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Barcelona back to earth for home game

After the delirious high of Tuesday’s Champions League fightback against AC Milan, Barcelona need to come down to earth for what should be a routine La Liga game at home to eighth-placed Rayo Vallecano. The thumping 4-0 victory over the Italians, which sent Barca through to the quarterfinals 4-2 on aggregate, made a mockery of suggestions the club was in crisis and it will look to protect its 13-point lead at the top of the domestic standings when Rayo visits the Nou Camp on Sunday (2000 GMT). An out-of-sorts Barca were reeling after a 2-0 reverse to Milan at the San Siro in last month’s last 16 first leg followed by painful defeats to Real Madrid in the King’s Cup and La Liga. Inspired by their Argentine World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, they rediscovered their form in spectacular style against Milan and their bids for a third European crown and a fourth La Liga title in five years are very much alive. “It was the day and the match that we needed,” midfielder Sergio Busquets told a news conference on Wednesday. “We didn’t do it because we wanted to silence the critics, we did it for ourselves,” added the Spain international, who turned in an immense performance against Milan in his unheralded defensive midfield role. “You have a bad time when you lose, so these days have done a lot of good for our confidence.  But neither did people need to take the situation quite as seriously as they did.

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