Re: Valdes, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Bojan... Oleguer... and Cesc?! I've always found it odd that while Barcelona never has white (besides the San Jordi cross) on their kit, team Catalunya's color is white with the senyera.
Re: Valdes, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Bojan... Oleguer... and Cesc?! Good ol' Olie... haven't y'all missed him...?
The entire Catalunya squad list is as follows: RCD Espanyol: Corominas, Verdú and Moises Hurtado. FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdes, Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez, Gerard Pique, Sergi Busquets and Bojan Krkic. Deportivo: Sergio González and Albert Lopo. Getafe: Jordi Codina. Valencia: Bruno Saltor. Sevilla: Fernando Navarro. Racing: Oscar Serrano. Real Betis: Sergio García. Villarreal: Joan Capdevila. Arsenal: Cesc Fàbregas. Ajax: Oleguer Presas and Gabri.
Argentina's predicted line-up is: ---------------------Pozo -Alvarez--Demichellis--Ottamendi--Papa ---Pastore---Bolatti---Gago---Di Maria ---------------Higuaín---Lavezzi But it's not certain.
From what I saw Catalonia's team has: Oleguer Puyol Xavi Busquets Pique Sergio Garcia Capdevila starting. I didn't catch the other ones.
My Spanish sucks and I can't type fast enough to transcribe the chyron, which wasn't even onscreen long enough to read. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Stolen from another source. Catalunya: Valdés; Bruno, Puyol, Capdevila, Oleguer; Xavi, Piqué(!), Busquets; Bojan, Verdú, Sergio García. Argentina: Pozo, Cristian, Otamendi, Demichelis y Papa; Di Maria, Gago, Bolatti y Pastore; Higuaín y Lavezzi.
Lavezzi just owned Captain Caveman down the left. Higuain's shot is tame. Catalunya with most of the possession so far.
Is... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1kMjXrwpOo"]YouTube- Sigan mamando dijo maradona[/ame] ...back from his suspension and on the bench?
Valdes completely fouled Di Maria in the box. Ref screws it up. Higuain passed to himself on the left around Puyol (shades of Henry in the CL2006 final) and Caveman hacks him down. Gets a yellow. Do these yellows count for anything outside this game?
Goal off Sergio Garcia's head. Bojan on the right crossed to Verdu on the left crossed it directly to the spot and Sergio thumps it in.
Good game by Catalunya. Pathetic game by the sub-par Argentina based players Maradona insists on calling up. I had to google the keeper's name since I had no clue who the hell he was.
wat a sublime goal from bojan.thats 2 in 2 wonderful goals.hope that boosts his confidence and he plays like before the injury. and oh hi i'm new here. just joined in.living in japan. supporting FCB since the real Ronaldo was playing for the club.
2010 Friendly v Honduras On Monday the Catalan Federation announced that the annual holiday friendly will be played on Tuesday 28 December against Honduras at the Estadi Lluís Companys (Montjuïc). A statement by the FCF noted that a deal to play Chile was nearly completed until the Chilean Federation had a change of president and the deal eventually fell through. Holland was, once again, the first choice opponent (Cruyff connection) but the KNVB was not able to convince clubs to release their players outside the FIFA international date. While teams like Brazil and Italy were outside the budget, others were unable for consideration due to players either being on winter break holiday (Germany, France, Switzerland, Serbia, Russia) or playing a complete league program during the holiday season (British Isles).
Re: 2010 Friendly v Honduras We (Honduras) will probably be sending a team with local players and some MLS talent. Hence an ass kicking is on the cards. This is because we are preparing for the UNCAF cup of nations (which is a Central American tournament for Gold Cup qualifying.) I just cannot believe my national team will have played Xavi twice in one year. Makes my day.
Re: 2010 Friendly v Honduras little do you know that Xavi will be out for this game... But I do expect a beat down. anything less than 4 goals against us, will be counted as a success
Barcelona - Lluís Companys / Montjuïc Tuesday kickoff 19:00 Central European 1pm U.S. eastern/10am pacific 20-player Catalunya squad list as announced by coach Johan Cruyff on Monday... GOALKEEPERS Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona) Francesc Arnau (Málaga) DEFENDERS Andreu Fontàs (Barça B) Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona) Marc Bartra (Barça B) David Garcia (Espanyol) Víctor Ruiz (Espanyol) Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona) Alberto de la Bella (Real Sociedad) Damià Abella (Osasuna) MIDFIELDERS Sergio González (Levante) Fran Mérida (Atlético) Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona) Joan Verdú (Espanyol) Javi Márquez (Espanyol) FORWARDS Bojan Krkic (FC Barcelona) Ferran Corominas (Espanyol) Sergio García (Espanyol) Rafa Jordà (Levante) Álvaro Vázquez (Espanyol) The FCF website also lists Òscar Serrano (Racing) but the local newspapers do not include him in their lists. Players considered but unavailable as their clubs would not release them: Fernando Navarro (Sevilla) Joan Capdevila (Villarreal) Jordi Codina (Getafe) Albert Crusat (Almería) Jordi Alba, Bruno Saltor (Valencia) Luis García (Panathinaikos) Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal) Marc Crosas (Celtic) Players unavailable because of injury include Xavi, Oleguer, Lopo and Gabri.
Honduras CONVOCADOS Porteros: Ricardo Canales (Victoria CD) José Mendoza (CD Platense) Defensas: Mariano Acevedo (CD Marathon) Iván Guerrero (CD Motagua) Erick Norales (CD Marathon) Osmán Chávez (Wisla Krakow) Johnny Leverón (CD Motagua) Boniek Garcia (CD Olimpia) Yobani Avila (Real Espana) Mediocampistas: Jorge Claros (CD Motagua) Alexander Lopez (CD Olimpia) Mario Martínez (Real Espana) Marvin Chávez (FC Dallas) Edder Delgado (Real Espana) Ramón Nuñez (Leeds United) Roger Espinoza (Sporting KC) Emil Martínez (Guangzhou Greentown) Delanteros: Jerry Bengtson (CD Motagua) Georgie Welcome (CD Motagua) Roger Rojas (CD Olimpia)