FC Barcelona sealed an all-important away victory to kick off their campaign to retain the La Liga title. Below are some of the comments the Blaugrana camp made to the club’s official site after the match.
What we saw on Sunday night is a team that is the result of more than eight years of hard work. It is the continuous blend between experienced players and youth with a clear vision for the future, where every player takes part in the whole team. During the past couple days, culminating on Saturday night, many Barcelona fans have rushed to criticize Guardiola specifically, and the FC Barcelona club generally, for the poor handling of Ibrahimovic’s transfer bid. However, it is worth mentioning, before we proceed with the post-match review of Racing de Santander against Barcelona, a couple of important issues regarding the case.
Racing Santander - FC Barcelona
(Sunday August 29, 2010 @ 19:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)
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Here comes that feeling we all know too well, the tingling sensation that comes with anxious expectation about the start of the new season for FC Barcelona. Even though there were two official matches already under way in the Super Copa (that we won 5-3 in aggregate), the first match of the La Liga season is always seen as the first of many tests that are about to come to FC Barcelona. Will we see another mesmerizing display of fluid and accurate football that is our identity, or will our opponents refuse to yield and proceed to stifle Barca in our journey to ascendancy?
Barcelona B started off their league campaign in the Second Division with an away win against Celta Vigo 1-2, thanks to goals by Jonathan Soriano and Andreu Fontàs. Details of the match are below, along with the highlights and download links for the full match.
The Joan Gamper trophy on Wednesday night at the Camp Nou was a sentimental gathering where some of Barcelona great moments where cherished. Before the game started, Joan Laporta, Pep Guardiola, and the whole team members along with the new president Sandro Rosell gathered for the official presentation of the La Liga cup.
RESULT:
FC Barcelona: 1 ( 3 on penalties – Messi, Bojan, Thiago)
AC Milan: 1 (1 on penalties – Yepes)
FC Barcelona – AC Milan
(Wednesday August 25, 2010 @ 19:45 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)
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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:
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 AC Milan for the Gamper Trophy.
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The end of summer can mean different things to different people: the beginning of the school year, a slow descent into a freezing winter, a long-forgotten song by The Doors called “Summer’s Almost Gone” from their 1968 classic Waiting For The Sun. Maybe that last one is just me, but I mention it to make the point that we’re in an often-romanticized part of the year that carries a lot of significance. For culés, it means the Gamper Cup, which means that we’re about to embark on the long journey that is the La Liga season, not to mention the Champions League and Copa del Rey. It’s an occasion to remember Joan Gamper, founder of the club. This year it’s also an occasion to remember another legend, a man who is making his first trip back to Camp Nou after leaving the club: Ronaldinho.
Leo Messi, the Argentinean, has become an unsolved riddle. For the same player who was not able to score with his national team in the World Cup has scored a hat-trick and been the hero with FC Barcelona against Sevilla, in the Super Cup second leg on Saturday night at the Camp Nou! It is perhaps the freedom he’s given by Guardiola, or maybe because he feels himself at home with Barcelona. It is the spirit with which the players play that allows the whole team to prosper.
Spanish Super Cup 2nd leg
21st August ; CET 20:30
Venue: Camp Nou
Attendance: 67,414
The Blaugrana picked up yet another trophy. Who starred for the champions? Find out after the jump!
FC Barcelona – Sevilla FC
(Saturday August 21, 2010 @ 20:30 Barcelona time - Convert to local time)
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Saturday, August 21, 20:30 CET – Camp Nou, Barcelona
The defending La Liga champions, Champions League semi-finalist and world famous FC Barcelona, often referred to in recent times as the best team in the world, have dug themselves a hole. A year ago, Barca was putting the finishing touches on a 5-1 aggregate victory over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup. A year later, Barca finds itself trailing 3-1 to Sevilla heading into the Camp Nou leg.
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:
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 for the second leg of Spanish Super Cup.
Results from the first round:
No winner! It seems nobody was able to guess the correct lineup. Think you’re better? Try your luck for the second round.
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In what seemed a déjà vu, FC Barcelona on Saturday night could not keep their lead against a relaxed, thirsty-to-win Sevilla team. The game against Sevilla reminds Barcelona fans of a bitter Champions League semi-final against Mourinho’s Inter Milan which was played last April: after taking the lead early in the game, Barcelona lost track and eventually lost 3-1. The reasons back then where attributed to the tiredness of the team players after a 14 hours bus-drive, a reason that surely was not the factor behind why the Blaugrana lost against Sevilla in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium.
Spanish Supercup, 1st leg
14th August, CET 21:30
Venue: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan
Attendance: 38,921
Referee: Cesar Muniz Fernandez
Who topped and who flopped? Here’s what we think.
Sevilla FC – FC Barcelona
(Saturday August 14, 2010 @ 21:30 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)
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Saturday, August 14, 21:30 CET – Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Sevilla
They say that history repeats itself. Sevilla will be hoping for a repeat of a not too distant event — the first leg of last season’s Copa Del Rey in which they defeated Barcelona at Camp Nou. The scoreline read 1:2. The two goals were enough as Barcelona could salvage only one in Ramon Sanchez. It was a victory savoured by Sevilla, who would go on to win the tournament. Their Copa Del Rey triumph has led them to this match, the Spanish Super Cup, in which Sevilla take on the La Liga champions.
For Barcelona, at stake is prestige, the need to assert its dominance in Spain, add to the silverware and its illustrious history, and more importantly begin the new season on an upbeat note. A victory would mean one step closer to another accolade. It would also be a warning to teams across Europe that the club, which only recently has got its full squad training together, can overcome any adversity. And there have been a few for both sides.
And we’re back with the second season of ‘The Ultimate Game’. 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:
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 for the first leg of Spanish Super Cup.
Join us after the jump to take part in the game.
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