SPAIN SCORE IN2 MINUTES AND 42 PASSES.

In the 2012 Euro qualifiers Spain beat Scotland 3-1. The first goal by the Spaniards was a work of art and skill.Scotland lost the ball to Sergio Busquets in the 4th minute, and the next time the Scots touched the ball was in the 6th minute , when the goalkeeper picked it from the back of the net. In those 124 seconds it was all geometric wizard work by the Spanish, they made 42 passes in those two minutes , and a goal.
The pass trail looks like this.
Busquets to Xavi to Villa to Xavi to Busquets, to Pedro to Ramos to Busquets to Cazoria to Ramos to Pedro to Ramos to xavi to Cazoria to Busquets, to Alba toCazoria, to Silva to cazoria, to Pique to Busquets, toAlba to Villa, toAlba to Valdes to Puyol to Busquets to Puyol to Xavi to Ramos to Xavi to Busquets to Xavi to Silva to Xavi to Villa to Alba to Silva.
1) Valdes. 1 pass.
2)Ramos 4 passes.
3)Pique 1 Pass.
4)Puyol. 3 Passes.5
5) Alba. 5 Passes.
6)Xavi 8. Passes.
7) Busquets, 7 Passes.
8)Cazoria. 4 Passes.
9)Pedro. 2 Passes.
10) Villa 3 Passes.
11) Silva 4 Passes.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT NUMBERS.

12 Goals scored by Messi, equaling that of Ruud Van Nistelrooy. This is most scored in a single season in the champion league.
2) 777 passes made by Barcelona, in the final.Double of Manchester united 357.
3) 148 passes by Xavi. a record for the season, it was 95.3 percent on the pitch.
4)98 the number og goals scored by Messi, Pedro and David villa for Barcelona this season.
5) 18 the number of passes made by the Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes.This is two more then what Javier Hernandez did in the match.
1)Since 2006-2007Manchester united have been restricted to just a single shotin the match, both against Barcelona.

THE 2011CHAMPION LEAGUE FINAL.

The 2011 champion league final was played at New Wembley, between these two giants Barcelona and Manchester United.Manchester United players claimed they were ready for Barcelona, and the mistakes made in that game 2-0 loss would not be repeated.
Ferguson chose Antonio Valencia and Park Jung in place of Nani, and Berbatov was not even on the bench.This where Manchester lost the match.The Barcelona mid fielders just played and mesmerized the English club, Barcelona had 63 percent possession which lead to frustration and mistakes being made the passing of Xavi was delight to the eye.
There were 8 players in the Barcelona team, who came from their youth academy,so it was working like a well greased engine , every one did their part. Pedro scored the first goal in the 27th minute, Rooney gave hope by equalizing in the 34th minute. Lionel Messi scored in the 54th minute.And the nail was finally put in Manchester's coffin by David Villa in the 69th minute.There could have been more goals but for Edwin Vander Sar, it could be five.
Ferguson who has been 25 years with Manchester United and clubs in Scotland, and Scotland, said we have never been thrashed this way before, and this may be the best team ever.

THE STASTICS BETWEEN ARSENAL AND BARCELONA.

The statistics between Arsenal and Barcelona show where the match was won and lost.

1) Shots on Target. Barcelona12. Arsenal o.

2) Shots of target. Barcelona 17. Arsenal. 0

3) Touches in opposition half. 688. Arsenal105.

4) Touches in opposition box. 47. Arsenal 2.

5)Successful passes in opposite half.529. Arsenal 45.

6)Top 6shots. Messi4, Villa 4, Alaves 3, Adriano 2 Alfelly 2..

7) Top 6 Driblers Nasri 12, Messi 12, Wilshere 7, Iniesta 5, Abu Diaby 3, Alaves 2.

Chances created Pedro3, Xavi3, Adriano2, Messi2,Iniesta2, Villa1.

8) Top 6 Tackles. Mascherano7, Koscieny 5, Adriano 4, Busquets 4, Alaves4, Wilshere4.

9) Top successful passes Xavi121, Iniesta 97, Mascherano 81, Alaves 79, Abidal 75.

So we now kno why Arsenal were out played and out thought by barcelona.

JOSE MOURINHO SAYS LIONEL MESSI DOES NOT DESERVE THE BALLONd OR.

Jose Mourinho the Real Madrid coach does not agree with the result of choosing Lionel Messi of Barcelona as the winner of the Ballond Or. He says that the winner should have been eitherWesley Sneijder or Deigo Milito. Both played under him at Inter Milan.
But let us see why Messi really deserves it.
As he is only 23 years old, and he won the award last year as well. He has scored 60 goals for both club and contrty , Argentina. The figure is fantastic .So he deserves it, even though Xavi to had a good chance of winning it. As Xavi is the heart of Barcelona and Spains passing.With 80 % accurate to either Messi, Villa or Pedro.

THE EL CLASSICO THE CLASSIC.

The El Classico or was it Hell Classico. Barcelona out played , out thought mighty Real Madrid. It was played in the Barcelona Nou camp in front of 98,0000 fans ,who came tosee them beat their hated enemies Real Madrid. Before the match Mourinho boasted tha Ronaldo would be the star of the el Classico, and Ronaldo said as Barcelona had scored 8 goals against Almeria , let them try that with us, Barcelona almost scored the8 goals. Ronaldo and Real madrid were chasing shadows , and then letting their tempers get the better of them, a total of 13 yellow and 1 red card Real had 8yellow and one red ramos was sent of.

xavi opened the scoring followed by two goals by David Villa, Pedro joined the party. And the fifth was scored by new boy from Venezuela Jefferren Suarez , that goal took 29 passes before netting it. Barcelona had 7 world cup players from Spain in the team, Real had three players, but the goalkeeper Iker Casillas was mostly plucking the ball from his net. It was Pep Guardiolas 5 El Classico win in 5 games. This time Messi failed to score a goal but he made two , and so Real Madrids 25 game winning run ended. For Mourinho it was a Hell Classico and back to the drawing board. One thing was clear the money did not help Real here, as they fail to produce youngsters like Barcelona.

FILIPPO INZAGHI EQUALS RAULS 70 GOALS.

The ageless evergreen A.c. Milan striker Filippo Izanagi has equaled Rauls record of scoring 70 goals in the champion league. He scored two goals verses Real Madrid , but Real madrid managed to draw in the last breath with a goal from Pedro Leon.