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Lessons by Barcelona

on September 25, 2011 None comments

Barcelona is making a new dream match. They had the perfect reply for Real Madrid’s 6-2 with Rayo Vallecano. With the help of Messi and company, they gave a football lesson against Atletico Madrid, putting the ball in the net 5 times.

The scoreboard is opened by David Villa in the 11th minute, followed shortly by Miranda’s own goal in the 15th. From there, Messi took the strings and managed to score a hattrick in the 28th, 78th and 90, putting an end to Atletico’s suffering.

Pep Guardiola said: “We are not unbeatable…….any team can beat us, but if we do things right the fans who come to watch us will have a good time, which is the most important thing. We played very well, it was a lesson in concentration, but from tomorrow on we have to do it again. Let’s see if we’re able maintain this level. It’s this year’s challenge“

Barcelona: Valdes, Alves, Mascherano, Abidal, Xavi, Thiago, Cesc, Busquets, Pedro, Messi, Villa.

Atletico: Courtois, Perea, Godin, Miranda, Antonio Lopez, Mario, Thiago, Gabi, Reyes, Diego, Falcao.

With this victory, they stand second on the table and their next game in Primera Division is against Sporting Gijón and in Champions League on Wednesday against BATE Borisov.

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Valencia draw with Barcelona

on September 22, 2011 None comments

Yesterday, the duel for supremacy in Primera Division took blace between Valencia and Barcelona. Undefeated until now, Valencia managed to gather all the points in first three legs and trying to maintain the first position. The other team, Barcelona, was in the chase for the first place, being down with just two points.

The game starts in force, with Messi being caught in offside. Mathieu from Valencia pulls the magic shoot and puts them ahead. Catalans aren’t satisfied and only two minutes later, with Pedro’s help, brought the score to 1-1.

Although Barcelona where all over, the ones with the goals were Valencia, Hernandez taking the score to 2-1, ending the first half in advantage. After the break, Barcelona shows once again that they made some good choices during the summer, Fabregas scores for 2-2 and the game end with a draw, a result that doesn’t make anyone happy.

Line-up:

Barcelona: Valdes, Alves, Mascherano, Puyol, Abidal, Xavi, Busquets, Keita, Cesc, Messi, Pedro;

Valencia: V. Guaita, Miguel, A. Rami, Víctor Ruiz, J. Mathieu, E. Banega, S. Canales, D. Albelda, Pablo, J. Alba, R. Soldado.

This draw is the best score for Malaga, the team currently on the second place, with just one point under Valecia, after their victory against Athletic Bilbao

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Solution to win over Barcelona

on September 16, 2011 None comments

The team saw by everybody as one of the best teams ever, Barcelona, can be beaten. Or at least that’s what some of the biggest names in football say. As a bonus, each of them has the right solution to win against them.

Adebayor said: “Mourinho told us that Barcelona’s 11 is not made ​​of robots, there’s no Robocop, keep in mind that they are also human and make mistakes when they lose the ball!”

Solutions came also from Quique Sanchez Flores, Atletico Madrid coach: “You have to try to play in a limited space in order to prevent them from doing what they know best: playing with the lines. You have to fill this area with players.”

But can a team be that good? Kurban Berdyev, coach of Rubin Kazan had his opinion: “I studied a lot Barcelona’s games and I saw that Xavi and Iniesta don’t get down to help the defence. This leaves a space that you can take advantage.”

Robin van Persie: “They are winning the matches with the help of the fans, because playing on Camp Nou, feels like Barcelona is playing in 12 players.”

Even solutions come from many, the real true is that Barcelona managed to gather one of the best team and the best solution is the one found by Fernando Navarro: “To win with Barcelona you should pray more!“

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Barcelona and Milan finished in a draw

on September 14, 2011 None comments

Last night, one of the most interesting games from Champions League was the one between Barcelona and AC Milan. It was a meeting of two motivated teams, with high expectations but which ended with a draw, score 2-2.

The game has a blowing start with Pato’s goal in the first minute that shake Camp Nou. Barcelona didn’t settled with this and then Pedro in the 34’ and Villa in the 50’ which put them in the lead. A situation that no one expected and that confirmed once again that a game is over only after the final whistle, Thiago Silva scored in the 90+1 making a draw for Milan.

“We made ​​a good game, we played well, but it cost us as we entered in the field with too much confidence. We need to be grounded and pay attention to details.  Fans have nothing to worry about. This draw leaves a bitter taste, but we’ll sweeten the situation with some victories. I trust my team that we’ll continue to achieve beautiful things! ” said Pep Guardiola, Barcelona’s manager.

Bad news keep on coming for Barcelona, with the injury of Iniesta in the 39’. He has a tear in the femoral biceps of the left foot and could be out for more than a month. The midfielder will be under a deeper investigation to find out exactly extent of injury.

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Barcelona got the best deals

on September 13, 2011 None comments

Summer has passed, the transfers window is closed now. The clubs are in the position of drawing a line in order to see the spending for the new players and to see if they worth the money.

One of the big spenders of this year is Barcelona who managed to end last year with a deficit of 19 million euro.  This year, they continued on the same route, making the most expensive transfers from Europe by bringing Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas.

But still, they are very lucky. Once that Fabregas signed for them, the t-shirt sell and the increase of the ticket price on pre-sale, brought them almost 20 million euro, a huge sum of money even for them. The thing that helps with everything is the perfect shape of Fabregas, a midfielder with a scoring rate equal with the one of an authentic striker.

With a squad like this, Barcelona are again favorites for the Champions League trophy. The next meeting from this competition is tonight, when they will face Italy’s champions, AC Milan. It will be a big game, but they have the right players to make a difference.

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