PBP: La Liga J24 | FC Barcelona v Valencia CF | 19 February 2012 [R]

Viscaelbarca · Feb 14, 2012

Sunday the 19th of February 2012

Time

| Barcelona (CEST), 21:30 | LOS ANGELES (PDT), 12:30 | MONTREAL (EDT), 15:30 | LONDON (BST), 20:30 |

Convert to your local time

.
.
.

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Capacity: 99,354

Stadium Info | Google Street

*****************

Head-2-head

This season

Wed 08/02/12 CDR Barcelona 2 - 0 Valencia

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DX0KYuyBO0&hd=1"]Barcelona - Valencia 2-0 Highlights HD 08.02.2012 - YouTube[/ame]

Wed 01/02/12 CDR Valencia 1 - 1 Barcelona

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXmruZ7cNAI&hd=1"]Valencia - FC Barcelona (1-1) All Goals & Full Match Highlights (01.02.2012)[/ame]

Wed 21/09/11 PRD Valencia 2 - 2 Barcelona

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGENVstTPDM"]Valencia Vs Barcelona 2-2 - YouTube[/ame]

Older Meetings

Wed 02/03/11 PRD Valencia 0 - 1 Barcelona

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrlIGXzBw9M&hd=1"]FC Valencia 0-1 FC Barcelona (02/03/2011) | HD[/ame]

Sat 16/10/10 PRD Barcelona 2 - 1 Valencia

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz7p1O_3Wgg"]Barcelona-Valencia 2-1, Canal+ 16/10/10 - YouTube[/ame]

Sun 14/03/10 PRD Barcelona 3 - 0 Valencia

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkqkzY8olhA"]Highlights FC Barcelona - Valencia 3-0 - YouTube[/ame]

Sat 17/10/09 PRD Valencia 0 - 0 Barcelona
Sat 25/04/09 PRD Valencia 2 - 2 Barcelona
Sat 06/12/08 PRD Barcelona 4 - 0 Valencia
Sun 04/05/08 PRD Barcelona 6 - 0 Valencia
.
.
.

Match Officials

Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez
Assistants: Alfonso Vicente Moral and Luis Cote Sáez
Fourth official: Sergio Sanchez Castañer

Right Click on the image and click on View Image to view the full-size images.

Stats to follow

Viscaelbarca · Feb 14, 2012

Teams' Rankings

# Team MP D P

1 Real Madrid 22 +54 58
2 Barcelona 22 +47 48
3 Valencia 22 +13 40
4 Levante 22 +0 32
5 Espanyol 22 -1 32
6 Atlético Madrid 22 +4 31
7 Málaga 22 -4 31
8 Osasuna 22 -9 31
9 Athletic Club 22 +4 30
10 Rayo Vallecano 22 -5 28

Missing Players

FC Barcelona

Out: Mascherano, Alvés, Ibrahim Afellay, Andreu Fontás and David Villa
Doubtful: Xavi and Adriano

Valencia CF

Out: Hedwiges Maduro, Sergio Canales, Paco Alcácer
Doubtful: Alba

Overall La Liga Stats
(Home & Away v Home & Away)

General Stats

Goals Types

Player Stats

.
.
.

Visca el Barça

Gilmango · Feb 15, 2012

Xavi will almost certainly not play against Valencia this weekend. He hopes to be ready for the game against Atletico Madrid #fcblive [rac1]

If Xavi is indeed out, Alves and Masch suspended, and Villa, Affelay, Fontas on long term injuries (am I forgetting anyone else?).

Adriano limped off but hopefully he can go. Iniesta and Pedro rounding into shape. Pique back from his discipline or whatever that was. Keita back and a bit rested post Africa. So we have:

GK: 100% - VV (& Pinto on bench)

D: OK if Adriano can go: Adriano-Pique-Puyol-Abidal; if no Adriano I'd love to see Montoya get a game at RB, alternatively Bartra could play CB and Puyol could move out wide to RB. Really don't want to see Sergi B play CB (Keita at DM).

MF: Still pretty great albeit never the same w/o Xavi. Cesc-Busquets-Iniesta could start, Keita back, Thiago too.

F: Messi, Alexis & either Pedro, Cuenca, or Tello (or Cesc moving up). I still have much faith in Pedro's value but I'll admit I want to see Tello start with Messi and Alexis.

Rana catesbeiana · Feb 15, 2012

Hopefully the team plays with attitude despite the hopeless situation. Would like to see Tello, Cuenca etc. getting lots of minutes during the rest of the season, also Pedro who needs to start remembering how good he is.

EDIT: lol wth is with that Alexis pic at the beginning of the thread, Batman? Haha.

