King’s Cup at stake, but Barca focus on treble
Luis Suarez is fit to face Athletic Bilbao as Barcelona bid to pick up their second trophy of a potential treble in Saturday’s Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) final, coach Luis Enrique said on Friday.
Suarez has been in lethal form over the final months of the season, combining with Lionel Messi and Neymar as the Catalan side’s forward line has propelled Barca towards repeating their 2009 treble triumph.
The Uruguayan was slow off the mark following his return from a biting ban in October but has since scored crucial goals and helped to take some of the pressure off Messi, who has also been back to his best since January.
Barca have won their fifth La Liga title in seven years and face Bilbao this weekend before the Champions League final against Juventus on June 6 in Berlin.
Suarez picked up a hamstring injury in the Champions League semi-final which caused him to miss the last two league games of the season, but he is now expected to play his first final for the club, having moved from Liverpool last year. “He is fine and trained all this week without problems,” Luis Enrique told a news conference. Matches Goals LIONEL MESSI 55 56 LUIS SUAREZ 41 24 NEYMAR 49 37 sadsadsadsadsa
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7 The Catalans opened 2015 with a 0-1 defeat at Real Sociedad. But they turned the tables to set in motion a run of 29 wins in 32 games. Bilbao, however, won’t be pushovers. They had beat Real 1-0 at the San Mames and ended their League with a 4-0 win of Villarreal.