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Because of the dismissal of Real Madrid manager Bernd Schuster earlier this week, the preparatory scouting work by technical staff members Domènec Torrent and Carles Planchart lost a lot of its value and the staff now has to work overtime preparing the league game against Madrid.

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that the technical staff has been analyzing in the last days games played by Sevilla and Tottenham, the former clubs of new Real Madrid manager Juande Ramos. One of the matches that has been watched is the 2-1 victory over Sevilla in the Camp Nou in September 2007.

Madrid's Champions League game against Zenit Saint Peterburg has been closely followed, with special attention for the set pieces. Madrid sports tabloid As claims that Torrent and Planchart were present at the Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday where they made specific recordings while sitting among the regular fans.

Barcelona players Daniel Alves and Seydou Keita, as well as Barcelona assistant coach Tito Vilanova, have been coached by Juande Ramos and will also give their opinion about the manager.

Read more about Barcelona's game preparation:
Barcelona working hard on set pieces