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Xavi eyes historic chance

AFP, Madrid
Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has admitted he was too quick to write off his side's La Liga title chances as they host Atletico Madrid on Saturday knowing a win will hand them a fifth title in six years.
Xavi was amongst a number of players who claimed Barca's chance had gone with a 2-2 draw at home to Getafe two weeks ago, but a remarkable end to the tightest title race in years in Spain in which the top three have failed to win in their last seven combined games has gifted the Catalans a second chance to be champions.
"We thought that we didn't have a chance and perhaps we threw the towel in too soon," said the Spanish international.
"We thought the league was lost, but these things happen in football and now we have everything in our favour to win. It is a very important title and we need to be united. It is a historic opportunity. It will be a spectacular finale."
Victory would secure an eighth league title for Xavi and a seventh for the departing Carles Puyol and Victor Valdes, but he insists the most decorated squad in Barca's history still have the hunger to succeed.
"We have a great generation of players. This is a unique match, a unique opportunity which may never come round again.
" It would be the icing on the cake for this generation to play in such a vital match."
However, to win the league Barca will have to do something they have failed to in five previous meetings this season and beat Diego Simeone's exceptionally well-organised Atletico side.
Barca have managed just two goals
in those five encounters and have yet to go in front in any of them, which makes the first goal the key for Xavi.
"They are the best team defensively, they press high, they are solid and attack with variation.
" One of the keys to the game is to go ahead to make them have to come out more."
Neymar is the only Barca player to have scored against Atletico in those five encounters and the club are hopeful that the Brazilian will be fit to feature at some point after over a month out with a foot injury.
Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba have also returned to training, but the match is likely to come too soon for both Spanish internationals.
Atletico are hopeful their own Brazilian-born star striker Diego Costa will be fit after he missed last weekend's 1 -1 draw at home to Malaga with a hamstring problem.
Costa is unlikely to be risked if there is a chance of him aggravating the injury, though, with the Champions League final against Real Madrid just a week away.