Pep Aims For Liga First And Foremost

The domestic league campaign is at the forefront of Guardiola’s thoughts, and he believes regularly good displays in the league will impact on their ability to perform positively in the cup competitions too.

It is the psychological factor of cup versus league; cup competitions can be won and lost in a heartbeat, in a freak goal or player injury, whereas the league competition is, as they say, a marathon and not a sprint.

Barcelona could potentially play 63 matches depending on their successes this season, and Pep will have to continue with his rotation policy in order to cope with such an excessive amount of fixtures.

What Guardiola has also learned, is that Barcelona’s league form is where his side’s display’s will be most heavily scrutinised, particularly after their lacklustre start to the campaign that saw a defeat and a draw in their opening two matches. Only since his side have started picking up points have the press been less reserved with their criticism.


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