Saturday, April 9, 2011

When In Doubt, Messi.

It's not impossible to score on Barca.
Barcelona only beat Almeria (Liga's last place team) by two goals yesterday. The mistakes happened early: Pep was tired and accidentally had Bojan in the starting XI instead of Villa (or Pedro). Bojan (sadly) got injured early on and now will be out for the remainder of the season. Almeria scored first, Corona on a 2 to 1 breakaway. First goal they have ever scored at Camp Nou and his reward? Gets subbed off.

Iniesta didn't show up mentally, but has a new born baby at home which is a decent excuse. I was not happy about Diego Alves taking out David Villa in the box but hey, we got a penalty out of it and that's obvi a goal when Messi's taking it. 19-year-old Thiago got a header of a goal as well. Messi scores Barca's last goal by being a little thief and stealing the ball away from the defender, had his normal little breakaway and pop!  He deserves an ice cream cone.


Yella cards!
Who got 'em: Villa (foul), Bojan (hand), Mascherano (foul) and will miss match against Real Madrid (but so will Ramos so lets call it even).

Also, need to give Cristiano some credit. He held the title for Liga's top goal scorer for a good hour (28 goals). Unfortunately for him, his hair, his ego and pride, there was a Barcelona game right after. Messi took home 2 goals making him the leader yet again with 29 goals.


Guardiola: "I'm not worried Villa doesn't score. I'm happy with how he works for the team."
Messi Showing the Badge [via @barcastuff]

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