Out of my special request to VeB to make this thread. Thursday, the 10th of January 2013 | BARCELONA (CEST), 21:30 | LOS ANGELES (PDT), 12:30 | MONTREAL( EDT), 15:30 | LONDON (BST), 20:30 |MELBOURNE (EST), 5:30 (NEXT DAY) Convert to your local time CAMP NOUBarcelona Capacity: 99,354 Stadium Info | Google Street Head to Head Results Wed 12/12/12 Cordoba 0 - 2 Barcelona Current Form Sun 06/01/13 PRD Barcelona 4 - 0 EspanyolSat 22/12/12 PRD Valladolid 1 - 3 BarcelonaSun 16/12/12 PRD Barcelona 4 - 1 Atletico Madrid Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández Wed 12/12/12 CDR Cordoba 0 - 2 Barcelona Sun 09/12/12 PRD Betis 1 - 2 Barcelona . . . Visca el Barça
Thanks for making the thread mate. We have a very tough trip against Malaga after this match. Saying that, we should not take this match lightly... Pinto Montoya - Bartra - Masch - Alba Song Thiago - Fabregas Tello - Messi - David Villa Tito won't be present, he'll travel to yet US for treatment.
PintoMontoya Bartra Mascherano AdrianoJonathan Song ThiagoTello Alexis Villa I'd like for that to be the starting lineup, although it's likely that Cesc, Alves, and Messi may start this. Don't think we should risk them though, just have them on the bench as options in case things go wrong. Looking forward to this though. If we hold on to our lead, we'll face Malaga in the quarterfinals and with the league fixture this weekend also being against them, it'll be 3 Barca-Malaga games in 10 days. If LPB go through tomorrow, they will also face Valencia 3 times but all meetings coming one after the other.
That would have been correct initially, but the Copa semifinal second leg won't take place until February 27 after the switchup on the fixture scheduling last month. Assuming we get past Cordoba and then Malaga, while Valencia beat LPB/Celta, we would play them in the Copa semi first leg on January 30 at Camp Nou, then in the league three or four days later at the Mestalla, and then the Copa semi second leg would be on February 27 at the Mestalla. In between the league and the second Copa meeting, we have to play four games (Getafe (H), Granada (A), Milan (A), Sevillla (H)).
The Complete Squad Valdés Pinto Dani Alves Fàbregas Puyol Villa Alexis Messi Thiago Dos Santos Mascherano Bartra Sergio Song Jordi Alba Montoya Adriano Tello S. Roberto
that lineup makes sense to me, although i think i'd like to see bartra play instead of puyol for this one.
All I want to see from this game is Thiago take control!!! I'm kinda tired of seeing him on the field, pulling a couple of sweet (but ultimately aimless) jukes, glorious cross field field passes (that don't end up going anywhere), but rarely contributing to dangerous attacking moves. Dude is probably as skilled as Iniesta but doesn't have a tenth of the influence on the game that the other mid's do. Come on Thiago!!!
thiago isn't doing any worse than iniesta or xavi did by the age of 21. growing into the players xavi and iniesta are today took years, not days. thiago's doing just fine.
Very true, that does remind me of the Baggy Shirt Iniesta version that I often wondered about. Skills were obvious to see, but seemed to operate solely on the periphial of the game. Which is my beef with Thiago...fair enough!
Messi starts on the bench. Pinto Alves -- Puyol -- Mascherano -- Montoya Song Sergi Roberto -- Thiago Villa -- Alexis -- Cesc Subs Valdes, Bartra, Alba, Busquets, Dos Santos, Messi, Tello Adriano discarded.
Pretty solid: http://www.rojadirecta.me/goto/bilbainita7.blogspot.com.es/p/canal-2.html Cool to see some new faces in the squad