Barcelona derby tonight will be FC Barcelona's last La Liga match of this year. The team will be off to UAE to take part in FIFA World Club Championship. FC Barcelona currently have a five point lead over Real Madrid who has played a game less. This is the best oppurtunity to increase or maintain the lead. Barca meanwhile will be without the service of Lionel Messi, who has been injured in Kiev. Espanyol always is a very tough team for Barca to beat. Thei last visit to Camp NOu ended in a 2-1 victory for them. That match saw a howler from Valdes. Valdes has been repeating the same in the last two matches, but will do good if curb hgi tendencies tonight. The good news for Barca is De la Peña and Tamudo may not feature in tonight's encounter. These two players always use to trouble our side. Toure Yaya may finally get a starting call, but even if that happen he may ot feature in next season's Barca team. Meanwhile Guardiola would be tempted to rest some players so that they could feature in the world championships. But then local derby is not a match where you want to send a weakned side.Dec 12, 2009
Fc Barcelona vs Espanyol Preview
Barcelona derby tonight will be FC Barcelona's last La Liga match of this year. The team will be off to UAE to take part in FIFA World Club Championship. FC Barcelona currently have a five point lead over Real Madrid who has played a game less. This is the best oppurtunity to increase or maintain the lead. Barca meanwhile will be without the service of Lionel Messi, who has been injured in Kiev. Espanyol always is a very tough team for Barca to beat. Thei last visit to Camp NOu ended in a 2-1 victory for them. That match saw a howler from Valdes. Valdes has been repeating the same in the last two matches, but will do good if curb hgi tendencies tonight. The good news for Barca is De la Peña and Tamudo may not feature in tonight's encounter. These two players always use to trouble our side. Toure Yaya may finally get a starting call, but even if that happen he may ot feature in next season's Barca team. Meanwhile Guardiola would be tempted to rest some players so that they could feature in the world championships. But then local derby is not a match where you want to send a weakned side.
Dec 10, 2009
Barca Tops The Group; Dynamo Kiev - 1, Barca -2
FC Barcelona topped Group F after a 2-1 comeback victory against Dynamo Kiev. Barca went down a goal down in the 2nd minute of play but goals from Xavi and Messi saw Barca registering a well deserved victory at Kiev. Inter meanwhile beat Rubin Kazan 2-0 at San Siro and qualified along with Barca for the knowckout stage. Barca and Inter were everyones favourite to go through this group but nobody expected it will this much dramatic. Courtesy of being the winner of the group, Barca will now play the return leg of the knockout stage at home. Barca's likely opponents are Olympique Lyon, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Porto or Stuttgart. Barca would feel relived to have avoided the chance of pairing with English teams this early in the competition. Guardiola once agained dropped Toure in favour of Busquets. Nown it looks more than certain that wee would see Toure moving out may be in January, if not definitely in the summer. Valdes kept the goal ahead of a defensive line of Alves, Pique, Puyol and Abidal. Xavi, Busquest and Keita formed the midfield. Messi, Ibra and Iniesta formed the attacking trio.Dec 9, 2009
Dynamo Kiev vs Barca Preview
If FC Barcelona manage tp avoid a defeat by two goals or more against Dynamo Kiev, they will qualify for the knockout stage of this year's Champions league. With the victory against Inter, Barca leads the group by two points. But that will count for nothing if they lose at Kiev by two goals or more. It is a strange situation in Group F, where all the four team still have realistic hope of qualifying. If Inter vs Rubin match at Milan ends in a draw Barca will qualify regardless of what the result in our match. But with all at stake, we have to assume that there could be a winner in Milan. A victory will take to the knowckout stage as the winner of the Group F. A draw will definitely help us qualify, but if Rubin wins at Milan then will will be be second in the group. That means we have to play the second leg away from home. In normal circumstances it is against logic to think that Barca will go down by two goals or more. But this is no normal match. The temperature when the match starts at Kiev would be below zero degree and that will definitely work against us. Earlier matches at Kiev and Russia started earlier but this will not as everyone has stake in all these matches. So it is not going to a cake-walk in any sense.
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