El central español del Rubin Kazan, Cesar Navas, considera que el nuevo delantero del Barcelona, David Villa, al que se enfrentara en partido de la Liga de Campeones, es mas dificil de marcar que Ibrahimovic.
Fuente: FIFA Oficial
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martes, 28 de septiembre de 2010
lunes, 27 de septiembre de 2010
Tecnico Llop renuncia al Barcelona
El argentino Juan Manuel Llop renuncio a la direccion tecnica del Barcelona de Ecuador, luego de que el elenco redujera sus posibilidades de clasificar a la final del campeonato ecuatoriano.
Fuente: FIFA Oficial
Rubin Kazan vs Barca Champions League Preview
The name Rubin Kazan does not invoke happy memories for Barca fans. Last season, they were the one of the few teams who managed to gain an upperhand against us. Even against Inter we had a record of two wins, 1 defeat and a draw. Rubin Kazan visited Camp Nou shocking us all with a victory, and the return visit to Russia ended with a goalless draw. That draw did raised doubts about our qualification chances. In the end Barca came out of the group on top is a totally different matter. Lionel Messi who was in doubt for this clash has got the all clear from the medical team. He has been included in the squad but is definite to start the match only from the substitute bench. It would be better if he does not play in this match. Guardiola would be pretty much happy with the effort put by his team at Athletic Bilbao. This is the third extremely difficult away visit we are making within the last two weeks. First it was to Atletico Madrid, then it was to Bilbao and we all hope this vist also end up with a similiar result. Rubin Kazan will present a considerably difficult challenge to Guardiola in terms of tactics. They are definitely going to be more physical than any of the opponents we have faced this season. More over Guardiola also hasn't have registerd a victory against them.
Guardiola has announced the list of 19 players who would make the trip to Kazan - Valdes, Pinto, Alves, Pique, Puyol, Milito, Maxwell, Abidal, Busquets, Mascherano, Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Pedro, Jeffren, Bojan, Villa and Messi. Abidal and Messi has returned into the squad meanwhile Adriano is missing due to injury. Guardiola might opt for Abidal instead of Maxwell to give some aerial cover. It is no secret that we had serious trouble dealing with aerial balls in our last match. That means we will mostly back to our traditional backline of Alves, Puyol, Pique and Milito. The rest of the line up should remain unchanged with Busquets, Keita and Xavi in midfield; Villa, Iniesta and Pedro upfront. Rubin Kazan currently lies second in Russian league and would be quite a tough opponent to crack. Our first match victory gives us some leverage and it won't be abad think to settle for a draw in this match. Iniesta's and Xavi's recent form is good news for Barca but I still think both the teams will settle for a goalless draw this time again.
Fuente: All About FC Barcelona
domingo, 26 de septiembre de 2010
Barcelona vencio al Athletic y supero al Real Madrid en la tabla de posiciones
Barcelona, aun sin Messi, supero 1-3 al Athletic en San Mames y despues de 5 jornadas de Liga Española es segundo en la tabla de posiciones con 12 puntos, uno menos que el Valencia, y uno mas que el Real Madrid, que en su visita al Levante no paso del empate sin goles. Barcelona fue [...]
Fuente: Actualidad Futbol
sábado, 25 de septiembre de 2010
Fuster marca para el Olympiacos que es lider
El Valencia se hace con el liderato
El Valencia alcanzo la cima de la liga española al vencer 2-0 en terreno del Sporting de Gijon (2-0), en la quinta jornada. Barcelona derroto 3-1 en Bilbao al Athletic y el Real Madrid no pudo doblegar (0-0) al Levante.
Fuente: FIFA Oficial
Athletic Bilbao-1, Barca -3
FC Barcelona moved to second place in the La Liga table behind Valencia with a 3-1 victory at San mames. Real madrid's failure to win against levante presented us with a great chance to leap forward them. In a match which saw two red card (Amorebieta, Villa) goals from Keita, Xavi and Busquets secured Barca a vital away win in one of the most toughest stadiums in Spain. Now its has to be seen how many match suspension does Villa receive for his foul. After a not so great performance against Gijon, we got to see the real Barca back on the pitch tonight. Debates will be on about the impact of the Amorebieta red card on the game, but I firmly believed that we were good to win even against eleven men. Guardiola started Adriano in the left back position, the rest of defense was as expected - Alves, Puyol and Pique. The midfield saw Keita and Xavi joining hand with Busquets. The frontline saw Iniesta, Villa and Pedro.
An entertaining first half show by Barca
Compared to the last match, this First half saw much more action. Both teams some took sometime to adjust to the extremely wet condition and it was Barca who settled first. In the 10th minute Adriano tried to curl a shot from the edge of box, after Iniesta did well to keep the cross in play. In the next minute we had our first clear chance. Xavi send in a great pass to Keita, his first touch was good, taking the defender away from picture but his shot was wonderfully saved by the keeper. In the 13th minute Villa had another great chance but his finishing was a bit too perfect hitting the post. Iniesta played a great ball putting Villa ahead and he only had the job of beating the keeper, which he did but forgot about the post. In the 25th minute Pedro saw his wonderful shot from outside the box being kept away by a one handed save. Meanwhile Bilbao was also creating a bit trouble with their aerial presence. But the defense held on well. In the 32nd minute Bilbao had a great chance and we were pretty luck to see it deflect for a corner. In the 34th minute Fernando Amorebieta was shown a straight red card after a lunge on Ineista. The red card was a bit ahrsh as he was rightly going for the ball,a yellow would have been appropriate. The half ended with Villa seeing his shot going high over the goal.
