Barcelona plays the seventh game of the season against Athletic Bilbao.
Two weeks ago, Athletic lost 4-0 against Sevilla, playing with Iraizoz, Iraola, Aitor Ocio, Amorebieta, Ustaritz, Balenziaga, David López, Garmendia, Orbaiz, Susaeta, Yeste, Ion Vélez.
Athletic is ranked fifteenth in the Liga, Barcelona fourth. You can read a preview of the game here
Athletic squad list:
Iraizoz, Ustaritz, Amorebieta, David López, Garmendia, Llorente, Yeste, Gabilondo, Armando, Susaeta, Iraola, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Aitor Ocio, Ion Vélez, Balenziaga
Barcelona squad list:
Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Márquez, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal, Sylvinho, Touré, Busquets, Keita, Iniesta, Hleb, Víctor Sánchez, Messi, Eto'o, Bojan, Henry
Before (what are your expectations, what's your prediction, what should be the line-up,...), during and after the match, you can comment on the game here.
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I want Pepe Guardiola to be a maverick and make some changes with the team formation. I can't understand why a great team like Barca would be limited ...very limited in playing formation. I want him to play with a 4-4-2 formation as follows;
Valdez
Alvez, Marquez, Pique, Silvinho
Keita, Yaya
Messi Iniesta
Henri, Eto'o
and give this formation about 2 or 3 games and we'll see if Real stands a chance this season
oooh and please when Xavi comes back he'll take his place back in the mid field
where can i watch the match please
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Watch Atl Bilbavo vs Barcelona on www.veetle.com , download and instal veetle.exe and there you go , you have GOL TV and all Spanish , German leagues and also some other channels with English Premiere league .
Hope you enjoy Barcelonas Goleada ..
Valdés, Alves, Piqué, márquez, Víctor Sánchez; Touré, keita, Iniesta, Hleb, Eto'o y Henry
CONFIRMED!!
abidal for hleb.
Hleb needed for Sánchez and pique must be the player who mark lourente
messi on the bench
is pep insane?
Messi is exhausted after internationals, i think pep did the right decision, me too in the preview :)))
henry assist...jst class
y not hleb for sanches? pep is funny atimes
Vales for Man of the Match!!!
Finalllllllllllllllllll del partido.
0-1, good win. Good thing for the confidence we proved that we can win without messi and Xavi.
P.S. Nobody predicted the starting lineup...
Yea,Guardiola has a strange mind but a good one too.
Hehehe....
Més que un club!!!
We're ahead of Madrid again... Always a nice feeling!
yes valdes for MoM!! HE WAS EXELENT TODAY!!!!
nexta henry and iniesta..
The chat thingy never worked for me pep :)
Good game tonight!! Iniesta is my man :D
Solid match but great win. Any new about Keita?
can anyone give me al link to see eto's goal.
How was the game and where can i see the goal?
Hey Pep I wasnt too far off though...Sanchez messed me up!!!
Great victory....we can actually win a game by scoring only one goal.
In the past I have not been on Yaya's side but for me he was the Man of The Match by far...
Yaya...9
Valdez...8
Eto'o...8
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Good composed win. Athletic worked hard and defended very well. This was a tough game to win and it is very good to see that we did it without Messi and Xavi. I also like that Pep did not bring on Messi, it shows confidence in the team as a whole and it takes the pressure off Messi. I was a little curious as to why he started 3 defensive minded midfielders but it worked so i guess we cant complain.
Valdes was amazing tonight, he made some excellent saves and commanded his box well and I am not a fan of his. Abidal who I am also not a fan of is getting better and better with every game. Once again he was rock solid tonight, barely put a foot wrong and worked very hard. Pique was also good, except for one mistake. Marquez didnt have one of his better nights. Alves still needs time and I have no doubt he will come good in the end. Same with Keita. You can see their potential when they play, it just seems they arent on the same wavelength yet. Not too sure about Sanchez though, i know hes young but i didnt see anything impressive from him. Yaya for me was our best player in the middle of the park, strong, composed, great positioning and good link up play. Pep has to give him more time now, certainly he has a more positive influence than Keita.
Iniesta as always was fantastic when he got the ball. Eto'o was his usual hard working, determined self. Henry was by no means fantastic, but he worked hard and he set up the goal with some great play so i cant really complain.
All in all, good all round performance. Man of the match for me is Valdes.
Now for Basel.....with Messi and Xavi back and fully rested we should be in for a treat :)
congradulations for the 6th consecutive win,
1st clean sheat!
Valdes was unbelievable! please no one takes the captin mark from him!!;)
Iniesta, the man of the match.
Eto'o god job, but how could you miss that one!
Henry, gread assist, exhaution was obvios.
Abidal/Alves great performance.
Tore', was outstanding! and believe me he'll never leave:)
Busuets, same steady performance.
Sanches, was a burden on the squad,too early for him.
Piquet, the ultimate stopper! many great saves, few, very few, lapses.
Marquez/Poyol standard powerfull performance.
Kieta, man you are so unlucky.
PEPE, it was your match, he achieved to win the match with minimal effort,without Messi, xavi,etc, and with an exhausted squad! another good sign for a great manager.
by the way,I was right about the backline in my formation! with Pepe, thats a victory. :))
Guys any news on Keita and his injury, or it's too early for that?
Very convincing victory, Again the unpopular players are clearing all doubts regarding their potentials.
Ramzi bedtime, i will bother you again being noisy rambling for Basel game ;)
And Omar...it happens;) I went once to a meeting with a presentation saved on the USB, and only figured out that I took the wrong USB when I opened it on the PC IN THE MEETING while everyone was waiting my show, so... ;)
hey how did we actually play?
the usual 4-3-3 with henry on the left and iniesta on the right or a 4-4-2 with two strikers and two offensive midfielders out wide(iniesta, sanchez)? and what kind of player is sanchez? which position does he usually play for barca b?
LOL Ramzi! Did you have to go back and grab the right one?
Nice work, and without puyol at the back. Great! What a team.
...and what a coach!
3rd place is really good. up to the 1st now..
Off topic, but I'd love to see a consistant line-up like this... like a 4-1-3-2...
Valdés
Alves Márquez Piqué Abidal
(Puyol) (Sylvinho)
Touré Yaya
Xavi
Messi Iniesta
(Hleb)
Henry
(Bojan)
Eto'o
...and for a more defensive position, the 4-3-3...
...drop Xavi back a little... and sub Iniesta, Henry, or Bojan for Keita or Busquets... like this...
Touré Yaya Keita
Xavi (Busquets)
Messi Iniesta
(Henry)
Eto'o (Bojan)
Gudjohnsen can rest Xavi on games that don't really matter... or Messi can slide in to Xavi's spot and Hleb on the right.
shit... that didn't line up at all the way I wanted...
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