FC Barcelona thread

[pennywisealfie]

word. Oleguer is the Minto of Barca except not as entertaining.

 

[The Brizz]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2724/ballon ... sed-as-the

Penny, more for you than anyone else. Unless there are other Xavi fans out there, very valid points are made in the article and it is sad he hasn't been given more individual honours.

 

[pennywisealfie]

Xavi is fucking amazing. Im pretty biased but i think Barca have the worlds 3 best players in Messi, Xavi & Iniesta. I cant split them. Will be cool to see what they do in the world cup.

 

[The Brizz]

I think Spain will finally turn up at a World Cup, they realised how to do it at the Euro's and with the playing group they have nothing will stop them if they play to their potential.

 

[The Brizz]

He is definately my favourite player of alltime, have loved him since he first came in.

 

[The Brizz]

Watching the boys play Deportivo away, always a hard road trip.

Just went up 1-0 after about half an hour, great goal on the turn from Messi. He looks ominous tonight.

 

[The Brizz]

1-1 Mistake from Valdes although Puyol and Pique somehow let a goalkick bounce over them, Valdes was off his line and just made a lazy attempt at a weak header. ARGH.

 

[The Brizz]

2-1 with 10 minutes to go. Superb team goal, built beautifully. Great cross from Pedro for Messi to power home!

 

[The Brizz]

3-1 Great side foot finish from a Abidal centre from Ibra, absolutely powered it home. I love the big man!

 

[pennywisealfie]

i watched the game, i couldnt remember which goal, but there was one where it was just a beautiful build up from half way, involving heaps of 1st touch passes. even mum who saw it was saying that was amazing.

 

[The Brizz]

Yeah the second Messi goal where the moved it from side to side and eventually Pedro got released down the right and put a great little chip on Messi's head fpr them to go 2-1 up, yet another brilliant Barca team goal. Ibra's finish from the Abidal centre was also awesome he absolutely hammered that side foot.

 

[pennywisealfie]

actually im referring to the 3rd goal, a lot of focus was on the great strike by Ibra, but go back and watch that goal again and the passing, vision and understanding is incredible in that movement.

 

[The Brizz]

Good win this morning, frustrating to watch at times. 70% possession and couldn't find that last pass but to sneak away with the win in Kyiv is a superb result and gives Barca a second place finisher in the round of 16 which is good because I don't want to have to play Chelsea as long as it can be helped, I think they and Real Madrid are the two sides most capable of stopping us from defending the title.

 

[pennywisealfie]

i want real or chelsea!!! I love the big matches. I dont want to go thru the comp and everyone say "barca won, but u cant really call them the best, coz they beat shit teams to get there". I want to take on the best, I know we can beat them.

 

[The Brizz]

Oh don't get me wrong I love the big games and think we can get past either of them. Just think of all the big teams Chelsea is the one we match up with the worst because of Essien, Mikel, Lampard and Ballack all spoiling our midfields rythym.

 

[fenomeno]

Magnificent victory for Real this morning. No Kaka or Cronaldo and at the Mestalla. Good performance although Casillas was disappointing.

Barca got lucky.

 

[pennywisealfie]

We didnt play that well. no Messi, Iniesta was quiet. Victor Valdes was awesome when he was called upon. Probably one of the best penalties I've ever seen from Zlatan.

Espanyol always give us a tough match, so its great to come away with the 3.

 

[pennywisealfie]

i found this in an article today:

Other famous Barcelona fans include Josep Carreras, Drew Carey, Rob Smith, Severiano Ballesteros, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Kobe Bryant, Sonia Ferrer, Àlex Corretja, Manolo Escobar, Ariadna Gil, Esther Cañadas, Joan Manuel Serrat to name but a few.