FC Barcelona have seven games left to play in La Liga. On paper, the mission is simple> win all 7 and the La Liga trophy is secure. The game with leaders Atlético Madrid in a time is obviously a most important day, but so are trips like Sundays to Villarreal where they have to win to keep the chances for the title alive. Most importantly, Messi is alive, healthy! 

Villarreal plays such a vital game on Thursday when they face Arsenal in a game valid for the first leg of 1/2 finals Europa league. As you probably know, Unai Emmery is a coach who focuses on winning Europa League and Villareal might not be so fully present in this game today. Due to that, generous rotation is expected today and the mind of the players won't be here. Moreover, as Real Betis and Real Sociedad are dropping points in the last weeks, pressure is not so big on them and they have already some nice number of points earned for Europe next's season. Barcelona is the more regular team in the league. Since beloved Barca's president Laporta returned to the club, the players are more motivated, especially Messi who seems to be really hungry for a title this season. This is important since everything goes from the top and when the relationship with the president is good, then Messi plays fantasy football and the club can rely on him. They must win this game and Atletico in two weeks and they will depend on themselves to be crowned as champions. Barça did not lose on any of their last 13 travels to the Estadio de la Cerámica (in all competitions), but 3 of the last 5 have ended in draws. And at this stage of the championship, anything but all three points could prove very costly indeed. 

"Atlético, Madrid, and Sevilla are winning a lot of games. Our advantage over Atlético is that we still have to play them at home and could win that one. But I don’t think any team is stronger than the other.” Koeman said and is clearly that Barca believes they will win all the games until the end of the season. Let's see if they will make it!