Barcelona STILL Have Objectives To Achieve

Fresh from their UEFA Cham­pi­ons League vic­tory, FC Barcelona will com­plete the most suc­cess­ful sea­son in the clubs his­tory on Sat­ur­day when they face Deportivo La Coruna in the league.

Hav­ing become the first ever Span­ish team to win the tre­ble of Euro­pean Cup, La Liga and Copa Del Rey in a sin­gle sea­son, Barcelona will look to round off the sea­son in style against Depor.

Although there is the poten­tial that Barcelona will ease off, the fright­en­ing prospect for Deportivo is what might hap­pen if Barcelona play with­out pressure.

“We have made his­tory and now we have to enjoy it,” Barcelona mid­fielder Xavi Her­nan­dez - one of the star per­form­ers in a Barcelona shirt this sea­son — told the club’s Web site.

Incred­i­bly, there are still two objec­tives remain­ing for Pep Guardiola’s men. Should they score four goals on Sat­ur­day, they will beat Real Madrid’s record of 107 league goals set in the 1989–90 season.

Also, Samuel Eto’o, who scored Barcelona’s first goal against United,is tar­get­ing the Pichichi prize for the league’s top scorer. The Cameroon striker has 29 goals but trails the leader, Atletico Madrid’s Diego For­lan, by two goals.

While the match means lit­tle to Barcelona, Deportivo will be look­ing for an upset vic­tory which could secure a Euro­pean place, should Valen­cia lose at Ath­letic Bilbao.

“Our pos­si­bil­i­ties are low but we have to believe in the chance we have and we have to fight for it,” Deportivo coach Miguel Angel Lotina said.

Else­where in La Liga, Juande Ramos reign as Real Madrid man­ager will come to an end against a bat­tling Osasuna side fight­ing to avoid relegation.

Defender Fabio Can­navaro, who is rejoin­ing Juven­tus at the end of the sea­son, is also set to make his final appear­ance in a Real Madrid shirt.

Writ­ten by Danny Wat­son, a pro­fes­sional sports writer who blogs about foot­ball news.