Posts Tagged ‘iniesta’

Leo Messi is Ballon d’or 2009

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The 2009 Ballon d’or is Blaugrana. Lionel Messi has been voted ballon d’or by the French magazine “France Football”. This trophy is an achievement for the fantastic year for all FC Barcelona player… He is the first FC Barcelona player to win it since Ronaldinho in 2005.

Leo Messi

Leo Messi is Ballon d'or 2009

Lionel Messi in 2009:

  • Spanish League: 31 games – 23 goals
  • Champions League: 12 games – 9 goals
  • Spanish League Winner
  • Champions LEague Winner
  • Spanish Cup Winner
  • Spanish Super Cup Winner
  • European Super Cup Winner

The classification:

  1. Lionel Messi - FC Barcelona : 473 pts
  2. Cristiano Ronaldo - Manchester United and Real Madrid : 233 pts
  3. Xavi - FC Barcelona : 170 pts
  4. Iniesta - FC Barcelona : 149 pts
  5. Samuel Eto’o – FC Barcelona and Inter Milan : 75 pts
  6. Kaka – Milan AC and Real Madrid : 58 pts
  7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Inter Milan and FC Barcelona : 50 pts
  8. Wayne Rooney – Manchester United : 35 pts
  9. Didier Drogba – Chelsea: 33 pts
  10. Steven Gerrard - Liverpool : 32 pts

Spanish League: FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

FC Barcelona signed an impressive victory against Real Madrid in the Clasico at the Camp Nou Stadium. After Ibrahimovic’s goal, the Blaugrana controlled the match (even after Busquets second yellow card) with an incredible defensive match from Carles Puyol. FC Barcelona is on the first spot in the Spanish League ranking.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic after his goal

Zlatan Ibrahimovic after his goal

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal, Xavi, Busquets, Keita (Touré, min.66), Messi, Iniesta, Henry (Ibrahimovic, min.51)

Real Madrid: Casillas; Ramos, Pepe, Albiol, Arbeloa (Raúl, min.75), Diarra, Alonso, Kaká, Marcelo, Cristiano Ronaldo (Benzema, min.66), Higuaín

Goal: 1-0, m.56: Ibrahimovic

Venue: Camp Nou Stadium; Attendance: 97.132

Spanish League: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 FC Barcelona

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

FC Barcelona could not get a win out of San Mames (1-1). Dani Alves gave FC Barcelona the lead, but Toquero scored to draw the match. FC Barcelona is still first in the League.

Dani Alves against Bilbao

Dani Alves against Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz; Iraola, Ustaritz, Amorebieta, Kikúlol; Gurpegui, Orbaiz (Toquero, min.56), Javi Martinez, Yeste (Gabilondo, min.73); Susaet, Llorente (De Marcos, min.77)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Chygrynskiy, Maxwell; Busquets, Xavi (Henry, min.84), Keita; Pedro, Messi (Bojan, min.76), Iniesta

Goals: 0-1, min.54: Alves. 1-1, min.63: Toquero

Venue: San Mamés, Bilbao. Attendance: 40.000

Champions League: Rubin Kazan 0-0 FC Barcelona

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

FC Barcelona brought back 1 point (1-1) from their match in Russia against Rubin Kazan for the 4th round of the Champions League. They will need to win their last 2 games against Inter Milan and in Kiev to finish fisrt of their group and continue their European adventure…

Messi against Rubin Kazan

Messi against Rubin Kazan

Rubin Kazan:Ryzhikov; Salukvadze, César Navas, Sharonov, Ansaldi; Noboa, Semak; Ryazantsev, Kaleshin, Karadeniz (Bukharov, m. 62), Dominguez

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Abidal; Touré, Xavi, Keita (Henry, m. 83); Messi, Iniesta, Ibrahimovic

Spanish League: Osasuna 1-1 FC Barcelona

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

FC Barcelona lost 2 points in the Championship run after Piqué scored an own goal in the additional time (min. ’93). Keita had scored earlier and the arbitration has been notoriously bad with a forgotten penalty and red card…

Puyol against Osasuna

Puyol against Osasuna

Osasuna: Ricardo; Azpilicueta, Miguel Flaño, Josetxo, Monreal; Juanfran (Galan, m.82), Puñal (Rúper, m.77), Nekounam, Camuñas; Pandiani, Aranda (Masoud, m.70)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Puyol, Piqué, Chygrynskiy (Marquez, m.61), Abidal; Xavi, Busquets, Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta (Pedro, m.90)

Goals: 0-1, m.72: Keita. 1-1, m.93: Piqué (own goal)

Venue: Reyno de Navarra. Attendance: 18.891

Spanish League: FC Barcelona 6-1 Zaragoza

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Incredible football match at the Camp Nou stadium. FC Barcelona exploded Zaragoza’s defense and won 6-1 for the 8th round of the Spanish League. They are now 3 points ahead in the Spanish League ranking after Gijon vs Madrid. Ibrahimovic played his best game of the season so far with 2 goals while Keita scored 3 goals.

Ibrahimovic after his first goal

Ibrahimovic after his first goal

Keita and Messi

Keita and Messi

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Puyol, Chygrynskiy, Piqué (Márquez, min.72), Maxwell; Xavi (Jeffren, min.83), Busquets, Keita; Messi, Ibrahimovic (Bojan, min.72), Iniesta

Real Zaragoza: Carrizo; Pulido, Pablo Amo, Pavón, Paredes; Gabi, Abel Aguilar; Jorge López, Ander Herrera (Songo’o, min.77), Pennant (Lafita, min.61),  Arizmendi (Ewerthon, min.68)

Goals: 1-0, min.24: Keita. 2-0, min.29: Ibrahimovic. 3-0, min.41: Keita. 4-0, min.56: Ibrahimovic. 4-1, min.77: Lafita. 5-1, min.80: Messi. 6-1, min.40: Keita

Venue: Camp Nou Stadium. Attendance: 75.653

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

Spanish League: Valencia CF 0-0 FC Barcelona

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

The Catalan derby against Valencia CF and FC Barcelona did not have any winner. A lot of intesnity but very few technical action. FC Barcelona is still the Spanish League leader

Andres Iniesta against Valencia FC

Andres Iniesta against Valencia CF

Valencia CF: César, Miguel, David Navarro, Dealbert, Bruno, Pablo, Albelda (Maduro, m.89), Banega, Mathieu (Miku, m.71), Silva (Baraja, m.90), Mata

FC Barcelona: Valdés, Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal, Touré, Keita, Xavi (Busquets, m.80), Iniesta, Pedro (Bojan, m.78), Messi

Venue: Mestalla, Valencia

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

Spanish League: Malaga 0-2 FC Barcelona

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

FC Barcelona won 0-2 in Malaga for the 5th round of the Spanish League. Despite a catastrophic arbitration, the catalans are still perfect in the League with 15 points in 5 rounds… But they lost Thierry Henry in the first half for injury.

FC Barcelona celebrates their goal

FC Barcelona celebrate their goal


Malaga: Munúa; Gámez, Cuadrado, Welligton, Manu, Juanito, Xavi Torres, Duda (Luque, 76′), Fernando (Valdo, 45′), Obinha, Baha (Forestieri, 56′)

FC Barcelona: Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Chygrynskiy (Piqué, 55′), Abidal; Xavi, Touré (Busquets, 78′), Keita; Pedro, Messi, Henry (Ibrahimovic, 28′)

Goals: 0-1, Ibrahimovic (38′) ; 0-2, Piqué (58′)

Venue: La Rosaleda, Malaga