Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola: Real Madrid Do Not Have The Power To Decide Who Plays And Who Does Not

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola is looking forward to their Champions League come crosswise with Real Madrid on Tuesday evening and considers that Uefa were right not to listen to complaints lodged in opposition to them.

Madrid reported Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, Pedro, Jose Pinto, Seydou Keita and Victor Valdes for unfair behavior in their 2-0 defeat to Barca in the first-leg of their semi-final tie at the Santiago Bernabeu last week. The money club also unconfined video footage claiming that Busquets had fearful a racist slur toward full-back Marcelo.

“When you make these complaints, it’s because you deem them to be true,” Guardiola told reporters in the pre-match press symposium on Monday. “They may think we’re not fair and I think the contrary. I know my players much well all over again than their legal department. At this club we convey certain values to our people. The Madrid manager [Jose Mourinho] was here for four years and he recognize that.”

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Roberto Carlos: Real Madrid Have Shown Against Barcelona That Favourites Do Not Always Win

Previous Real Madrid left-back Roberto Carlos has claimed that the Spanish giants have previously proven that favorites do not forever win ahead of the club's Champions League semi-final in opposition to bitter rivals Barcelona.

The 38-year-old was referring to his former side's 1-0 Copa de Rey triumph over Barca last Wednesday; a game that many alleged Barcelona would come into sight victorious.

"Madrid has shown that favorites do not forever win," Roberto Carlos told Radio Marca. "Madrid has the latent to play even improved and this could make a decision the tie.

"But we must be sensible as there are no favorites for this game as both squads are very close [in terms of quality]. Though, Madrid is in improved form after beating Barca in the cup and then trouncing Valencia 6-3 at the Mestalla."

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Barcelona's Victor Valdes: It's An Honour To Play 400 Games For Barcelona

Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has spoken of his enjoyment in playing his 400th match for the Catalan huge in yesterday's 2-0 victory over Osasuna.

The 29-year-old made his first appearance back in 2002 and has so far earned an imposing 13 impressive main titles with the Spanish giants.

Valdes is only the second goalkeeper in Barcelona's history to reach the 400-game milestone with the famous Andoni Zubizarreta making a total of 410 appearances for the club.

"It's an honour for me. I don't pay much consideration to these things, but it's a pretty good stature and I would like to thank all those who have been there for me. Without them I wouldn't be enjoying this split second," the player told Barca TV.

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El Clasico Comment: Who Shall Prevail - Real Madrid Or Barcelona?

With Real Madrid far-reaching sideways the tackle of Tottenham, the mouth-watering set of clashes among the Galacticos and the Cules, something which each football fan in universal has been looking forward to since the draw of the Champions League was made, are in conclusion upon us.

With 4 games in presently 18 day, will this lessen the excitement and consequence of the El Clasico? Not a chance! The clash above all pits two teams with different values against each other. Not only do both the set of fans hate each other for their individual political and ideological views, not including also the tie brings as one two clubs who employ tactics which could be termed as chalk and cheese to each other. This means that no matter what the results of these furniture is, it shall definitely not let a person down.

Mourinho under Greater Pressure

Jose Mourinho knows that with his team by now eight points behind Barcelona and after previously having presided over his team’s mortifying loss at the Nou Camp earlier in the season, the Portuguese cannot manage to pay for any further slip-ups. This collective with his customary clashes with the Board at Los Blancos means that he has more to lose than Pep Guardiola if he ends up human being at the wrong end of the outcome in the four games.

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Pep Guardiola Is A Extraordinary Capacity - Barcelona Goalkeeper Victor Valdes

Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has admired the work of coach Pep Guardiola, admitting the tactician to be a particular talent.

The Spanish worldwide was speaking in an interview with magazine Football Sport, where he argued his current impressions on the growth of the team, and also the level of regard in which he holds his respected boss.

“Pep is the secret weapon of this group. Send-off aside the sheer quality of players, he is a very particular talent, along with the rest of his coaching staff. Pep Guardiola is one of the best secrets and the most important member of the team.

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