Hello everyone (the maybe 5 people who look at my blog(s) lmao). I’ve been alittle busy since the last time I wrote, so I apologize for the delay and for the wait. so with out further adieu, Im gonna tell you about the waxing Athletico Madrid got from Barcelona on about two/three weeks ago.
The game on Saturday, October 4th belonged to Barca from the get-go. The team waited until the At.Madrid attack failed and then counterattacked and put alot of pressure on Madrid’s back-four, causing the first corner of the game. When vice-captain Xavi took the corner for Barcelona, you could tell on the T.V. screen that no one was marking Barca defender and Mexican international Rafa Marquez…and surly enough, he headed in the goal within 3 minutes. Barca could smell blood and on the reset so Barca gain back posession, and pressed forward in a matter of seconds. Leo Messi gain a penalty for Barcelona, which Samuel Eto’o converted, making the score line 2-0 in favor of Barca with in 5 minutes. Two minutes later, sloppy defending on Eto’o led to a free kick in Athletico Madrid’s danger area. Madrid’s side was too busy doing lord knows what and didn’t here the referee’s whistle that made the dead-ball situation live. Messi took advantage of the situation and scored the easiest goal of his career of the free-kick, leaving Madrid’s keeper frozen in the 8th minute(it was a pretty goal). As you can see, this was going to be Barcelona’s day. There was alittle bit of fight left in Madrid, which was sparked by their captain, Maxi, who scored the goal of the season in the 13th minute, as he shook two defenders and put the ball in the top-90 past Valdes (there was nothing Valdes could have done). That goal took alot out of Maxi, literally, and had to be subed off afterward for a hamstring injury, BUT not before Eto’o scored his second goal of the game (and his best goal of this season).Eto’o shook two defenders and put the ball swiftly past the keeper with his weaker foot (like Maxi did). If their was any hope for a comeback by At. Madrid, it died when Eto’o scored that goal. The scoreline was 4-1 Barca within 20 minutes.. and… you guessed it, Barca wasn’t done yet. In the 28th minute, Iceland International and Barca fan-favorite Gudjohnsen scored off a rebound attempt that landed at his feet thanks to an A. Iniesta shot on goal. Barcelona had scored 5 goals within 30 minutes against a team contending for the first place.
The second half was more relaxed than the fast-paced, first 45 minutes. Although Barca was focusing on posession and maintaining their lead, they managed to set up “the cherry on the top” goal. Eto’o had been subed out for friend/teammate Thierry Henry and Leo Messi had been subed out for the young-Spanish prodigy, Bojan (Im older than Bojan and hes playing for the best team in the world). Both Bojan and Henry put pressure on the depleted At. Madrid defense. Bojan used his speed to burn pass his marker and set up Henry’s goal in the 72nd minute. The clock had reached 90 minutes and the ref couldn’t have ended the game quicker. The game would end with FC Barcelona gaining all three league points, and a performance that should leave the home fans very pleased and the player very confident.
