Nov. 08 - Barcelona back to their best
Sevilla 0 Barcelona 3 (29th November 2008)
Barcelona were back to their best on Saturday evening with the Catalans looking like championship material. Sevilla were the latest victims to succumb to the might of Messi and co and it was Eto'o who got the ball rolling (excuse the pun) with a 20th minute strike. Sevilla fumbled the ball on the edge of the penalty area and Eto'o struck with an easy but nevertheless, efficient finish.
Barcelona spent the next hours trying hard for the 2nd goal, to effectively put the game to sleep but Sevilla were persistent and has a few chances of their own but lacked the ability to finish in front of goal. The game was finally decided by Messi who popped up with goals in the 78th and 90th minutes to give Barcelona another 3 points. With Getafe beatig Real Madrid 3-1 this left Barcelona 6 points clear of Real. Villareal now remain in 2nd place, 4 points behind Barcelona.
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Barcelona 1 Getafe 1 (24th November 2008)
Barcelona had the chance to go 5 points clear and with the game being played in the Nou Camp and with recent drubbings of opponents by Barcelona, this looked an easy game on paper. But Getafe turned up for a battle and they had no intention of being knocked for 6 as previous teams have and a 19th minute goal by Manu of Getafe gave Gatafe a surprise 1-0 lead. This score remained through to half-time.
Messi was out injured for this game and his influence was missed. Despite his absense though, Barcelona were pretty much at full strength and at the start of the 2nd half everyne expected a Barcelona fight back. Getafe remained resilient though and it took Barcelona 71 minutes to eventually break through a stoic Getafe defence. It was Keita's goal for Barcelona which got Barcelona a draw and not the win which they really wanted. With the Barcelona v Real Madrid game now very close, a 5 point lead would have been the ideal for Barceloa.
Mid-week see's Barcelona in Champions League action, with an away game against Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
Recreativo Huelva 0 Barcelona 2 (16th November 2008)
Barcelona were not able to keep up the 6 goals per game but a two-nil away win was just what the doctor ordered and this workman like win meant that the Catalans were able to build a 3 point lead at the top of La Liga. With Huelva 2nd from bottom in the division, this always looked likely to be an away win and nothing in the game itself suggested anything different.
Messi and Leita were the names on the score sheet today, leaving Eto' scoreless in this game; an unusual occurance given Eto'o recent splendid form. With a full strength team, Barcelona did take time to break down the Andalusian team but patience proved important and paid off for Barcelona.
The middle of this week sees a number of International friendly games taking place and Spain entertain Chile, causing Barcelona's game next weekend to be postponed.
Barcelona 6 Valladolid 0 (8th November 2008)
The goals just keep coming and coming this season for Barcelona and if Eto'o is not careful, he could end up breaking the seasons all-time goal scoring record for La Liga. Eto'o scored yet another 4 goals and all of these within the first-half to send Barcelona in for their half time sangria 4-0 up. There was only ever one side in this game and at no point in the game did Valladolid look threatening and at no time in the game did Barcelona look like losing this game, such was their dominance.
In other games in La Liga, Real Madrid pulled off a hard-fought 4-3 goal fest against Malaga with Gonzalo Higuaín scoring all 4 goals for Real Madrid. Barcelona's local rivals RCD Espanyollost away from home 1-0 against Deportivo. FC Barcelona now sit proudly at the top of La Liga and with things going well for them in Europe and domestically, it's been a great season to date.
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Barcelona go TOP! Malaga 1 Barcelona 4 (1st November 2008)
Top place in La Liga was always coming with recent victories over Almeria, Athletico Bilbao and Athletico Madrid and this latest goal fest by Barcelona puts them in control of the division: This 4-1 away victory was the latest in a line of very convinging and easy victories for FC Barcelona. With main rivals Real Madrid also failing to win away to Almeria, Madrid only getting a 1-1 draw, Barcelona will now have their minds on the big game v Real madrid in December, a game which could put distance between themselves and Madrid.
Xavi was on target twice in this fixture with Messi notching up yet another goal to add to his impressive seasons tally, whilst the 4th goal was an own goal. Malaga gave little resistance throughout the game and there only ever looked likely to be one winner, despite Malaga going in at half-time only 2-1 down. The game was blighted in many ways by heavy rain and this made it very difficult for the players and meant that this was not the most free flowing game ever but the result was always likely to be the same, rain or shine. This now leaves Barcelona with an 11 game unbeaten run (including Champions League and cup games).
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