MavadoDribblez · Feb 15, 2012

I think I read somewhere that Pique was left out because of the fact that we had suspensions in defense and Pep didn't want to risk injury to Pique midweek. I have a feeling that it was a benching/wake up call/protect us for the league match. Who knows? You know what's funny, we've played Valencia 3 times in what 3.5 weeks, but no one makes a big deal about it. Valencia is quality. I'm still mad they lost to Chelsea in the group stages.

PaoloFCB · Feb 15, 2012

MavadoDribblez said: ↑

I think I read somewhere that Pique was left out because of the fact that we had suspensions in defense and Pep didn't want to risk injury to Pique midweek. I have a feeling that it was a benching/wake up call/protect us for the league match. Who knows? You know what's funny, we've played Valencia 3 times in what 3.5 weeks, but no one makes a big deal about it. Valencia is quality. I'm still mad they lost to Chelsea in the group stages.

Think Messi needs a deserved rest; if Piquè cant play Bartra in, Montoya 4 Dani and Cuenca or Tello 4 Messi.......Visca el Barça!!!!!!

inswinger · Feb 16, 2012

I remember a barcastuff tweet in our last Valencia game saying they have always lost in Camp Nou ever since Unai Emery became coach. That's reassuring, but it's hard to keep a good team down.

I hope the spectre of a pasillo in el Clasico keeps our guys motivated to compete in La Liga. I feel like we've just gone through the dip that happens in every season and are crawling out. Somehow LPB haven't hit a rough patch yet, except for a couple games in the fall vs. Levante and Racing, but they're due for a major CL bug after their trip to Moscow. I don't think La Liga is within reach, but there's still chances to keep pressure on them, and for our own sakes, play ourselves back into top form.

Gilmango · Feb 16, 2012

PaoloFCB said: ↑

Think Messi needs a deserved rest; if Piquè cant play Bartra in, Montoya 4 Dani and Cuenca or Tello 4 Messi.......Visca el Barça!!!!!!

Messi certainly deserves rest - he has more Liga minutes than any player in the entire Liga including goalies. However, Messi will start and play the entire game. We are not giving up completely on La Liga just yet, much less to a quality team like Valencia.

In other game news, the club welcomed Keita back to much applause and Affelay returned to doing specific training on grass for the first time also to great applause from the team. Here's the latest on Adriano, Sergi B and Xavi plus the reservists:

Sergio Busquets, with a knee injury, and Adriano, who was substituted as a precaution on Tuesday with pain in his left leg, have done specific work, while Xavi worked on his recovery in the gym. Completing the group were four players from the reserves: defenders Montoya, Bartra, and Muniesa and forward Tello. Dos Santos and Sergi Roberto, recently regulars in the training sessions of the first team, trained with the B team on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.totalbarca.com/2012/news/keita-and-afellay-return-to-the-training-pitch/#ixzz1mZGoLpEx

BocaFan · Feb 16, 2012

^ Agree. Messi can rest next mid-week. Can't afford to rest him against Valencia when Xavi is already out.

Also, you don't want to think this way but its realistic: lots of tourists go to Nou Camp on the weekend for their one chance to see Messi live. So ...yeah, he's starting all home weekend matches unless and until La Liga is 100% decided.

Viscaelbarca · Feb 16, 2012

[LINEUP-4-3-3]Tello, Messi, Sánchez, Iniesta, Busquets, Fàbregas, Abidal, Puyol, Pique, Adriano, Valdés[/LINEUP-4-3-3]

Rana catesbeiana · Feb 16, 2012

^ looks gooooooooood.

btw, how fit is Pedro nowadays?

Gilmango · Feb 16, 2012

Viscaelbarca said: ↑

[LINEUP-4-3-3]Tello, Messi, Sánchez, Iniesta, Busquets, Fàbregas, Abidal, Puyol, Pique, Adriano, Valdés[/LINEUP-4-3-3]

Exactly what I want to see as well- assuming Adriano and Sergi can go; if neither can go then:

[LINEUP-4-3-3]Tello, Messi, Sánchez, Iniesta, KEITA, Fàbregas, Abidal, Puyol, Pique, MONTOYA, Valdés[/LINEUP-4-3-3]

Put Thiago in for Iniesta, and Pedro in for anyone to ease Iniesta's and Pedro's respective returns to full fitness. If Sergi B can start bring Keita on for him.

evil_allan · Feb 17, 2012

i really want to see more of montoya, but i can't see montoya playing this one, not against valencia. in both of our recent meetings with valencia dani has been benched, or played as a forward, with puyol playing RB because valencia's combo of alba and mathieu has been their biggest threat. so i think puyol will play on the right again.

