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Barcelona reeling

Reuters, Madrid
Barcelona have tried to put a positive gloss on their elimination from the King’s Cup even though the competition presented their most realistic chance of winning a trophy this season.
Barca were eliminated at the semifinal stage for the second season in succession after losing 4-3 on aggregate to a troubled Valencia side and must now focus on trying to overhaul Real Madrid in the title race and winning the Champions League.
“It's a very heavy blow because we really wanted to reach the final," Barca coach Frank Rijkaard said after Thursday's game. "But I'm proud of the way the team fought out there.
"I can't complain about their attitude. They gave everything but we conceded too many goals and some of them were given away too easily."
Rijkaard's comments were echoed by club president Joan Laporta.
“We went out with dignity so I don’t think it will damage our morale as much as it might have done," he said. “We have to look ahead as we are still in two important competitions and we know what we have to do.
"This team is still capable of winning the Champions League and even the league.
However, Laporta's comments did little to lift the gloom that has descended on the club in recent weeks.
Although leaders Real Madrid have lost four of their last seven league games, Barca have failed to take advantage and remain seven points adrift of their arch-rivals in the title race and only two clear of third-placed Villarreal.
They have made it into the last eight of the Champions League, where they will face Schalke 04, but an injury to live-wire Argentine forward Lionel Messi has overshadowed that achievement and
led to pessimism about their chances of winning the competition.
"More than a defeat, more than a Cup knockout, this looks the beginning of an unhappy ending,” Barcelona daily Sport said in its editorial on Friday.
“This Barca looks to have past its sell-by date. Its football is no longer attractive, its results are disappointing and the team looks to have more of past than a future."
While the pressure is mounting on Barcelona, victory has eased the tension at trouble-torn Valencia.
“This was a very important victory for us because we've been through a very odd year Let's hope we can bring the Cup back to Valencia," midrieldcr David Silva told reporters.
“This will give us some respite. It is a shame things aren't going as well in the league, but we have to keep battling away.”
Valencia, who have won just two of their last 16 league matches, take on leaders Real Madrid at the Bernabcu on Sunday.