Real Sociedad Versus FC Barcelona

Carcelona crushed by Strong home side

Barcelona had a "Bayern" moment today when they faced Real Sociedad. The last victory in this stadium was 7 years ago and it was obvious why. Barca lost a lot of duels in the midfield. Sociedad was very dangerous in the counter attack and the barcelona defense was dreadful. Vela and Griezmann played a great game. The only luck that Barcelona has is that Atletico and Real MAdrid will have to play in Sociedad as well.

Barcelona's defense is horrible this season. I doubt that they can have any impact in the champions league.

They lost 3-1 and it could have been much higher.

On a side note, Messi scored a nice equalizer.

With that goal, Messi overtook Raul and is now on third position behind Sanchez and zarra in all time goal scorer list in La Liga.

Manchester City FCBarcelona 18.02.2014

FC Barcelona wins against a surprisingly weak Manchester side

Lets be honest. The game was very boring. Manchester never really tried anything. The coach had a very bad setup. He deviated from his usual 4-4-2 to a  4-5-1. Barcelona was never in any significant danger. One nice through ball to Messi, red card for a stupid tackle from behind and a penalty.

Messi scored and the rest was not really important. I have to say that I am disappointed. It looked like the Barcelona players were just having a rest. Manchester was too afraid to do anything. It was a weird game. Oh yeah Dani Alves scored at the end of the game....

Manchester probably should not even bother to show up at the Camp Nou.

Messi was voted man of the match and got 8.2 from whoscored.com, he had some nice actions but far too few for my taste. All of the Barcelona squad were just taking a walk.

He has now 7 goals from 4 games this CL season and could be breaking Raul's record soon.

Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano 15.2.2014

Brilliant Victory by Barcelona against a weak Rayo side.

Barcelona simply crushed a very weak Rayo squad. THe first goal fell in the seconds minute from the edge of the box by Adriano who shot brilliantly into the far side corner. The keeper did not have a chance.

Pedro and Messi both hit the woodwork later. Messi increased the score with a superb chip over the keeper after a big mistake by the defense in the midfield.

He assisted the third goal by Sanchez and scored again shortly before being substituted.

Also noteworthy was Barcelona's 4th goal by Pedro which was a sublime team goal and the last goal from Neymar which was a beautiful shot from 20 meters.

La liga Game, FC Sevilla V FC Barcelona 9.2.2014

Splendid Messi leads a weak Barcelona side to an undeserved 1-4 victory in Sevilla

FCB started poorly and conceded a goal in the first 15 minutes. The pitch was soaked and the heavy rain made fluent passing almost impossible. Sevilla managed to put a lot of pressure on the catalans and almost scored a second goal, when a header hit the woodwork. Barcelona bounced back with a free kick assist from Messi which Sanchez converted rom an Offside position.  

A counter attack was finished off in a splendid manner by la Pulga under heavy rain, which his first goal from the game in la liga since the end of September just before the end of the first half.

La pulga scored again in the 56th minute in a spectacular fashion after snatching a pass from Iniesta which was actually meant for Alexis Sanchez and finished it off in his usual accurate and spectacular fashion. 

A late nice goal by Fabregas sealed the deal for Barcelona. The result it self is very deceiving and does not accurately reflect the actual game. FCB had huge problems in their defensive line. Pique and Bartra underperformed and did not work together at all. Specially Pique seems to have lost his touch and is no longer the world class center back that he used to be 2 or 3 years ago.

Messi was voted Man of the match and his rating by whoscored.com was 9.8 from 10.

Messi is getting close to be the All time Goal scorer in La Liga at an age of 26! Already marked at 5th place and only 15 goals shy of Telmo Zarra. A record set in 1955!

Since his return in 2014, Messi has had the following statistics:

Messi in 2014 for Barcelona: - 9 official appearances - 7 goals - 6 assists

Copa del Rey, Barcelona v Getafe

Sensational comeback by la Pulga,

The first 65 minutes of this game went as expected. A harmless Getafe played against a toothless Fc Barcelona. FCB nevertheless managed to score twice by the feet of Fabregas. in the middle of the seconds half, the crows started to cheer Messi's when he started to warm up.

He was substituted in and the magic began. He dribbled and passed as if he had never had a 2 month injury. His stats were amazing:


Pass Accuracy= 95%
Touches=37
Total Shots = 4
Goals=2
Dribbles Won = 4

Man of the match!


And all that in just 25 minutes.

The king is back!