(CNN) -- As another record was set yet by Lionel Messi, scoring in his 19th successive group match for Barcelona, Jose Mourinho was left reflecting on the reasons why his Real Madrid team have now been also-rans in La Liga this year. "We are not scoring many goals, that is the reality. Perhaps one of many differences compared to last season," Mourinho advised reporters after Saturday's 1-1 bring with Zaragoza left his side 13 points behind Barca. "In four chances we had report three; in six, four, and so on. We scored goals with great ease and the only person that has held a similar average is Cristiano, all the others have fallen in terms of the range of goals scored and clearly the team suffers as a result of that." Cristiano Ronaldo has netted 28 of Real's 72 objectives from 29 Spanish group games -- the 2nd highest behind Barca's 90, that 43 came from Messi including 29 in this 19-match talent. More history is made by read: Messi in Barca pull Last season Real placed an archive 121 from 38 suits, generating an unprecedented 100 points on the method to winning the title, but like Barcelona experienced heartbreak in European football's biggest opposition with a semifinal exit in the Champions League. Mourinho said Real's realistic goals because of this period are now the Spanish Cup and an endeavor to win the club's first European title since 2002, and 10th over all. His people have scored 18 times in nine games in the contest in 2013, trimming past Manchester United within the last few 16. "The objectives will come. Develop that they come in the following match," he explained ahead of the first leg of the quarterfinal clash with Turkish club Galatasaray in Madrid if they do not seriously Wednesday. Mourinho stated that goalkeeper Iker Casillas was unlikely to stay the squad despite Spain's World Cup-winning chief having recovered from injury. "I don't think he will be there on Wednesday. One more week. I think he will maintain the squad for the match against Levante," Mourinho said. "I cannot say that a player will be in the XI from now until the end of the period. Diego Lopez has played a significant role, he has helped the staff because he's saved objectives. "And playing as he has been since joining our side, in difficult matches such as for instance that against Manchester or Barcelona, in football we have to be honest with ourselves and our players, and following that point, it's very hard to take him out of goal." Barcelona is likely to be increased for Tuesday's day at Paris Saint-Germain by the return to exercise of key midfielder Xavi and attacking fullback Jordi Alba. Both trained alongside his second session was run just by coach Tito Vilanova, who since returning from cancer treatment in Nyc. Vilanova missed Saturday's 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo, in which Messi became the initial player to score against every team in the group in successive fits. Eric Abidal, who had been called in the team against Celta for the very first time since his liver transplant, can be planing a trip to France on Monday.
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