The 5-0 victory in the first leg has made tomorrow's second leg of academic interest. But it could be pretty important for the fringe players in the side. Guardiola is expected to rest majority of his stars in the match in Sevilla. Messi who was down with flu has recovered and has made into the squad. the entire squad list is Valdés, Pinto, Adriano, Milito, Piqué, Bartra, Maxwell, Abidal, Mascherano, Keita, Sergio, Iniesta, Xavi, Afellay, Jeffren, Bojan, Messi, Villa and Pedro. Puyol has been left out as a precaution and Alves is injured and will miss this match. The surprise ommision is Thiago from the list. Everyone was expecting him to make the list to travel to Sevilla. Surprisingly only one Barca B player has been called in for this match and that is Batra.
Real Betis did put up a spirited fight at the Camp Nou in the first leg of the tie. For that case it will be foolish to take them lightly. But the 5-0 scoreline would be too difficult for the second division leaders to overcome. No one expects to put five goals past this Barca side without conceding an equal amount. But with nothing to lose and only pride at stake, we can expect Real Betis to give a final shot at it. That should sound as good news to the likes of Bojan Krkic and company. An attacking side should open up some neat space for our players to exploit and Bojan definitely has to get back to scoring goals again.
Guardiola most probably will start with Messi in the front trio along with both Bojan and Jeffren. Messi should be looking to add some goals into his tally and leap forward in the Pichichi list. When you get a second division opponent, why not make best use of it. Mascerano should be back as the traditional defensive midfielder partnering Keita and most probably Afellay in the middle. Afellay did impress everyone in the ten minutes he played on Sunday and every Barca fan will be looking to see how he perform across 90 minutes. The defnse should see Milito partnering Abidal in the middle along with Maxwell and Adriano. As usual Pinto is certain to take his position under the bar.