He too will be unavailable against Barcelona and Schuster was thrown into despair.

"I am less worried about the Barcelona match than any other game. The way things are now, it is not possible for us to win there. Barca are playing very well and they are sweeping everything before them," said the Real Madrid coach in his post-game press conference.

Barcelona moved nine points clear of Real Madrid thanks to a 4-0 home win over third-placed Valencia on Saturday night. With Real Madrid lacking players in defense and without a first choice left back, Leo Messi will be a huge threat, while the pace of Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry threatens both Michel Salgado and Fabio Cannavaro.

On paper, Barcelona are favorites, not only to beat Real Madrid, but to beat them easily. Unless Schuster is playing mind games, his attitude is only going to lower Real Madrid's morale and make a difficult task almost impossible.

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