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Round Two – Pellegrini’s Got His Work Cut Out
Although I hope that Barça win La Liga for the second year on the trot, what I really want to see is a well-fought competition – and that means more than just competition from Real Madrid.
For La Liga to fulfill its potential as The Best League in the World – with the permission of the EPL – we need to see Sevilla, Atlético, Villarreal and Valencia fighting for more than just Champions and Europa League places. However, after only one game, it looks like this season’s Liga will follow a similar pattern to last year.
Sevilla lost in Mestalla and Atlético got thrashed by Málaga, so I won’t be surprised if Barça and Madrid are ten points clear at the top of the table come December. Let’s hope this doesn’t happen because it’d be very bad news for Spanish Football.
This week we’ll get a better idea of whether La Liga is going to be a two horse race or not. Espanyol-Madrid and Getafe-Barça are two interesting tests for the favourites - debuting in their new stadium and with the memory of Jarque still very present, Espanyol have got a lot of reasons to put up a fight and an unpredictable Getafe are a very tough nut to crack on a good day.
I think most of us agree that Barça start La Liga with a slight advantage over Pellegrini’s Real Madrid because they
Pellegrini has a tough job ahead of him
already play as a team, whereas the Bernabéu boys are as yet a group that relies on flashes of brilliance from individual players. The big question is whether the undeniable quality of Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema will be enough to follow the pace that Barça has already set by winning the two Super Cups.
Comparisons between the two squads are inevitable, and I must admit that I glance down the list of names that make up this Real Madrid side and some of my culé bravado fades. However, it remains to be seen whether this group of superstars will actually work well together as a block.
Barça have signed fewer players, but the three signings are players that were definitely on Guardiola’s Wish List. Chygrynskiy will be key in the centre of the defence, while with Maxwell on one flank and Alves on the other, the backs will be coming up to join the attack even more often than they did last season.
Guardiola ready for the season ahead
Having watched quite a few videos now, there’s no doubt in my mind that Ibrahimovic is a potentially great player but his role in the side will be very different from Samuel Eto’o. He’s more classy and stylish but I doubt whether he’ll score as many goals and he’s still got his work cut out to get himself in the right position for when Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, in particular, start to work their magic.
But the fact remains that Barça only have to adapt their game for one player whilst not even Pellegrini could predict Madrid’s starting line-up in a month’s time. And what’s more the ‘cantera’ factor means that Barça’s theoretical substitutes know the 4-3-3 philosophy like the back of their hands and both they themselves and the fans are confident that should anything go awry, they’ll slot into the first team just like veterans.
Anyway here are this week’s games . . .
12 Sep 2009
18:00 CET Atletico Madrid v Racing Santander
18:00 CET Getafe v Barcelona
20:00 CET Espanyol v Real Madrid
22:00 CET Sevilla v Zaragoza
13 Sep 2009
17:00 CET Deportivo v Malaga
17:00 CET Sporting Gijon v Almeria
17:00 CET Tenerife v Osasuna
17:00 CET Villarreal v Mallorca
19:00 CET Valladolid v Valencia
21:00 CET Xerez v Athletic Bilbao
UEFA Champions League 2008-09 : Lionel Messi
It’s worth buying a Spain Football Ticket just to see Lionel Messi in action.
In the 2008-09 Champions League campaign, he scored 9 goals in 12 games and this video shows all all of them.
He scored 2 in the first game against Shaktar Donetsk and two more against FC Basel – one in each match. Then he scored another against Sporting Lisbon. One more against Olympique Lyonnais. There were two more against Bayern Munich.
And then came the best of all – his header in the Champions League Final against Manchester United in Rome.
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Duration : 0:7:24
Real Madrid 2 FC Barcelona 6 – El Clasico 2009
Real Madrid – FC Barcelona 2-6 All Goals.
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This was one of the greatest games (if you’re a Barça fan) in recent memory – it came at a nailbiting point in the season and, although Barcelona were 4 points clear, you had the feeling that whoever won the game would go on to win La Liga.
So when Higuain put Real Madrid 1-0 up in min 13, all the cules’ hearts were in their mouths. Four minutes later Thierry Henry equalised, the Great Captain Puyol scored in the 20th and then Argentinian genius Leo Messi in the 35th. So Barça went into the break 3-1 up and bottles of cava were being cracked open on the Ramblas of Barcelona.
In the second half Sergio Ramos got one back for the Madridistas in min 55 but then the Barça festival began.
Three more goals – Henry 57′, Messi 74′ and a much celebrated goal from young Gerard Pique in Min 82 and the Final Score was an incredible Real Madrid 2 FC Barcelona 6.
Real Madrid never really recovered and Barcelona went on to have the best season in their history winning Copa del Rey, Liga and Champions League.
2009-10 is another season, though, and with star signings Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema and Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid will be out for revenge.
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Duration : 0:10:52
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s First Goal For FC Barcelona – Sporting Gijon 3-0
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s First Goal For FC Barcelona came against Sporting de Gijon.
