Archive for the ‘Spanish League’ Category

Video highlights and goals from FC Barcelona 4-0 Valladolid

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Pep Guardiola’s squad picked up their 7th title in a bit more than a year this evening, claiming the club 20th La Liga after cruising past Valladolid. FC Barcelona took control of the game after an own goal from Valladolid’s Prieto, followed quickly by a second from Pedro. Leo Messi completed the job with two second half goals which took him to an incredible 34 league goals, 47 in total for the season.

Leo Messi

Leo Messi

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves (Ibrahimovic, m.79), Piqué, Puyol, Abidal; Touré, Keita, Busquets, Pedro (Iniesta, m.86), Messi, Bojan (Henry, m.77)

Valladolid: Jacobo; Pedro López, Luis Prieto (Héctor Font, m.61), Raúl Navas, Sereno; Barragán, Baraja, Pelé, Sesma (Nauzet, m.46); Diego Costa, Manucho (Keko, m.78)

Goals:
1-0, m.27: Luis Prieto (csc). 2-0, m.31: Pedro. 3-0, m.62: Messi. 4-0, m.76: Messi

Venue: Camp Nou (Attendance: 98.093)

Video highlights and goals : Seville FC 2-3 FC Barcelona

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Just Valladolid stand in the way of FC Barcelona towards La Liga title after a nerve-wracking 2-3 win at Seville FC. The Blaugrana played brilliantly for 65 minutes to go three goals up by Cantera’s players (Messi, Bojan and Pedro) but then we suffered a lapse of concentration which allowed Seville, to score twice in the space of three minutes to set up a nail-biting finish.

Messi and Bojan

Messi and Bojan celebrate first goal of the night

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0-2

0-3

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2-3

FC Seville: Palop; Konko, Fazio (Squillaci, m.27), Escudé, Adriano (Lolo, m.67); Jesús Navas, Zokora, Renato (Stankevicius, m.61), Capel; Luis Fabiano, Kanouté

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Maxwell (Abidal, m.65); Busquets, Xavi (Touré, m.87), Keita; Pedro, Messi et Bojan (Jeffren, m.91)

Goals: 0-1. M.5: Messi; 0-2. M.29: Bojan; 0-3. M.62: Pedro; 1-3. M.69: Kanouté; 2-3. M.71: Luis Fabiano

Watch the goals from FC Barcelona 4-1 Tenerife CD

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

FC Barcelona move four points above Real Madrid tonight after a tricky victory over Tenerife. Messi scored early on but a mistake from the FC Barcelona Captain Puyol led to a Tenerife equalizer before half time. Bojan fired the Blaugrana back into the lead just after the hour before late goals from Pedro and Messi sealed the win.

Bojan

Bojan celebrates this goal

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1-1

2-1

3-1

4-1

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Piqué (Pedro, min.46), Puyol, Maxwell; Touré, Xavi, Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic (Busquets, min.65), Bojan (Henry, min.81)

Tenerife: Aragoneses; Luna, Culebras, Pablo Sicilia, Héctor; Mikel Alonso; Román Martínez (Omar, min.73), Manolo Martínez, Juanlu, Alfaro (Ángel min.85), Kome (Nino, min.61)

Goals: 1-0, min.17: Messi. 1-1, min.39: Román. 2-1, min.63: Bojan. 3-1, min.77: Pedro. 4-1, min.92: Messi

Venue: Camp Nou Stadium (Attendance: 57.401)

Watch the goals and highlights: Villareal CF 1-4 FC Barcelona

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

FC Barcelona bounced back from the Champions League elimination with a splendid 1-4 win at Villarreal. Two goals from Leo Messi and one apiece from Xavi Hernandez and Bojan Krkic earned the Blaugrana their 28th league victory of the season, equalling the Liga record set by Real Madrid in 87/88 and FC Barcelona in 96/97.

Bojan and Messi

Bojan and Messi celebrate the 3rd goal of the night

Villarreal: Diego López; Ángel, Gonzalo, Godín, Capdevila; Cazorla, Ibagaza (Senna, min. 46), Bruno, Cani (Joseba Llorente, min. 46); Nilmar, Rossi (David Fuster, min. 82)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Maxwell; Xavi, Busquets (Touré Yaya, min. 79), Keita; Messi (Jeffren, min. 89), Bojan (Ibrahimovic, min. 84), Pedro

Goals: Messi ; Xavi ; Bojan ; Llorente ; Messi

Watch the goals from FC Barcelona 3-1 Xerez CD

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

As expected, FC Barcelona picked up the 3 points tonight but struggled to overcome bottom placed Xerez. Pep Guardiola left Piqué, Milito, Busquets, Messi and Pedro out of the starting line-up with an eye on Wednesday’s Champions League semi final with Inter Milan. But early goals from Jeffren and Henry and a early second half goal from Zlatan Ibahimovic secured three very important points in the race for the 2009-2010 Spanish League with Real Madrid.

