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'Barcelona are recovering': Pique optimistic ahead of El Clasico

"In a Clásico, you come in as equals, there are no favourites," 

 on Sunday, as quoted by Football Espana.

"The Clásico is totally separate from the dynamics. We have had some moments of crisis, but we are recovering.

"Both teams arrive with quite similar dynamics."

Barcelona won their two previous games, beating 

Real Madrid thrashed Shakhtar 5-0 away in the Champions League earlier this week but lost to Espanyol and 

Jordi Alba rates Barca's chances ahead of El Clasico

 match, the left-back wasn't as positive.

"The feelings of the second half are not like those of the first half. We have to continue with the same intensity and sentence the games. We can still improve a lot of things."

's only goal of the game as they managed to beat the Ukrainians and thus win their first points in the 

, Barca currently sit in seventh place and a win against second-place Real Madrid is a must if they want to be back in the title race.

Pique 9, Luuk de Jong 5: rating Barca players in Dynamo Kyiv win

 defender scored our only goal of the game when no one seemed capable of even getting a shot on target. Besides that, Pique was absolutely rock-solid defensively, blocking several dangerous shots and stopping attacks all on his own.

Alba was Barca's most dangerous player in the first half, creating several scoring opportunities for his teammates through his crosses. Jordi was also useful in the build-up as he was always an option to pass to wide on the left.

Nothing spectacular from Busquets, as expected, but he was great in anything he did. Sergio controlled Barca's tempo through his passes and did a good job defensively as well. In fact, the captain stopped several counters all on his own, even if it required committing tactical fouls at times. 

An obvious improvement over Luuk de Jong, Fati still lacked a bit against Dynamo Kyiv. Ansu missed quite a few balls and, most importantly, missed a huge opportunity. The youngster attempted a shot while with the back at the goal instead of passing the ball to his teammates who were in much better positions.

Ronald Koeman took the Dutchman off at half-time and it was absolutely deserved. Luuk missed several headers and failed to take advantage of a defensive mistake from Dynamo. Besides, De Jong added nothing to Barca's pressing and build-up.

Others: Ter Stegen — 7, Dest — 6.5, Lenglet — 7, Mingueza — 6, F. de Jong — 7, Gavi — 6, Memphis — 7.5, Coutinho — 6, Roberto — 6, Aguero — 6. 

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don't deceive yourself bro...they won't win

GrandLegacy

Emmanuel Agyemang Prempeh

Mr Snow

Bashir Oyebade

Being optimistic is good, but you also need to be realistic.

Sumit More 

Lee Frimpong

let hope we perform to our full squad strength and get the 3 point.

Adedokun Adetunji

Lino Popcy, putting best players won't win games. have to use every players correctly with tactics

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	20
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	18
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	17
Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16

'Barcelona are recovering': Pique optimistic ahead of El Clasico

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