I felt like that kid from Home Alone... Off to sleep a couple of hours now... woke up at 4am to watch this one.
I think it had more to do with Vidal's high work rate, and also EV wanting to sub off Busi and Raki is better at filling in for Busi at DM (Vidal can do it but is further from Busi in style when playing DM).
HELMOND stays with us another couple weeks! Here's the holiday schedule, longer time to those who are traveling to South America: Those that don't have long journeys to make have a week off. They are due back on Dec. 30, when they will have a double session. They will also train on Dec. 31 but will have Jan. 1 off. Barça will then train again on Jan. 2 in the afternoon. It will be then when Lionel Messi and the rest of the South Americans [vidal, malcom, arthur, rafinha, suarez] will return to work. There will be no more rest days between Jan. 2 and Jan. 6, which is when Barça return to league action with a game against Getafe in Madrid.