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Champions League & La Liga contenders Barcelona must not stumble on decisive week
This week will have a great impact on Barcelona’s fate this season. The club’s sporting director, Andoni Zubizarreta, is relishing the challenge.
“This will be a decisive week because we have been working to get here since July,” he remarked.The Catalans humiliated Bayer Leverkusen in the Last 16 before defeating AC Milan 3-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals en route to the Last 8. The UEFA Champions League titleholders have a date against Chelsea on Wednesday.
On Saturday, they will face Real Madrid at the Camp Nou in El Clasico with the prospect of cutting the gap at the top to 1 point. Barcelona’s chances are bright both in La Liga and in Europe and Zubizarreta is hoping his team go all the way to glory.
Barcelona’s Guardiola To Sign New Contract On Feb 22 – Zubizarreta
Barcelona’s sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has confirmed it: Pep Guardiola will officially extend his contract as Barca's coach on February 22. Only 1 year will be added to his current deal.
The official time for the contract extension has been set to 13:30 CET. According to Zubizarreta, finding a peaceful period to tackle this issue was the reason behind the February 22 date. Two days before, Barcelona will be playing Athletic Bilbao in La Liga and their following match is set to take place 5 days later. Speaking to Barca’s official club website, the sporting director declared:
“We have spoken with Pep and we believe that it will be a quiet week and so it also fits in with president Rosell’s schedule. For Guardiola and for us, it has always been important to sit down and talk calmly and reflect on things.