Barca Produces a Near Perfect Second Half
Second Half was crazy, every two minutes we saw a Barca attack. Athletic Bilbao started the second half better than us. Guardiola brought in Maxwell for Adriano fromthe start of half. In the 50th minute we had a big scare with San Jose hitting the post. The oppurtunity came from a free kick which we never cleared properly, frantic scenes followed trying to see the ball off the box, but eventually it fell to San jose who should have scored. We were pretty lucky there and we made Athletic pay for that miss soon. In the 55th minute Iniesta played a nice pass to Villa who produced a wonderful first touch pass releasing Keita in the box and Keita made no mistake with his finishing. That goal looked to have taken the stuff out of Athletic Bilbao and after that it was wave after wave of Blaugrana attack. In the 57th minute Pedro was denied by the keeper Iraizoz after Xavi's and Iniesta's shots were blocked. Next it was Pique who tried his luck with a shot from outside the box which the keeper again did well to keep out. In the 63rd minute Villa volleyed wide from a difficult Alves cross. Meanwhile Pedro and Alves were combinig wonderfully well on the right. Alves was running through the wing like a raging bull. In the 64th minute Iniesta hit the side netting after receiving a great ball from Pedro. he should have gone for the far post. After the world cup there is a sudden change in Iniesta's attitude, with now he is ready to take his chances. In the 69th minute Xavi send in a great ball to Alves on the right, alves cuts inside but shoots high. In the 74th minute Xavi put Barca 2-0 ahead with a shot from outside the bo. It looks like the shot took a slight defelection off a defender. In the 82nd minute Guardiola took off Iniesta and Xavi and brooght in Bojan and Thiago. It was a wise decision as these two men will be crucial in the mid-week's Champions League encounter. As Barca were preparing for the final whistle the game took a twist for the worse. In the 87th minute Villa secured himself with a needless redcard. The whole thing started with Carlos Gurpegi bringing down Villa outside the box, but the referee looked the other way on that, Villa was really frustrated and combined with the frustration of not able to score let Villa lose the plot. He raised his hand shoving Carlos on the chin, the rest was taken care by Carlos' play acting. In the 90th minute Bilbao scored through Gabilondo to make sure for a nervous end to the match. Athletic pounded on barca for an equaliser only to see Busquets scoring a good counter attack goal to finish off the match.
This is one hell of a win, especially considering that this has taken us ahead of Madrid in the table and also the fact that Messi was not in the team. Now the pressure will be on Real Madrid to keep up with us. Meanwhile Valencia is surprising many by remaining at the top of table. The best part of tonight's victory is the performance of Xavi and Iniesta. They looked really good throughout the match and was instrumental in all the chances created. Ales, especially in the second half was running wild and is my choice for man of the match. Keita was absolutely pathetic against Gijon, but tonight he was back to his best. Pedro had a great game and his undertanding with Alves looked terrifying. Villa did struggle with his finishing but I have to admit he complements the speed of the attack. But he seriously have to get the offside nonsense sorted out. I though Ibrahimovic was the worst with offsides, but Villa is making him look like an amateur.
Fuente: All About FC Barcelona
El Rubin Kazan vence antes de recibir al Barça
viernes, 24 de septiembre de 2010
Atletic Bilbao vs Barca Preview
Tough Job ahead at San Mames
FC Barcelona will be looking to continue with their winning streak continuiing when they visit San Mames on saturday. Our last visit to San Mames did end up in a 1-1 draw, but the fans will be hoping this time the score resembles something like Bilbao's visit to Camp Nou. That match we won 4-1 (FC Barcelona -4, Athletci Bilbao - 1), with Bojan Krkic scoring twice. It was from that game Bojan started to appear as a genuine option for Guardiola last season. The kid will be hoping and definitely need a similiar effect from tomorrow's clash. He has been below par in last two matches and had to start turning it around as soon as possible. Again it has to be seen whether he get any playing time in this match. Athletic Bilbao currently lies at the seventh position with just two points behind us. With only just four match into the season, those statistics doesn't mean anything. The way this season is shaping up again it will be a dog fight between Barca and Madrid and for that every point matters the most.
Guardiola has announced the squad that will be travelling to Bilbao. Abidal and Messi are the absentee from the squad. Thiago has been a surprise inclusion. The entire squad list is Valdes, Pinto, Adriano, Maxwell, Alves, Pique, Puyol, Milito, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Iniesta, Mascherano, Jeffren, Bojan, Pedro, Villa, Keita and Thiago. Guardiola will go with his strongest defense in this match with Alves, Pique, Puyol and Maxwell. Busquest once again may play the modern libero role. I have serious doubts about this new tactics. Ok, it's good against team which have very good attacking front line. But it won't be that easy against teams who can press in midfield. The best way to break such a tactis isto press Xavi hard, that will leave Xavi with only one outlet and that is Dani Alves on right. That will neautrilize Xavi as an attacking threat. Something Inter Milan did well last season at San Siro. I would expect Iniesta and Xavi to form the midfield in this match. The frontline would be for me Pedro, Bojan and Villa. Many would like to see Bojan off the line, but I still believe he can turn things around. I would predict a very tight game but I am confident Iniesta and Co pulling it off. I predict a 2-0 victory for us. Meanwhile the news is that messi is recovering weel and may make the trip to Rubin Kazan.
Fuente: All About FC Barcelona
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