrana. They will be looking to draw first blood at the Camp Nou where they will take on a Villarreal side that has not been out of people's attention given their form as well in the league.
Last week, the Yellow Submarine not once, but twice took the lead during their recent La Liga visit to the Camp Nou before losing 3-2 thanks to a superb Lionel Messi strike last week, so the side from the Province of Castellón will looking to hold on for either a draw or even a shock win at the Camp Nou before the second leg is defined at Estadio El Madrigal. It would really be the match for either side if they go through, to have the door open for their best chance of silverware this season.
On Wednesday’s opponent Villarreal:
“It’s been fairly easy to prepare because we have the recent league game as a reference point. We know what we need to do better and how we need to make things hard for our opponent. We will need to be more consistent this time. We can’t allow them to have as many chances as they did in the league game. We know that this is a big game for them. This is the first time they have ever reached the cup semi-finals and they’re having an excellent championship”.
Objectives for the game:
“We have to play with the same kind of intensity that we would in the league. That means that our only plan will be to win the match. To do that, we need to play better than out opponents and try not to let in any goals. And however the first leg ends, all we will be thinking about doing in the second will be winning that one too”.