Records tumble as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 romp to an easy victory against Viktoria Plzen
Reigning La Liga champions, Barcelona romped to an easy victory over Viktoria Plzen at Synot Tip Arena in their Group H, UEFA Champions League match.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 captain, Cesc Fabregas, was the scorer for the other Catalan team goal in the 4-0 thrashing.
Lionel overtook Ladislao Kubala’s record in Barca’s previous European fixture and has eased past the 200 mark in their next Champions League encounter.
The goal takes him to 202 goals in all competitions for the Catalan team. La Masia graduate is now 34 goals shy of becoming the highest scorer for Barcelona.
Given his rabid form at the moment he is well on his way to make it possible. Messi has scored 22 goals and laid down 11 assists in 17 competitive matches thus far.
Joining him in the record books was Victor Valdes. The academy graduate is having the time of his life between the sticks, and had not conceded a goal in 787 minutes before this match.
Valdes was 38 minutes shy of beating Miguel Reinadesde’s record of 824 minutes without conceding. Clean sheet against Viktoria adds his name amongst the elite list of shot stoppers that have ever graced world football.
The Catalan goalkeeper is now the holder of the prestigious record with 877 minutes without conceding a goal.
After the match, Guardiola joins the elite panel of coaches to have led the Catalan team for 200 or more matches. He joins the list of luminaries including Louis Van Gaal, Rinus Michels, Frank Rijkaard and Johan Cruyff.
The win also makes Guardiola tied with Louis Van Gaal with most successes in Champions League. This was the 26th win Barca enjoyed with their former protégée in charge.
There were team records tumbling on the night as well. Barca scored their 500th goal under the tutelage of Josep Guardiola.
Going into the match, the Camp Nou based outfit had scored 496 goals under Guardiola’s charge and reached the magical numbers with style.
Barcelona bossed the match from the start and did not allow the hosts to get anything out of the encounter.
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