Paco Lopez: It would be historic for Levante to beat Barcelona LaLiga - Levante vs Barcelona Los Cules aim to keep their unbeaten run going

Levante have enjoyed a quite phenomenal turnaround in fortunes since hiring Paco Lopez, winning seven of the nine matches he's taken charge of, and now the Spanish coach is looking towards the fixture against Barcelona, admitting that it would be historic for Levante to beat them.

Ernesto Valverde's charges are two matches without defeat away from being given the Invincibles moniker, a tag that will stay with a team throughout history.

"It would be historic for us to beat Barcelona," he explained in his pre-match press conference.

"The chance to beat Barcelona adds more motivation, although this isn't something simple.

"We are focused on playing well and never giving up."

Whilst Real Madrid refused to offer the Blaugrana a guard of honour in recognition of their championship, Lopez made clear that his team would offer the courtesy on Sunday.

"It's a tradition that has been done over the course of many years," he intimated.

"It is offered to the champion of our league and we will comply with it.

"They deserve it."

Tuesday saw the Valencia based club officially announce that Lopez would keep his job heading into the 2018/19 season.

Having originally only been promoted from his role as B team coach until the end of the season, the extraordinary run of results the team have strung together has been enough to save them from relegation.

"I'm delighted [with the contract extension]," he confirmed.

"I'm very happy to be able to continue working with Levante.

"I feel as though I'm exactly where I wanted to be and I have a lot of high hopes for the future."