MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona have emerged from a cloud of pessimism to make a perfect start to their La Liga campaign and travel to Getafe on Saturday looking to stretch their advantage over Real Madrid, whose early optimism has been dampened. “Up to now some players have played more than others but everyone will get their chance," he said. The Portuguese's importance was further illustrated as he scored twice in Wednesday’s 3-0 Champions League victory over APOEL Nicosia. “We’ve won two trophies in spectacular fashion already and we played well (in the 2-2 draw) against Valencia. Against Levante (1-1) we weren’t good and we weren’t against APOEL in the first half either.

Source: The Star September 14, 2017 11:15 UTC