Lucho says there will be no rotations at Levante

Barcelona manager Luis Enrique revealed he's not thinking of making rotations when they take on Levante at the Ciutat de Valencia on Sunday (12.00h CET) due to the demands of the game and the fact that "playing away from home changes a lot, because Camp Nou has a devastating effect." 

"There will be no rotations," Luis Enrique said ahead of the game against La Liga's bottom club. "We continue with the same idea. To play true to our identity." 

The Barça boss also has Wednesday in mind, when Barça return to Valencia to take on Valencia with a 7-0 lead in their Copa del Rey semi-final, meaning rotations may be more likely then. 

In addition, Luis Enrique said Barça are wary of taking on Levante. "We are playing against a rival in need of points who have signed well [in January]. And even though the game won't decide their league, they will have something to say," he added. 

Luis Enrique also pointed out that La Liga is now entering a decisive phase. "We are coming into the final third of the season, when the teams at the bottom win a lot of games against the teams who are higher up." 

The win over Valencia could have conditioned the plans for Levante, but Luis Enrique denied that to be the case ("I continue with the same plan, what happened three days ago has nothing to do with it") and said "there are no players who think it will be an easy game." 

For the first time this season, Barça will play at midday, an hour which doesn't worry Enrique: "There are a lot of theories, but you can play well at any time. It's true that is has similarities with training hours, but the moments before a game have nothing to do with the moments before a training session."