
FC barcelona adjusted to the state of the pitch early and went up ahead in the 5th minute from an excellent Xavi free kick from 25 yards out. The free kick was given for a shirt pulling on Messi. Malaga immediately responded with a great goal Duda. Pique failed to deal with a long ball to Adrian; Valdes did really well to save Adrian's initial shot but the rebound fell to Duda who rounded off Pique again and shot past a hapless Valdes.In the 19th minute FC Barcelona regained their lead when Messi shot through the most tightest angle at the near post on the right. It was sheer power on the ball which made that goal after the initail Messi shot was blocked by Arnau. Nothing much happened in the second half and FC Barcelona went to half time guarding a precious one goal lead.
Malaga tried to wrestle the initaiative early in the first half; there was a six minutes period where Barca has to restore to desperate defending. In the 50th minute Guardiola brought in Henry in place of an out of sort Iniesta. That produced immediate result. In the 52nd minute Henry set up Xavi for the third goal with a well cushioned header from an excellent cross from Eto. In the 67th minute a trade mark long range Alves free kick was deflected just wide by the wall. In the 77th minute Busquests shot was saved by Arnau after an excellent ball from Toure to Xavi was cleared by the defense. In the 79th minute Guardiola took off Messi and brought in Victor Sanchez. In the 81st minute FC Barcelona took the game to 4-1; when another long range Alves free kick was deflected this time to goal by Wellington. In the 84th minute Eto was taken off for Bojan. In the 88th minute Puyol had a shot wide outside box. Altogether it was a great performance by Barca side in toughest conditions. Xavi deservedly would be adjudged man of the match.
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