Saturday 12 December 2009

Saturday 5 December 2009

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Sunday 29 November 2009

Saturday 21 November 2009

Saturday 7 November 2009

Saturday 31 October 2009

Sunday 25 October 2009

Thursday 22 October 2009

Barcelona 1 - Rubin Kazan 2 (Champions League)



Russian league leaders Rubin Kazan silenced the Nou Camp after just two minutes as Aleksandr Ryazantsev rattled off a 25-yard stunner that beat Valdes for both power and accuracy. Barca levelled sixty seconds into the second half as a delightful Xavi pass was chested down by Zlatan Ibrahimovic before the Swede fired an arrow into the far bottom corner. Against the odds Kazan retook the lead with 17 minutes on the clock as Gokdeniz Karadeniz finished expertly after running through one-on-one with the keeper.

Saturday 17 October 2009

Saturday 3 October 2009

Barcelona 1 - Almeria 0 (La Liga)



Barcelona
1 Víctor Valdés, 4 Rafael Márquez, 5 Carles Puyol, 19 Maxwell, 2 Daniel Alves, 16 Sergi Busquets, 8 Andrés Iniesta, 6 Xavi, 17 Pedrito, 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 10 Lionel Messi

Substitutes
14 Thierry Henry, 13 Jose Manuel Pinto, 3 Gerard Pique, 24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure,
15 Seydou Keita, 21 Dmytro Chigrynskiy, 11 Bojan Krkic, 35 Jeffrén Suárez


Almeria
1 Diego Alves, 18 Santiago Acasiete, 2 Hernan Dario Pellerano, 6 Domingo, 16 Míchel, 25 Hernán Bernardello, 4 Chico, 5 Kalu Uche, 8 Albert Crusat, 3 Guilherme, 17 Juan Manuel Ortiz

Substitutes
Suarez Esteban 13, Fernando Soriano 23, José Ortiz 10, Fabián Vargas 22, Pablo Piatti 11, Miguel Nieto 7, Henok Goitom 20

Saturday 26 September 2009

Malaga 0 - Barcelona 2 (La Liga)



A terrific lobbed through ball from Messi was chested down and fired home by Zlatan Ibrahimovic to put Barca one-up at Malaga just before the break. On 59 minutes Gerard Pique turned home a Xavi free-kick.

Thursday 24 September 2009

Racing Santander 1 - Barcelona 4 (La Liga)



Zlatan Ibrahimovic's superb start to life at Barca continued in Santander as the Swede headed home the opener after 20 minutes. Three minutes later Leo Messi opened up the smallest gap in the home defence which was enough to guide a curler into the far corner. Gerard Pique completed a devastating seven minute spell for Barca notching number three from a corner. Just after the hour mark Leo Messi scored a spellbindingly good goal, drifting in from the left before cracking a beauty into the top corner. A solo stunner from Serrano gave the home fans something to smile about.

Sunday 20 September 2009

Barcelona 5 - Athletico Madrid 2 (La Liga)



Quick fire goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Leo Messi put Barca 2-up over Atletico inside the opening 16 minutes. Barca the added two more goals before the break, Dani Alves converted a free-kick before Keita tapped home after great work from Zlatan and Messi in the build up. Kun Aguero managed to get Atletico on the scoresheet just before the break. A late Diego Forlan goal proved mere consolation for the visitors with Leo Messi adding a fifth at the death for Barca.

Barcelona
Valdés, Daniel Alves, Gerard Piqué (Rafa Marquez 74), Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Maxwell, Seydou Keita, Xavi (Iniesta 65), Busquets, Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Pedro 85), Thierry Henry

Athletico Madrid
Roberto, Luis Amaranto Perea, Pablo Ibáñez, Tomas Ujfalusi, Antonio López, Maxi Rodríguez, Paulo Assunçao (Kiko 73), Jurado, Simão (Cleba Santana 56), Kun Agüero (Florent Sinama-Pongolle 73), Diego Forlán

Referee: Mejuto González

Thursday 17 September 2009

Inter Milan 0 - Barcelona 0 (Champions League)



A bore draw between these top-draw teams in the tie of the Champions League match day one.

Saturday 12 September 2009

Getafe 0 - Barcelona 2 (La Liga)



Barca took the lead in the 65th minute when Zlatan Ibrahimovic slotted home Abidal’s left wing cross from close range. The Catalans wrapped things up with Zlatan teeing up Leo Messi to head in number two from close range.

Monday 31 August 2009

Barcelona 3 - Sporting Gijon 0 (La Liga)



First game of the La Liga season for Barca against newly-promoted Sporting, and from a Xavi corner after 17 minutes, Bojan Krkic managed to bundle the ball over the line at the back post. Just before the break Barca doubled their lead as Seydou Keita headed home a Dani Alves cross. The Nou Camp received the icing on the cake in the final 10 minutes as Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened his account for the Catalans.

Friday 28 August 2009

Barcelona 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 (Uefa Super Cup)




The first half of the Super Cup was a lacklustre affair, Barcelona creating more chances than Shakhtar but unable to find the net. The second half also brought no goals, Zlatan embarrassing himself with a pitiful effort way off target, but the game was spiced up when Leo Messi and Dario Srna clashed head-to-head. Unfortunately the match was forced into extra time, but five minutes from time Messi played a lovely one-two with Pedro Rodriguez who curled home the winner as Barca won their second trophy of the year.

See Trophy Celebrations here

Barcelona
1- Victor Valdes; 2-Daniel Alves, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 22-Eric Abidal; 24-Yaya Toure, 6-Xavi Hernandez, 15-Seydou Keita; 9-Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 10-Lionel Messi, 14-Thierry Henry.

Shakhtar Donetsk
30-Andriy Pyatov; 33-Darijo Srna, 5-Olexandr Kucher, 27-Dymytro Chygrynskiy, 26-Razvan Rat; 3-Tomas Hubschman, 11-Ilsinho, 19-Olexiy Gai; 7-Fernandinho, 22-Willian, 17-Luiz Adriano.

Sunday 23 August 2009

Barcelona 3 Athletic Bilbao 0 (Spanish Super Cup 2nd Leg)



After a goalless first half, Barcelona turned on the style, Lionel Messi scored a dazzling first, skinning his man and then chipping the on-rushing keeper. Messi doubled the score from the penalty spot after Dani Alves had been fouled and Bojan Krkic took advantage of some poor defending to score with all the time in the world.

Sunday 16 August 2009

Athletic Bilbao 1 Barcelona 2 (Spanish Super Cup 1st Leg)



Oscar de Marcos put Bilbao into the lead with a shot that deflected off Puyol and past Valdes. The Champions League holders hit back first through Xavi and then grabbed the winner with a fine effort from Pedro Rodriguez.