Henry and Ibrahimovic

Henry and Ibarhimovic celebrating the 2nd goal of the night

Jeffren 14′ (1-0)

Henry 24′ (2-0)

Bermejo 25′ (2-1)

Ibrahimovic 56′ (3-1)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Puyol, Márquez (Piqué, min.52), Chygrynskiy, Maxwell; Xavi, Keita, Touré; Jeffren (Messi, min.52), Ibrahimovic, Henry (Bojan, min.74)

Xerez: Renán; Francis, Gioda, Aythami (Carlos Calvo, min.46), Casado; Sidi Keita (Moreno, min.63), Sánchez; Armenteros (Alustiza, min.79), David Prieto, Orellana, Mario Bermejo

Goals: 1-0, min.14: Jeffrén. 2-0, min.24: Henry. 2-1, min.25: Mario Bermejo. 3-1, min.56: Ibrahimovic

Venue: Camp Nou Stadium (Attendance: 82.456)

Video highlights of RCD Espanyol – FC Barcelona (0-0)

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Football Club Barcelona still have a lot to do to win La Liga after an intense goalless draw with Espanyol at Cornellá.

Puyol

Puyol at El Prat Cornella stadium

Watch the goals: FC Barcelona 3-0 Deportivo La Coruña

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Barça continued the march towards winning La Liga with a splendid 3-0 victory over Deportivo de La Coruña

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona celebrate their first goal of the night

Bojan 16′ (1-0)



Pedro 69′ (2-0)



Yaya Toure 72′ (3-0)



FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Márquez, Maxwell; Xavi (Busquets, min.77), Touré, Jeffren (Keita, min.51); Messi, Bojan (Henry, min.72), Pedro

Deportivo La Coruña: Aranzubía; Manuel Pablo, Lopo, Pisku, Laure; Pablo Álvarez (Domínguez, min.53), Rodríguez, Antonio Tomás, Sergio (Iván Pérez, min.85), Guardado, Riki (Lassad, min.70)

Goals: 1-0, min.16: Bojan. 2-0, min.69: Pedro. 3-0, min.72: Touré

Venue: Camp Nou Stadium (Atendance: 75.897)

Video highlights and goals Real Madrid 0 -2 FC Barcelona

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

FC Barcelona took a giant step towards claiming his second consecutive Liga tonight with a thoroughly deserved 0-2 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. A first half goal from the unstoppable Leo Messi put the Blaugrana on the road to victory and Pedro added a second in the 56th minute which left Madrid floundering.

FC Barcelona celebrate their win at Santiago Bernabeu

FC Barcelona celebrate their win at Santiago Bernabeu

Real Madrid CF: Casillas; Ramos, Raúl Albiol, Garay, Arbeloa; Gago, Xabi Alonso, Marcelo (Guti, m.57); Van der Vaart (Raúl, m.69); Ronaldo, Higuaín (Benzema, 79)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Puyol, Pique, Milito (Márquez, m.79), Maxwell (Iniesta, m.63); Keita, Busquets, Xavi; Alves, Pedro, Messi

Goals: 0-1, m.32: Messi. 0-2, m.56: Pedro

Venue: Santiago Bernabeu – Madrid (Attendance: 79.500)

Video of the goals: FC Barcelona 4-1 Athletic Bilbao

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Bojan Krki scored twice in a 4-1 win for FC Barcelona over Athletic Bilbao. Jeffren Suarez opened the scoring with his first goal for the club and Lionel Messi scored his 26th league goal of the season, while Athletic got a late consolation with Susaesta.

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona players

Jeffren 27′ (1-0)

Bojan 40′ (2-0)

Bojan 59′ (3-0)

Messi 67′ (4-0)

Susaesta 77′ (4-1)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Chygrynskiy, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal; Touré (Jonathan, min.76), Maxwell, Busquets (Xavi, min.53); Messi, Bojan, Jeffren (Pedro, min.59)

Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz; Koikili, Amorebieta, San José, Iraola; Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, David López (Yeste, min.46), Gabilondo (Toquero, min.46); Susaeta, Llorente (Iturraspe, min.69)

Goals: 1-0. min.27, Jeffren.2-0. min.40, Bojan.3-0. min.59, Bojan.4-0. min.67, Messi.4-1. min.77, Susaeta

Venue: Camp Nou stadium, Barcelona

Video highlights: FC Barcelona 2-0 Osasuna

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

FC Barcelona move back to the top of La Liga tonight after a 2-0 victory over Osasuna. Second half goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Bojan Krkic spared our blushes after what an easily be considered as the worst first half performance at Camp Nou of this season.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Ibrahimovic celebrates his goal against Osasuna

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Milito, Maxwell; Iniesta, Busquets (Keita, min.69), Touré; Messi, Ibrahimovic (Bojan, min.74), Henry (Pedro, min.46)

Osasuna: Ricardo; Azpilicueta, Miguel Flaño, Josetxo, Monreal; Puñal, Nekounam (Calleja, min.78); Juanfran (Rúper, min.78), Vadocz, Camuñas, Masoud (Galán, min.85)

Goals: 1-0, min.73: Ibrahimovic. 2-0, min.89: Bojan

Venue: Camp Nou stadium (Attendance: 70.645)