Alves crosses, Sporting defender Gregory brushes the ball with his head, Zlatan heads it in Barça’s third goal of the evening.
You don’t see it on the video but his celebration was pretty serious – it’s obvious that he was relieved to get his first goal for Barça.
Duration : 0:1:3
FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Spanish Super Cup 23-8-09
This was a pretty comfortable win for Barça -Messi 2 goals and Bojan 1 goal. They’d won the first leg 2-1 and Athletic had to play in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League against Tromso.
Caparrós knew where his priorities lay and gave his big guns a night off. All merit to Barça though and Athletic qualified, by the way.
FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Spanish Super Cup 23/8-09
Duration : 0:7:26
FC Barcelona vs Manchester City 0-1 Joan Gamper 19-08-09
The highlights of Manchester City’s 0-1 victory over Barcelona in the club’s Joan Gamper pre-season trophy.
It wasn’t a fantastic game because Barça were much less worried about winning than city were. The Blaugrana had already competed in the Spanish SuperCup and were thinking ahead to the European one and the start of La Liga, so Pep continued with his experiments and used a lot of the reserve and youth players. Most of the theoretical first team had a bit of a run about and Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his debut without much luck. Barça still played like Barça and the result was of little importance.
For City, however, after investing so much money, beating the reigning European Champions gave them a definite moral boost and I’m sure Mark Hughes smiled to himself when he thought of his unsuccessful period at Camp Nou under Terry Venables back in the late 1980s.
Duration : 0:3:41
How Long Before A Global Champions League Is Introduced?
A Question From A User
The Champions League has been a huge success and draws astronomic viewing figures from around the world. Would you welcome a global version? If your answer is too many fixtures then the dross and no hopers could be cut from the UEFA CL making it a competition for 16 teams in the final stages not 32. Personally I find the idea very exciting and could involve the worlds top 8 teams battling for the World Crown.
Answer
I personally think the Champions League format is fine. It’s already expensive to travel to see away games so imagine how much it would cost if you had to fly to Argentina. The World Club Championships and the Intercontinental Cup are sufficient at the moment.
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How much does a match ticket cost for the Spanish Primera Liga?
That all depends on the game you’re watching and where you want to sit. You could pay as little as €15 or less for a game between two of the lesser sides in cheaper seats.
At Barcelona, I generally pay about €60 to sit near the half-way line on the long side but you can pay much much more, especially if you want VIP treatment or if it’s a big match.
For example, our FC Barcelona tickets start at €39 for a regular game and go up to around €700 for the FC Barcelona v Real Madrid Clasico – and prices will be at over €1000 closer to the day.
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FC Barcelona 6 – Malaga CF 0 highlights 22/3/09
Barça went on a goal rampage again, and this time the victims were Malaga – they were already behind 4-0 at half time.
Xavi, Messi, Henry, Etoo (2) and Alves were the scorers, and the league leaders held on to their six-point advantage.
The match lasted the obligatory 90 minutes but it was already over at half-time. The message given out by Barça even when it was still 0-0 was one of impending doom for Malaga, and it turned out to be a one-man-show as Barça proceeded to totally overrun a stunned Malaga.
It was also a festival of goals, with Xavi, Messi, Henry, Etoo (2) and Alves showing their talent in a great all-round display by the team. With this result, FC Barcelona arrived at the short break in the league holding on to their six-point advantage over Real Madrid with 30 points still to play for.
Defence breaks down in the 18th minute
Barça began the game with all the possession, moves and pressure, with Malaga on the defence from the outset. Few teams survive in Nou Camp playing that way.
Iniesta and Henry looked threatening but Malaga’s defensive block wasn’t broken down till the 18th minute with Etoo setting up the first Barça goal for Xavi, who had scored twice in La Rosaleda back in November.
Messi gets a scorcher
Being one down, Malaga should have turned up the pressure, but instead it was Barça who carried on going for goal. Messi got the second after a brilliant individual move down the right where he left Nacho and Hélder Rosario on the floor before beating Goitía with an amazing right-footed shot. Immediately after the celebrations, Touré, obviously in pain, was substituted by Keita.
Xavi lays on the goals
Barça had the taste for more goals in their mouths, just as they had against Atlético, Almería and Valladolid. Xavi now played the role of facilitator, first setting up Henrys goal (where he beat Goitia in a one-on-one in the 31st minute), then setting up Etoos first in the 42nd minute.
Xavi laid them on, the strikers scored and the fans were happy, and then a beautiful first half came to an end.
Show-time
Barças one-man-show resumed after half-time, and in the 50th minute an unmarked Alves headed home a pass from Iniesta. The fans went mad, but the show still wasnt over. Six minutes later Henry set Etoo up in the six-yard box, and the Cameroon player didnt fail to deliver. Amazing! Later on in the half, an injured Iniesta was substituted by Gudjohnsen, and the youngster Bojan came on for Xavi. Then the show was over.
Duration : 0:8:19