Barcelona will try to win their first trophy of the season beating their closest rival Real Madrid in the second leg of the Spanish Supercup, on Wednesday, 17th August, 2011 at 21:00 GMT, which you will be able to watch it on live stream online for free on this website . Barcelona vs Real Madrid will be available a few minutes before kick-off, through the best channels of Internet. The Spanish Supercup is disputed between the winner of La Liga BBVA (Barcelona) and the winner of Copa del Rey (Real Madrid). Therefore, Pep Guardiola has called all his players, including new summer signings Alexis Sanchez from Udinese and Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal to face Jose Mourinho's side.
However, the major drawback of The Blaugranas is the few games that have played his squad. Gerard Pique and Xavi Hernandez returned to play on Sunday in the Bernabeu match after recovering from injuries suffered with Spain during the 2-1 defeat to Italy. Sergio Busquets is poised to return in the midfield replacing Seydou Keita, who performed well in the first-leg while Puyol remains sidelined and is recovering from a knee surgery done in June. Maybe, the only doubt of Guardiola is the right-flank in attack. Who should be in the starting XI? Alexis Sanchez (38 millions euros transfer) or Pedro Rodriguez? On the other hand, Cesc Fábregas could make his debut with his loved club. The former Arsenal captain completed his transfer on last Sunday and was introduced to the press in an official form on Monday as new Barcelona player, and therefore, he can play tomorrow night against Real Madrid.
One advantage of the new additions to the Catalan club is the more flexibility and versatility of which Guardiola will dispose to form his squad. The traditional 4-3-3 could be transformed in a 4-4-2 with Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi and Cesc in the midfield while Villa and Messi in the attack or even in a 3-4-3 with Alves, Pique and Abidal in the defence, Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi and Cesc in the midfield whilst Messi, Villa and Pedro (Sanchez) in the attack. This form would become Barcelona in an invencible team! Wouldn't you?
For their part, Jose Mourinho knows he has to make an epic match at the Nou Camp in order to reinvert the slight edge of Barcelona in the first-leg thanks to away goals. The Special One could start with Benzema, in an imperious-form, instead of Higuain in the attack while Mesut Özil and Cristiano Ronaldo in the midfield. However, the Portuguese coach has already announced that new signing in 30 millions-euros Coentrao will be in the starting line-up instead of Angel Di Maria. Xabi Alonso and Kedhira in the contention while Ramos, Carvalho, Pepe and Marcelo will be in the defence. New signings 10 millions euros Nuri Sahin and Altintop remain sidelined due to injury while Kaka is available but the Brazilian is in a low form.
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