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Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino says he intends to see out his contract, despite speculation that he will leave the club at the end of the season.

The 51-year-old took over last July after agreeing a two-year deal.

Barca were forced to deny reports  before Sunday's 4-3 win over Real Madrid that Martino had informed colleagues of his desire to leave.

"I always respect my contracts," Martino told a news conference ahead of Wednesday's home match with Celta Vigo.

Gerardo Martino factfile

1962: Born 20 November, Rosario, Argentina

Playing career: Record appearance holder with Newell's Old Boys (505 matches) and one cap for the Argentina national team plus spells in Spain, Ecuador and Chile before retiring in 1996

Early management career: Titles in Paraguay with Libertad and Cerro Porteno

Paraguay: Took over as manager of the national team in 2006 and steered them to the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals; quit after finishing runners-up to Uruguay in 2011 Copa America

Newell's Old Boys: Returned to manage his former club in 2012 and guided them to the Argentine Torneo final title in his first season

Barcelona: Becomes the fourth Argentine to manage the Catalan club after replacing Tito Vilanova

Barca return to the Nou Camp looking to build on their El Clasico triumph having breathed new life into their title challenge.

Victory at Real Madrid, who are joint level on points with Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga, means Martino's side are one point behind the top two.

That win keeps alive their hopes of winning a treble - Barca are still in the Champions League and will face Real in the Copa del Rey final on 16 April.

"It is important for us to be in the right frame of mind for this run-in to the end of the season," added Martino.

"We are still competing on all three fronts and finding our form, so it's all positive."

Celta Vigo, five points above the relegation zone, have not beaten Barca in the last seven top-flight meetings, a run stretching over 10 years.

Martino is urging his players not to waste their hard work at Real Madrid.

"We have to make the most of what we achieved at the weekend, because it has put us back in contention for the league title," he said.

Cristian Tello, who has started just one La Liga match this season, is added to the squad in place of Xavi.

Take away the rivalry that divides a nation for a while; you have Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, joint winners of the last six Ballon d’Ors, Neymar and Gareth Bale, over £150m of talent, add another seven FIFA best eleven finalists on the starting team sheets then you can grasp the intentions of both clubs. These teams did not invest to compete; they invested to win every Clasico and every trophy.

For Real Madrid, it was a matter of pulling away from Barcelona in the La Liga table and trim the title race down to the two Madrid teams.

Carlo Ancelotti has a free scoring forward trio of Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Bale so his plan was to focus on outscoring Barca. He started the game with the usual offensive 4-3-3 formation that has served him so well this season.

Tata Martino set his side to attack in a 4-3-3 formation led by Messi, Neymar to his right and Andres Iniesta to his left.

Cesc Fabregas had a free role in front of the Xavi Hernandez and Sergio Busquets. Defensively, the Argentine manager had a 4-4-2 formation in which Iniesta dropped to left wing, then let Neymar and Messi break from the space left by Marcelo, Real Madrid’s left-back.

Iniesta and Fabregas were interchanging positions smoothly, and Iniesta profited from the movement by sneaking at the blind side of Daniel Carvajal to get the opening goal.

On the other hand, Angel Di Maria was sharper and quicker than Xavi, who was minding him. Di Maria kept accelerating away from Xavi and making diagonal runs onto the space that Dani Alves occasionally left, before picking Benzema with crosses.

The Di Maria-Benzema combination was fruitful as the France international kept pulling away from Javier Mascherano and receiving the ball in dangerous positions.

It didn’t take long in the first half before Di Maria displaced an off-form Ronaldo from the left. Ronaldo tucked inside as a second striker in a revised 4-4-2 formation.

In the second half, the game was stretched as both sides kept pushing for more goals. Real Madrid restored their 4-3-3 formation to try and cash in on Ronaldo and Bale’s pace on the break.

The defining moment of the game came on the 64th minute when Sergio Ramos clipped Neymar as the Brazilian was bearing down on goal. Ramos was sent off and Real Madrid never recovered from the triple punishment.

The home team sacrificed Benzema for Raphael Varane and adjusted to a 4-4-1 formation led by Ronaldo, but Barcelona added more threat to their attacks by introducing Pedro for Neymar and Alexis Sanchez for Fabregas.

Real conceded too much ground and they paid for letting Barcelona into their box by conceding another penalty.

Tata Martino’s job is under huge scrutiny; there are growing rumours of the club hierarchy making other plans and the journalists keep asking him uncomfortable questions.

He may point to his point tally matching what Pep Guardiola secured in his debut season as proof that he is still the man for the job, but he knew that this was a game he badly needed to win. That’s exactly what he did.