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Hansi Flick has lauded the burgeoning talent within Barcelona's youth ranks following a surprising 1-0 defeat to relegation-threatened Deportivo Alaves. Although the result officially ends the newly-crowned La Liga champions' ambitions of reaching a historic 100-point milestone, the German coach remained upbeat regarding the development of his squad's fringe players.

Barcelona vice-president Rafa Yuste has delivered a blistering response to Florentino Perez, labelling the Real Madrid president’s recent corruption allegations as "pathetic." The war of words between the Clasico rivals has escalated following Perez's sensational claims that numerous trophies have been "stolen" from the capital club.

Get three Alaves vs Barcelona predictions from our soccer expert, before Wednesday’s 2:30pm ET La Liga clash (5/13).

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