Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid – Spanish La Liga Match Review (Part 1)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296’s hat trick helped Barcelona take all three points at the Nou Camp.
Barcelona were to host a difficult opposition, Atletico Madrid, at the Nou Camp on Saturday. The Catalans had the perfect opportunity to boost their confidence by winning the difficult fixture.
It was Lionel Messi once again who made the headlines for Barcelona. The Argentinean maestro scored three goals in the thrilling encounter and won the game for his side.
The match was won 5-0 by Barcelona and the European Champions showed that they are one of the best sides in the world.
Besides http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 put five against the capital club on Saturday.
Josep Guardiola fielded his strongest side available in order to take all three points from this difficult fixture.
The Spanish shot stopper, Victor Valdes stood guard between the posts.
Barcelona played in a 4-3-3 formation; therefore, Valdes had four defenders to aid him in defence.
Eric Abidal featured as a left back while the Brazilian full back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Alves finally returned to his favourite right back position. Guardiola played Alves as a right midfielder in the previous fixture and it cost the team a lot as both the goals scored
by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 leaked through the right flank.
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The three man midfield consisted of Thiago Alcantara, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi Hernandez. All these three players kept switching their positions in the midfield.
With Sergio Busquets not performing in his favourite holding midfield position, Xavi Hernandez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara would often fall back to take that position in the midfield.
The front three played by Josep Guardiola were the ones who scored the highest amount of goals for Barcelona last season.
It was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 took his favourite left wing position. Lionel Messi, once again, featured in the “false nine” role.
All three would keep switching their positions in order to change the cause of the game.
On the other hand, Atletico Madrid played their strongest side. The coach Gregorio Manzano has been impressive as the season has started but it was very hard for him to outplay one of the best sides in the world – Barcelona.
Manzano played Thibaut Courtois in between the posts. Courtois has been playing for Atletico Madrid as a first choice goalkeeper, after the departure of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-de-Gea-c10463 who is now in Manchester United.
Atletico Madrid played in a traditional 4-4-2 formation. Courtois had four defenders to aid him at the back.
Antonio Lopez, Diego Godin, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miranda-c25988 and Luis Armanto Perea were the four defenders for Atletico Madrid.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Godin and Miranda played in the centre back positions. On the other hand, Antonio Lopez and Armanto Perea played on the right and left flanks, respectively.
Perea replaced last season’s sensation http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Filipe-c13764 Luis in the left back position.
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