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.
FC Barcelona’s official website confirmed that a squad of 28 players flew out to South Korean capital Seoul at 6 p.m CET this evening, where they will continue with Barca’s pre-season tour.
FC Barcelona official website reports that 17 players from the Barca B squad, with the exception of the ones called up for the European Under-19 Championships with Spain, will begin the preseason with the first team under the orders of Josep Guardiola on Monday.
FC Barcelona’s official website report that the club have renewed the contracts of six reserve players. Victor Vazquez (23), Jonathan Soriano (24), Albert Dalmau (18), Benja Martinez (22), Ruben Mino (21) and Ilie Sanchez (19) have today extended their contracts with the club.
Barca Atlètic drew 1-1 at the weekend against Espanyol B. They dominated the first half but failed to press home their advantage in a much more contested second half.
After a run of three games without a victory, Barca Atlètic won an intense game at Gramanet with Elvis and Benja on target for the team, who only began to suffer when Oscar scored an 88th minute goal for the hosts.
Pep Guardiola called up four youngsters to continue their learning curve by training with the first-team on Friday morning as the squad prepared for the visit of Málaga at the weekend.
The Blaugrana boss added Carlos Planas (18) and Albert Dalmau (17) from the juvenile A side and Oriol Romeu (18) and Ilie Sánchez (19) from Barça Atlètic to add to the 19 regulars for the session. As is the norm the day before a game Barça trained behind closed doors at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.
Alves bouncing back
Note: This game was originally to be played on 15th November 2009 but was later postponed to 2nd December 2009, due to a chronic shortage of players due to injuries and international commitments.
Barca Atlètic chalked up their sixth consecutive win with 2-1 victory over Alicante at the Mini Estadi on Wednesday night, which takes them up into the play-off spots and just 2 points behind first-placed Mallorca B.
Luis Enrique and Joan Barberá’s young team are in top form right now, not having lost since the 7th round of games, when they lost to Sant Andreu, and having won their last six games on the trot.
Barça Atlètic won their seventh game of the season at Vila-Joiosa thanks to a goal in injury time. They left it late, having squandered several chances to settle the win earlier on.
Luis Enrique’s side are in the top half of the table with seven wins and 24 points, with a game in hand, after this important win on the road at Vila Joiosa.
First threats
Barça went straight onto the attack from the outset. Playing in a well-structured formation, it was Benja (20) who produced the first threat against the Valencia based side by making a penetrating run through the defence, but his one on one with the goalkeeper saw Nico turn the ball behind for a corner.
Barca Atlètic chalked up their fifth game on the run without a defeat by beating local rivals Gramanet, despite playing without a number of regulars.
Barca started strongly and Jonathan Soriano had a great chance early on with just the keeper to beat, but couldn’t put it away, but on 27 minutes they were ahead after captain Rueda rounded off a great move, latching onto a cross from Edu Oriol.
Rueda was again on target 10 minutes later with a shot from outside the box to make it 2-0 and Soriano and Dos Santos could have finished the game off with chances before the break .
Barca Atletico have have drawn their ninth game of the season against Alcoyano on Saturday at the Mini Estadi.
Many players missing
As has been the case so far this season Luis has again not been able to count on many of his troops. Marc Muniesa (17) and Sergi Roberto (17) were on international duty with the Spain U-17 while Thiago Alcantara (18), Victor Vazquez (22), Jonathan Soriano (22) have being out injured. Luis Enrique decided to replace young Marc Muniesa, Sergi Roberto with Andreu Fontas (19) who himself has just got back from Spanish U-20 duty and Ilie Sanchez (19) respectively.
Alcoyano opens the scoring
Alcoyano opened the scoring in the 2nd minute of the game with a goal by Victor Curto after a defensive mistake due to the lack of understanding between new defensive pairing Fontas (19) and Bartra (18). The reserves reacted quickly and showed first signs of warning in the 7th minute, as Joanthan Dos Santos (19) played Nolito (23) with a great through ball but he could not finish.
Barcelona Atletic have achieved their third victory of the season in their eighth game against UD Logroñés yesterday.
Elvis (22) opened the scoring in the very first minute of the game, when he headed in a cross from the left by Nolito. Barca Atletic could not capitalize the many chances they created throughout the game to take the scoreline to a much higher margin.
Great opportunities
The reserves could not seal the game despite creating many chances. Elvis missed a golden opportunity in the 40th minute, when he controlled the ball superbly and all he had to do was put the ball in, but surprisingly he put it wide. At the end of the first half Sergi Roberto (17) dribbled around most of the opponent defense only to lose the ball to the goalkeeper.
Barcelona Atletic has yestecrday achieved their first home win of the season at the Mini Estadi, 3-0 against Sabadell.
Jonathan Soriano opened the scoring for the hosts in the 22nd min by latching on to a header from Sergio Roberto following a set piece situation and Marc Muniesa scored the second just before half time with a header following a corner. Nolito, who came on as a substitute at halftime replacing Gai Assulin , sealed the victory in the 79th minute.
It was all in all a comfortable victory for Luis Enrique’s lads as the away side were kept at bay throughout the game.
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