Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid – Spanish La Liga Match Review (Part 2)
A four-man midfield was being played by Gregorio Manzano. The Atletico Madrid coach featured http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabi-c14252 and Mario Suarez right in the centre of the pitch.
While Gabi went forward to aid the team in the attack, Mario Suarez stayed back and helped the team win the ball in the midfield.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tiago-c35032 featured in his favourite right wing position. The wingers did not stretch out wide and played more like two attacking midfielders for the capital club.
The front two for Atletico Madrid did not change. Jose Antonio Reyes and the newly signed Radamel Falcao both played up front.
It was for the first time that Falcao was facing Barcelona. Barcelona faced Falcao’s former team Porto in the European Super Cup but Falcao could not feature in the game because he was transferred to Atletico Madrid.
Falcao had an impressive start to the season. He managed to score five goals and was on level terms with Lionel Messi before the start of the game; with both the players scoring five goals apiece.
As the game kicked off at the Nou Camp, it was quite a shock to see http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 both sitting the game out despite being perfectly fit.
The only three players for Barcelona were Andres Iniesta, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979.
Atletico Madrid made an impressive start to the game. It was during the fourth minute when Tiago took his first shot on goal.
The Atletico Madrid star got past the Barcelona defence and tried his luck from long range. The ball went past Victor Valdes and deflected off the cross bar.
With Atletico Madrid threatening the Barcelona goal, the home side had to answer back quickly. The answer came during the ninth minute when David Villa scored the first goal of the game.
The best striker in the history of Spanish football scored a phenomenal goal and showed great composure before finding the back of the net. It was a chipped pass from Xavi Hernandez which found http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 inside the box and the Spaniard easily got around
his marker and swiftly found the back of the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 making a perfect run into the box. The Argentinean maestro tried to flick the ball past the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper. However, the ball deflected off from
the keeper, found the knee of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miranda-c25988 and crossed the goal line.
It was an own goal by Miranda which helped Barcelona take good control of the game.
Barcelona were dominating possession and looked to be the better side by a mile. The Spanish Champions took good control of the game at the heart of the pitch and Atletico Madrid were only left chasing shadows.
After a two goal advantage, the Spanish Champions seemed to be toying with the Atletico Madrid midfield and defence line.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 seemed to be frustrated and the former Porto striker often fell back in order to win the ball back for his team. However, Barcelona were simply too strong and they were not letting possession slip away from them.
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