It certainly helps to have your best players rested and ready, but credit to the Barcelona manager for making all the right moves to start the new year when his team’s back was against the ropes.
Barcelona have stormed through the Copa del Rey and Spanish Supercopa, and showing that they’re taking seriously the trophies that are on the line.
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They’re going to need that same attitude on Saturday when they’re back in action in La Liga, wish a visit to notoriously prickly Getafe, managed by the infamous José Bordalás, who will demand more physicality and dark artistry than Real Betis was able to summon.