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Barça undefeated at season’s halfway stage
January 25th, 2010FC Barcelona’s 3-0 defeat of Valladolid on Saturday night means that for the first time in their history the Catalan club were unbeaten in the first half of the season.
The match started off with the home team pressing Barça and Victor Valdes called in to action with a great save against Diego Castro. But after Xavi scored in the 20th minute – followed by Alves a minute later – Valladolid essentially gave up the fight and Barcelona took over.
In the second half Henry came close to scoring in the 55th minute, a great shot but equally good save by Valladolid’s keeper. A minute later Messi put the goal home assisted by Ibrahimovic to give Barcelona another comfortable victory.
0-1 Xavi (min 20)
0-2 Alves (min 21)
0-3 Messi (min 56)
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
|
1
|
Barcelona |
19
|
15
|
4
|
0
|
49
|
10
|
49
|
|
2
|
Real Madrid |
19
|
14
|
2
|
3
|
44
|
13
|
44
|
|
3
|
Valencia |
19
|
11
|
6
|
2
|
35
|
16
|
39
|
|
4
|
Mallorca |
19
|
10
|
4
|
5
|
33
|
21
|
34
|
|
5
|
Deportivo |
19
|
10
|
4
|
5
|
23
|
19
|
34
|
|
6
|
Sevilla |
19
|
10
|
3
|
6
|
29
|
21
|
33
|
|
7
|
Getafe |
19
|
10
|
0
|
9
|
27
|
24
|
30
|
|
8
|
Athletic Bilbao |
19
|
9
|
3
|
7
|
24
|
24
|
30
|
|
9
|
Villarreal |
19
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
31
|
27
|
26
|
|
10
|
Sporting Gijón |
19
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
20
|
21
|
24
|
|
11
|
Atlético Madrid |
19
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
30
|
31
|
23
|
|
12
|
Osasuna |
19
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
18
|
21
|
23
|
|
13
|
Racing Santander |
19
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
23
|
27
|
23
|
|
14
|
Espanyol |
19
|
5
|
5
|
9
|
13
|
26
|
20
|
|
15
|
Almería |
19
|
4
|
6
|
9
|
18
|
29
|
18
|
|
16
|
Málaga |
19
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
21
|
26
|
17
|
|
17
|
Valladolid |
19
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
23
|
35
|
17
|
|
18
|
Tenerife |
19
|
4
|
5
|
10
|
16
|
36
|
17
|
|
19
|
Zaragoza |
19
|
3
|
5
|
11
|
20
|
41
|
14
|
|
20
|
Xerez |
19
|
1
|
5
|
14
|
8
|
34
|
8
|
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Barça win Champions League
May 28th, 2009It took them a few minutes to get into the game against Manchester United, and those early minutes included some unnerving play by Cristiano Ronaldo, but once Barça stepped up the pace they controlled the game completely.
Once in control came the first goal from Samuel Eto’o who took the ball past the Man United defence and knocked in the ball so gently that many people didn’t believe it had gone in. However, when it was clear that the goal had been scored, Barcelona erupted.
From that point Barcelona lifted the game up a notch and Manchester never really looked like they were contenders. While a second Barça goal looked likely, it wasn’t until the 70th minute that Xavi crossed to Messi, who headed the ball into the net.
At the end of the match the Barcelona sky was lit with fireworks, while people all over the city celebrated the treble – Copa del Rey, La Liga and Champions League.
1-0 Eto’o (min 10)
2-0 Messi (min 70)
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