so, if adriano is available i would expect him to start on the left:

----adriano----abidal----pique-----puyol-----

if adriano is not available we will have to do a little shuffling because i can't see pep fielding any B-team players against the third best team in the league. i wouldn't be surprised to see sergio play in defense with either keita or thiago taking his place in midfield:

--------------------keita/thiago------------------
----abidal-------sergio------pique------puyol----

other option would be to switch to a back three, with sergio dropping back when necessary, and count on dominating with the home-field advantage(a risky gamble with xavi missing):

---------------------sergio------------------
----abidal-----------pique----------puyol----

manyfaces · Feb 17, 2012

If you see Montoya, it will be with Alves as a forward on the same side.

evil_allan · Feb 17, 2012

manyfaces said: ↑

If you see Montoya, it will be with Alves as a forward on the same side.

alves is suspended for this one unfortunately

PaoloFCB · Feb 17, 2012

Gilmango said: ↑

Exactly what I want to see as well- assuming Adriano and Sergi can go; if neither can go then:

[LINEUP-4-3-3]Tello, Messi, Sánchez, Iniesta, KEITA, Fàbregas, Abidal, Puyol, Pique, MONTOYA, Valdés[/LINEUP-4-3-3]

Put Thiago in for Iniesta, and Pedro in for anyone to ease Iniesta's and Pedro's respective returns to full fitness. If Sergi B can start bring Keita on for him.

I prefere the 2nd one

tadm123 · Feb 17, 2012

No Cuenca? :O

Trillz · Feb 17, 2012

tadm123 said: ↑

No Cuenca? :O

Seems fit, but it seems he's fallen behind Tello in the pecking order. Can't say I blame Pep if that's the case, he seems to be lacking confidence in his last handful of appearances. I'd reckon either Pedro or Cesc starts aside Messi and Alexis.

tadm123 · Feb 18, 2012

Really? I think he's actually been stepping up , his last games specially on CdR vs Valencia was brilliant on Mestalla.

Hopefully both gets playing time though, Tello can create a lot of damage with his speed also.

Viscaelbarca · Feb 18, 2012

Xavi, Adriano and Busquets have trained with the group normally today. They are fit to participate tomorrow.

os_mutante · Feb 18, 2012

Xavi should probably rest but it would be cool to see him out there at some point with 2 or 3 kids (Tello, Cuenca, Sergi R?) so they could get some big game reps with the Maestro mentoring them. If we're not going full throttle in liga and all that.

Viscaelbarca · Feb 18, 2012

^You finally changed your Avatar!

os_mutante · Feb 18, 2012

I pondered over it way too long.

PaoloFCB · Feb 19, 2012

Viscaelbarca said: ↑

^You finally changed your Avatar!

....he has no avatar dude.......

anyway today LETS WIN FOR PRIDE!!!!!!!!

Visca el Barça!!!!!!!

Don Nurilio · Feb 19, 2012

Apparently Ever Benaga is out for tonight, he left the handbrake off his car and got run over by it, broke his ankel :/..

Log in or Sign up

PBP: La Liga J24 | FC Barcelona v Valencia CF | 19 February 2012 [R]

Viscaelbarca Moderator

Viscaelbarca Moderator

Gilmango Member

Rana catesbeiana Member+

MavadoDribblez Member

PaoloFCB Member+

inswinger Member+

Gilmango Member

BocaFan Member+

Viscaelbarca Moderator

Rana catesbeiana Member+

Gilmango Member

evil_allan Member

manyfaces Member

evil_allan Member

PaoloFCB Member+

tadm123 Member

Trillz Member

tadm123 Member

Viscaelbarca Moderator

os_mutante Moderator

Viscaelbarca Moderator

os_mutante Moderator

PaoloFCB Member+

Don Nurilio Member

Share This Page

Useful Searches

PBP: La Liga J24 | FC Barcelona v Valencia CF | 19 February 2012 [R]

Viscaelbarca Moderator

Viscaelbarca Moderator

Gilmango Member

Rana catesbeiana Member+

MavadoDribblez Member

PaoloFCB Member+

inswinger Member+

Gilmango Member

BocaFan Member+

Viscaelbarca Moderator

Rana catesbeiana Member+

Gilmango Member

evil_allan Member

manyfaces Member

evil_allan Member

PaoloFCB Member+

tadm123 Member

Trillz Member

tadm123 Member

Viscaelbarca Moderator

os_mutante Moderator

Viscaelbarca Moderator

os_mutante Moderator

PaoloFCB Member+

Don Nurilio Member

Share This Page