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Champions League: FC Barcelona 1-2 Rubin Kazan

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Sensation at the Camp Nou for the 3rd round of the Champions League. Rubin Kazan won against FC Barcelona (1-2)… This is the first defeat of the season for the Blaugrana. Danger! The qualification for the next round is not going to be that easy…

Leo Messi against Rubin Kazan

Leo Messi against Rubin Kazan

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves (Busquets, min.92), Piqué, Márquez (Keita, min.80), Abidal, Touré, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Pedro (Bojan, min.66), Ibrahimovic

Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov; Salukvadze, César Navas, Sharonov, Cristian Ansaldi; Kasaev, Cristian Noboa, Semak (Murawski, min.43), Ryazantsev (Kasaev, min.83); Karadeniz; Domínguez

Goals: 0-1: Ryazantsev, min.2. 1-1: Ibrahimovic, min.48. 1-2: Karadeniz, min.73

Venue: Camp Nou Stadium. Attendance: 55.930

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Champions League: FC Barcelona 2-0 Dynamo Kiev

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

FC Barcelona won an easy match against Dynamo Kiev in the 2nd round of the Champions League (2-0) Messi and Pedro both scored.

Messi after his goal agaisnt Dynamo Kiev

Messi after his goal against Dynamo Kiev

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal; Xavi, Touré (Busquets, min.68), Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic (Jeffrén, min.85), Iniesta (Pedro, min.46)

Dynamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy; Eremenko, Khacheridi, Leandro Almeida, Magrao (Betao, min.73); Yussuf (Ghioane, min.46), Vukojevic; Gusev (Ninkovic, min.86), Shevchenko, Yamolenko, Milevskiy

Goals: 1-0, min.25: Messi. 2-0, min.76: Pedro

Venue: Camp Nou Stadium. Attendance: 68.221

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Champions League: Inter Milan 0-0 FC Barcelona

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

FC Barcelona deserved better at San Siro stadium against Inter Milan for the forst match of the 2009-2010 Champions League. Clearly better in the second half, Barça did not get to score and leave Italy with a bitter 0-0.

Messi against Inter Milan

Messi against Inter Milan

Inter Milan: Julio César; Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Chivu; Muntari (Stankovic, 61′), Motta, Sneijder (Santon, 79′), Zanetti; Milito (Balotelli, 84′), Eto’o

FC Barcelone: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal; Xavi, Touré, Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic, Henry (Iniesta, 76′)

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Spanish League classification – Day 38th

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Spanish League Champion : FC Barcelona

Qualified for the Champions League :

  • FC Barcelona
  • Real Madrid

Qualified for the preliminary round of the Champions League :

  • FC Sevilla
  • Atletico Madrid

Qualified for the Europa cup (UEFA cup) :

  • Villareal
  • FC Valencia

Relagated in 2nd division :

  • Recreativo Huelva
  • C.D. Numancia
  • Osasuna

Best offense : FC Barcelona with 105 goals

Best defense : FC Barcelona with 35 goals

Pichichi ranking :

  1. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid) : 32 goals
  2. Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona : 30 goals
  3. David Villa (FC Valencia) : 28 goals
  4. Leo Messi (FC Barcelona) : 23 goals
  5. Gonzalo Higuain Real Madrid) : 21 goals
  6. Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona) : 19 goals
  7. Alvaro Sanchez Negredo ( Almeria) : 19 goals
  8. Frédéric Kanouté (FC Sevilla) : 18 goals
  9. Raul (Real Madrid) : 18 goals
  10. Sergio Agüero (Atletico Madrid) : 17 goals

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FC Barcelona wins Champions League Final

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

They did it ! FC Barcelona players finished their fantastic 2009 season with an incredible win over Manchester United in the Champions League final, tonight, in Rome Olympic Stadium. Samuel Eto’o and Leo Messi each scored in a technically breathtaking football match.

The first 5 minutes of the match were tense, with Manchester United keeping the ball and kicking 3 times at Victor Valdes. But it is FC Barcelona who scored first at the 10th minute, on its first offensive play of  the match. Magistitailly put  in ideal position by Andres Iniesta, Samuel Eto’o got rid of Vidic and opened the score (1-0). Like in Paris in 2006, Eto’o scored the first goal of the final for the Blaugrana.

