Victor Valdes a bifat pe terenul Almeriei jocul cu numarul 250 in Primera Division. Vezi si alte curiozitati ale meciului Almeria - Barcelona 2-2

Desi a reusit doar o remiza la Almeria, FC Barcelona inregistreaza cu doua puncte mai mult decat in acelasi moment al sezonului precedent. Catalanii au si un inceput mai bun de luna martie, in urma un an fiind invinsi in prima partida a acestei luni la Madrid de Atletico cu scorul de 4-3. Ramane de vazut daca Barcelona va repeta performantele din urma cu un an, cand pasul gresit facut in fata lui Atletico a fost ultimul pana cand titlul de campioana a Spaniei a fost castigat. In luna martie 2009, trupa lui Guardiola a mai inregistrat o remiza in Copa del Rey (1-1 la Mallorca) si 4 victorii: 2-0 cu Athletic Bilbao, 5-2 cu Lyon, 2-0 la Almeria si 6-0 cu Malaga.

Contra Almeriei, Barcelona a evoluat din nou in sistemul 4-2-3-1, la fel ca in precedentul meci cu Malaga.

Carles Puyol a semnat al doilea autogol al Barcelonei in acest sezon, in fiecare caz formatia blaugrana fiind nevoita sa se multumeasca cu un singur punct. Primul coechipier care l-a invins pe Valdes a fost Gerard Pique in ultimul minut al meciului cu Osasuna din deplasare, scor final 1-1.

Eliminarea lui Zlatan Ibrahimovic a fost cea de-a patra a sezonului. Primul jucatorul care si-a lasat echipa in inferioritate numerica a fost Sergio Busquets, care a vazut doua cartonase galbene in meciul cu Real Madrid. Ceilalti doi eliminati ai Barcelonei au fost Pique si Marquez, ambii in jocul cu Getafe. Inaintea jocului cu Almeria, Barcelona castigase ambele jocuri in care evoluase in inferioritate numerica.

Tot in meciul cu Almeria a fost eliminat si Pep Guardiola, fiind a treia oara cand antrenorul a fost trimis in tribuna de la venirea acestuia pe banca tehnica a Barcelonei. Ambele eliminari precedente au fost inregistrate sezonul trecut, contra lui Bayern Munchen si Osasuna.

Sambata la Almeria, Victor Valdes a jucat pentru a 250-a oara in campionat pentru FC Barcelona. El este al treilea portar ca numar de prezente in Primera Division in inteaga istorie a clubului.

    Так заявил генеральный директор клуба Жоан Оливер в интервью для официального сайта “Барсы”. Обжалованы будут удаления Пепа Гвардиолы на 27-й и Златан Ибрагимовича на 60-й минутах матча с “Альмерией”. В обоих случаях были показаны прямые красные карточки.

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    Как записано в арбитражном акте Пеп Гвардиола был удален за то, что “он покинул тренерскую зону, подошел к запасному судье номер 1, приблизил к нему свое лицо и начал на него кричать”.

    В случае со шведом запись в акте гласит: “Он пнул игрока соперников в штрафной площади, в то время как шла игра, а мяча у этого игрока не было. Этот игрок проявил вежливость, так как смог продолжить матч”.

Former Barcelona and Dutch legend Johan Cruyff has slammed the current Barca squad after some disappointing results.

During his weekly column in Spanish newspaper El Periodico, he left no one in any doubt of his thoughts on the recent performances:

“The players were warned and they do not learn,” he wrote. “Atletico, Racing, Stuttgart… after three bad games, they put in a good performance against Malaga.”

“On that day, they were all willing to run. They were willing to hold onto the ball and to play in our traditional way. Their positional work was good in that game, they moved the ball around quickly, and all this work created a lot of space on the pitch.”

“If they want to, they can play one or two levels higher than they are at present. As things stand, there are a few players who are not giving their all. I would invite them to look in the mirror and to examine what they have been doing and what they are doing now.”

“It is a question of individuals but it impacts on the whole team. There is time to return to the top, but everything depends on the players looking at their own performances. If they do not recover their original philosophy and apply it on the pitch, there will be more performances like Saturday.”

Very cutting words indeed and you can expect to see a more motivated Barcelona take the field in future, that is the effect Cruyff has on them to this day.

“Have you heard about that bonus which will be paid to Madrid players if they qualify for the Champions’ next round?”

“The players?” “I’d like to know how much are La Liga’s referees being paid!!!”