The home stretch of this La Liga season is here with the final four rounds of matches set to be played over the next 14 days, and there is one job for Barcelona to do in the next fortnight: finish the season in second place to guarantee an extra €10 million in prize money and a spot in next year’s Spanish Super Cup.
After their terrible loss away to Girona last week that dropped them to third place the Blaugrana were given a huge help by Deportivo Alavés, who held Barça’s local rivals to a draw on Friday and gave Xavi Hernández and his men a chance to reclaim second spot with three games to go if they can get a win on Monday night.