Samuel Etoo after his goal

Samuel Eto'o after his goal

A dominating Barça

Metamorphosed atfter the first goal, the catalan players were more active and kept the ball moving. Messi, at the 18th minute, tried his luck from 25 metres… A few inches over Van der Sar’s goal.

Iniesta and Xavi, as a magicians duet, were controlling the ball and trying to alert the forwards Eto’o and Henry on both sides, and Messi in the middle. But it was only one goal ahead that FC Barcelona went back at half-time.

Messi for the win… and history

With 20 minutes to go, Messi scored in between the 2 giants Vidic and Ferdinand… with the head! The Argentine Genius took off, and at the top of his of extension, put the ball out reach from Van der Sar (2-0)

Leo Messi scores the 2nd goal

Leo Messi scores the 2nd goal

Historical !

The Catalans have made history tonight. With a brand new defense (Alves and Abidal suspended, Marquez injured) they won their 3rd trophy of the season after the Spanish League and the King’s Cup earlier this month. Carles Puyol was a very happy captain, and Pep Guardiola, for his first season on the bench, was a very happy coach…

The team celebrates with the trophy

The team celebrates with the trophy

 

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Puyol, Touré, Piqué, Sylvinho, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta (Pedro, m.92), Messi, Eto’o, Henry (Keita, m.71)

Manchester United: Van der Sar; O’Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Carrick, Anderson (Tévez, m.46), Giggs (Scholes, m.75), Park (Berbatov, m.66), Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo

Goals:
First Half
10′ 1-0 : Eto’o
Second Half
70′ 2-0 : Messi

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Your prediction for the Champions league final

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

The results :

FC Barcelona : 28 votes (78%)
Manchester United : 8 votes (22%)

Thank you for voting and congratulations to FC Barcelona for the fantastic season…

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Swiss referee for the Champions League Final

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

UEFA announced yesterday the name of the referee for the Champions League final in Rome ion the 27th of May at the Olympic Stadium.

Massimo Busacca, 40 years-old, from Switzerland, has been assigned to be the referee for the match between Manchester United and FC Barcelona in Rome tomorrow (27th of May). International referee since 1999, he was an official for 77 European matches, including 32 Champions League matches. He also appeared in the German World Cup 2006 and European Championship in Switzerland 2008.

Massimo Busacca

Massimo Busacca

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Henry and Iniesta train with first team

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Good news for FC Barcelona : Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta trained with their teammates at the last training session before leaving for Rome for the Champions League Final on the 27th of May.

FC Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola is confident to get back two of his key players for the Champions League final against Manchester United in 2 days. Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta had a full session training with their teammates, althought training not as hard as therest of the team. Thierry Henry was recovering from a blow to his right knee sustained on the 3rd of May against Real Madrid, while Iniesta tore his right thigh muscle on the 10th of May against Villareal.

Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry

Andres Iniesta

Andres Iniesta

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Chelsea – FC Barcelona 1-1

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Without injured Thierry Henry, FC Barcelona qualified for the Champions League final, 4 days after crushing Real Madridat Santiago Bernabeu.  Iniesta scored at the 93rd minute, with a sensational strike, bringing Chelsea fans to tears. FC Barcelona will play Manchester United in the Champions League Final in Rome on the 27th of May.

Unable to play their trademark inspired football, due to Chelsea’s strong defensive plays, FC Barcelona saw Essien score an incredible goal at the 9th minute, seriously compromising FC Barcelona’s chances for the champions league final. And after a very tense game, with no space for the genius creativity of Leo Messi and Andres Iniesta and despite finishing the game at 10 after Abidal was sent off after a foul on Nicholas Anelka, Iniesta scored in the extra time sending FC Barcelona to Rome to face Manchester United. Chelsea fans will blame the referee for a long time, claiming 2 obvious penalties…

Andres Iniesta

Andres Iniesta

Match details :

Chelsea: Cech; Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Cole, Ballack, Essien, Anelka, Lampard, Malouda, Drogba (Belletti, min.72)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Touré Yaya, Abidal, Busquets (Bojan, min.85), Xavi, Keita, Iniesta (Gudjohnsen, min.95), Messi, Eto’o (Sylvinho, min.97)

Goals:
First half
9′ 1-0: Essien
Second half
93′ 1-1: Iniesta

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