How Barcelona should play in the Super Copa? (Part 1)
The first El Clasico of the season 2011/2012 is going to take place today. While Jose Mourinho has signed a few players, Josep Guardiola has also announced the arrival of the Chilean star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979. With signings being made by both the parties, the
match is going to be much more interesting than last season.
In the previous season, Jose Mourinho took charge of Real Madrid and it was considered that the Los Blancos might do wonders against the Barcelona. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 were considered to be one of the best sides in the world but it was quite clear that if there was
any manager who could remove this tag from the La Blaugrana, it was Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese manager arrived at the Santiago Bernabeu and prepared for his first big El Clasico. The match was scheduled to take place at the Nou Camp where Barcelona hosted Real Madrid.
With Jose Mourinho trying to approach the game normally, Barcelona showed that they were simply untouchable. Josep Guardiola played his favourite 4-3-3 and won the fixture 5-0 at the Nou Camp.
Lionel Messi was played deep while Xavi Hernandez took over his centre forward position whenever Barcelona made a run forward. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez and David Villa were played on the flanks.
Andres Iniesta, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 being the front two.
Barcelona triumphed as Xavi Hernandez opened the scoring from an Andres Iniesta through ball. Later, Pedro Rodriguez doubled the lead with David Villa crossing the ball perfectly towards him.
David Villa missed out on scoring a goal during the first half but Lionel Messi made sure that the Spaniard gets on the scoring sheet. Two perfect assists from Lionel Messi saw David Villa scoring two goals.
Later, an assist from the substitute http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794 found another off-the-bench striker, Jeffren Suarez in the attack and the Spaniard easily converted to find the back of the net. Five goals were scored by Barcelona and Real Madrid were totally humiliated
at the Nou Camp.
Jose Mourinho changed his tactics the next time the two sides faced each other. The Portuguese tactician played http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670 in the midfield and did not allow Xavi Hernandez to move freely in the midfield. This way, all the midfield problems were solved as Real
Madrid managed to draw the fixture 1-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Later, Barcelona lost to the same formation as they faced Real Madrid in the Copa Del Rey final. The match went into extra time and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 scored a brilliant header to win the Spanish Cup for the Los Blancos.
The two sides then squared off in the UEFA Champions League semi final. The first leg was scheduled to take place at the Santiago Bernabeu. Jose Mourinho decided to play the same formation as Pepe featured in the holding midfield position.
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