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The
English Premier takes a break this weekend with the 103-year old FA Cup
gracing the pitches; and one of the most intriguing match-ups will be
that between Arsenal and Leeds United. After the dour 0-0 draw against
Manchester City on Wednesday evening, Arsene Wenger will hope to get
back into the scoring groove against the Championship side, today at
the Emirates.

And
former Champions League semi-finalists, Leeds, say that their focus is
to gain promotion to the Premier League and to compete with clubs like
Arsenal on a weekly basis. Peter Lorimer, a former Leeds striker and
now board director said on itv.com: “Promotion is a priority this
season. We’ve come a long way in the last two to three years and it
would be great if we could consolidate rather than have another
draining cup run, as we have a realistic chance of getting out of this
league. We don’t really have a chance (against Arsenal). As we showed
last year at Old Trafford we can hold our own,

but
realistically you have to say Arsenal are big favourites. As long as we
don’t get battered we’ll be more than pleased.” Leeds shocked
Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in last season’s FA Cup third
round, which saw the revelation of Jermaine Beckford, who has now
transferred to Everton. So expect players to want to emulate that
scenario and get themselves noticed by the bigger clubs. In Argentine
striker,

Luciano
Becchio, they have a player who could throw the cat amongst the
pigeons. Kieran Gibbs could be recalled for the Gunners, the left back
has been out of action since December with an ankle injury.

Barcelona
on a roll going to the Riazor Barcelona will continue their quest for a
third consecutive La Liga trophy when they face Deportivo La Coruna at
the 35,000 capacity atmospheric Riazor Stadium on Saturday. Lionel
Messi, Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol did not play in the 2-1 victory
over Levante but the players should be back for the Riazor trip.

Eric
Abidal scored his first ever goal for Barcelona and that was enough to
qualify the Catalan side for the quarter finals of the Copa Del Rey.
Puyol and Anders Iniesta started on the bench with Barcelona having 70%
of the possession in the first 20 minutes but there was no goal until
the 75th minute when Iniesta had joined Lionel Messi and David Villa.
In the dying moments of the game, Ibrahim Afellay came on for his
Barcelona debut after his move from PSV Eindhoven of Holland.

Guardiola
said after the victory that “we are two steps away from the final and I
can assure you we’ll do all we can to get there”. The teams standing in
the way of a place in the semi finals are Getafe and Betis,

and to underestimate them “would be a lack of respect.” There won’t be a lack of respect as they face Deportivo on Saturday.