Alcorcón vs. Barcelona B, Matchday 10, Segunda A
Sunday, October 31, 2010 @ 17:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time
Venue: Municipal Santo Domingo (Capacity: 3,000)

In today’s match, Barcelona B will face another team recently promoted, AD Alcorcón, best known for knocking their neighbours Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey last season. Currently, FC Barcelona B is sitting in 7th place with 16 points, and their opponents today are only two points behind, with 14, putting them 10th in the standings. This will be a tough test for Barça B, as Alcorcón has one of the best home records in the league, with four wins in four games, 10 goals scored and only 2 conceded. Some more news about the B team and your chance to comment on the game as it happens can be found after the jump.

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Well, actually today we want to share two videos, the first one is a short Adidas commercial with Messi from 2007. The second one is a longer talk with Leo and shows the making of the ad, and can be found after the jump.

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The One Who Never Scores  5-0 Sevilla

Villa: “Bringing out this ‘little tapa’* … so that one that I know, eats his words with fries.”**

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The best part of the game… the “manita” (or 5 goals for a hand – “mano” – of goals)?

Pep: “No! The best part was being able to say goodbye to Villa’s goal drought!”

Wow, our readers continue to impress us.  Special thanks to a totalBarca reader from Copenhagen for this one!

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HOW WONDERFUL!

Barça 5-0 Sevilla

This wonderful (Maravilla) Barça – Villa and Messi, with two goals each, made the fans quiver with the best match of the season

Guardiola’s team recovered their best version

[Non Barça Related]

Hercules 1-3 Madrid – Madrid had to suffer and make a comeback

Deportivo – Espanyol (17:00 /PPV) – Pochettino decides on Christian as a starter

‘MARAVILLA’*

Barça 5-0 Sevilla

Villa recovered his goal scoring with a double in a sensational match by a luxurious Barça

Another pair by Messi – the crack has already scored 13 goals against Sevilla

Greater against the bigger teams

*’Maravilla’ means ‘wonder’ or ‘marvel.’  Here, it is a play on David Villa’s name.

Believe it or not, football icon Diego Maradona turned 50 on Saturday. But a day that is pure joy for many has turned to sorrow for the mercurial former FC Barcelona attacker, as he described this birthday as “the saddest birthday of my life.”

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“Mourinho didn’t pronounce my name, so I didn’t feel aimed at. Anyway, my goalscoring history is in the stats…”

FC Barcelona forward and Spain international David Villa at the post-match press conference when asked about Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho’s indirect snipe earlier at a press call that, “others (Villa) who cost as much as Benzema also didn’t score, but the press doesn’t mention them as much”.

The past couple weeks were surely tough on both Barcelona team and its fans. The many heated discussions of transfers, fitness, progress and the level of the current Barcelona team almost lead the fans to think that the team is in an actual crisis. FC Barcelona brushed all these aside with a resounding victory against Sevilla FC. Details after the jump!

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RESULT:

FC Barcelona: 5

Sevilla FC: 0 

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FC Barcelona – Sevilla FC
(Saturday October 30, 2010 @ 22:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)

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Barcelona has come up as winners in the last few matches, but will they be victorious again for today’s match? Find out what we think after the jump.

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Except for the injured Jeffren, Guardiola will have a full squad for tonight’s encounter with Sevilla. The team held their final session this morning at the Camp Nou.

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Mourinho: “There are teams who have bought players who were more expensive than Benzema and [these players] are not scoring a goal to any team.”

Villa: I don’t know if he means me…I only know that I’m really looking forward to play el Clásico.

This video shows the making of a new spot in which the FCB players invite fans to come to the stadium. They are hoping for a full house at Camp Nou, starting with the game against Sevilla on Saturday. See one of the finished ads after the jump!

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SUPERBARÇA FOR A SUPERCLASH

Pep gets Xavi back and will play the best starter team against Sevilla.

Guardiola describes today’s match as a “great match against a great team“

Pep, enigmatico. “Ferguson and United? Barça will keep existing without me“.

UEFA puts a two-match ban on Pinto.

Pastore: “There’s feeling with Messi” says his agent.

ANOTHER NIGHT FOR MESSI

He has scored four goals in the last two matches and he wants to keep scoring against Sevilla.

Barça – Sevilla (22h)

Pep Guardiola hopes that his goals will be decisive again.

UEFA puts a two-match ban on Pinto for lack of fair-play.

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Hércules – Madrid (20h). Mourinho saves Benzema and compares him with Villa.

This is your chance to prove not only your knowledge about the game of football, but also your psychological insight by cracking the code of Barcelona coach Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola’s master brain:

Predict Barcelona’s Starting Lineup

This is not (as in: N-O-T) a place for discussion on team tactics or personal player preferences. You just give the system and the eleven names you think will start the game against Sevilla.

Join us after the jump to take part in the game.

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On Friday morning, the group led by Josep Guardiola held their penultimate training session before facing Sevilla on Saturday. Eighteen players from the first team, including Milito and Xavi, have exercised along with rising reserve midfielder Thiago Alcántara, according to the club’s official website.

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The “We’ll leave our skin behind” campaign is back.

Puyol: Let’s see if the socis leave their voice behind.

Stone: KING’S CUP

Mou: We always trip over the same stone

Music:  “Nessum Dorma” of Giacomo Puccini performed by Xavi Martínez in Catalan.

THAT’S HOW INIESTA RECOVERED

From his suffering because of the injuries to Ballon d’Or’s candidate.

The keys:

Emotional stability

A proper physical work plan.

The unconditional support of Pep and Del Bosque.

Espanyol prepares him a homage in Cornellà.

The player celebrated yesterday in Ciutat Esportiva his debut as a blaugrana, 8 years ago.

The soci couldn’t care less regarding the “Due diligence”. Only 86 socis have shown the wish to read it.

Ruled out the idea of playing el Clásico on Saturday. Mediapro will not take the decision until 15 days before Barça – Madrid.

PASTORE, THE WISHED

The last Argentinean pearl (21) amazes Italy and is in Barça’s list.

The crack, a Messi’s friend, prefers the Camp Nou and Palermo accept they will have to sell him.

UEFA will make public today Pinto’s ban for imitating the referee’s whistle during the Copenhagen match.

Valdés: “I don’t believe in playing a match on Monday“

The squad is with Villa: “David, this is your match“

[Non Barça Related]

Mourinho’s team is Ronaldo, Casillas and ten more players.

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo reports that Barça will promote the two Spain U-21 internationals, central defender Andreu Fontas (20) and midfielder Thiago Alcantara (19) from the B team in January, in order to address the shortage of players in the first team when the schedule gets tighter ahead of the second half of the season.

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Note: This commercial is from 2007