
The only player Guardiola rested from the usual line up was Toure; Alves and Caceres were both suspended for this tie. Valdes returned back to the goal despite calls for Pinto's selection. Puyol formed the Right back; Pique, Marquez and Sylvinho made the rest of defense. Busquets was selected to do the defensive midfielder job whereas after some time we saw a very attacking midfield with Iniesta

After the restart Barca started showing more of their great form which helped them to a twelve points lead. In the 46th minute Iniesta saw his shot from outside the box hit the post after receiving a pass from Messi. In the 52nd minute Eto header was denied by Iraizoz with a great save from an excellent cross from Sylvinho. In the 55th minute Eto was again denied by Iraizoz.

After a series of poor results it was heart warming to see Barca at full flow. But still there are doubts about our defense especially with Puyol going to be missing for three weeks. Eto looked a far better player than he was in the past few weeks. Xavi looked comfortable with Iniesta back in the midfield. As I pointed out in my earlier posts there is no doubt that Barca defense looks completely different with midfield in charge.
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