Barcelona fans are used to seeing their team compete for honours, but this year, things have not gone to plan. Knocked out in the Champions League and the Copa Del Rey, Barca have been playing catch-up with their big rivals Real Madrid from the first match-day. With just 10 matches to play [one more than Real Madrid], Barcelona are 12 points behind the club from the capital and catching Carlo Ancelotti’s side is surely too high a mountain to climb.
However, despite the huge deficit, Barcelona players have not given up in the title race.
“We have that hope [of winning the title] and we will have it until the end. We have to win and wait. We have a very good streak. This is the mentality to have in order to have any minimal option,” midfielder Sergio Busquets said. But realistically, presumably, the next best thing to winning the league is finishing runner-up and currently, Sevilla are still ahead of Barcelona, but all of that could change on Sunday as Sevilla travel to Camp Nou.
The match is the stand-out feature in Spain and will grab headlines all over the world. African fans will have an opportunity to watch the game live and exclusively on the StarTimes channels as the continent’s leading digital-TV operator shows all the best action from the best leagues in Europe, including La Liga.