Barca's technical guru, Frank Rijkaard is confident of his new look squad.


With the former feared Valencia now struggling to find their feet in the new season, Barca look set to trample upon the fellow La Liga team, but that won't be an easy task to achieve for two reasons. First is Valencia's coach, Ronald Koeman, is a man who knows more than necessary about coach Rijkaard and the Barca coach's tactics, both having played together for the Dutch national team and both being great friends who have shared a lot in common over the years. Secondly, the match will also be played in Mestalla and not Camp Nou. Barca's away record and form will be called into question once again. A good result is needed in order to have a psych edge against Real Madrid next weekend. Rijkaard is well aware of all these and says:

The game against Valencia is an important game. A good result will give us confidence ahead of the next match. We have to start the game well and play strong. We need to have the right mentality. Valencia is a famous team and they will be highly motivated.

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