Sporting Gijon vs. Barcelona – Spanish La Liga Match Review (Part 1)
Sporting Gijon hosted the Spanish Champions Barcelona at Municipal Molinon on Sunday. Barcelona were the favourites to take all three points from the tricky away fixture. However, last season Sporting managed to draw the home game against Barcelona.
It was a lifeless performance by the Spanish Champions. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 won the game 0-1 away from home and the only goal in the game was scored by Adriano. The Brazilian man got a deflection on his powerful low shot and it found the back of the net during the
12th minute.
Before the start of the game, Barcelona had 11 points in the league. On the other hand, Gijon were at the bottom of the table with only a single point. After the game, Barcelona managed to climb up the La Liga table and now they sit at the top. Gijon are
still at the bottom with only a single point.
The Sporting Gijon coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manolo-c23349 Preciado knew how strong the opposition was, so he decided to field his strongest side.
Juan Pablo featured as the goalkeeper for Sporting Gijon. Playing in a 4-3-3 formation, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juan-Pablo-c19796 had four players to aid him at the back.
Canella, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ivan-c17215 Hernandez, Botia and Lora featured as the four defenders for Rojiblancos.
There were three midfielders. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Castro-c8590 played on the right.
There were three strikers for the home team. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Barral-c10428 all kept switching their positions up front to change the cause of the game.
Josep Guardiola drew against Sporting Gijon when he visited Municipal El Molinon the last time. The Catalan coach had limited players available to him after Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, Alexis Sanchez and Ibrahim Afellay were all sidelined for their respective
injuries.
Guardiola was still able to play a strong team while being away from home.
The first choice goalkeeper, Victor Valdes stood guard between the posts. Guardiola played a 3-5-2 formation which meant that Valdes was to be aided by three defenders.
The Argentinean star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 were rested by Josep Guardiola.
Guardiola opted for five midfield players rather than the usual three. With Cesc Fabregas and Andres Iniesta both out injured, Xavi Hernandez led the midfield. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara and Xavi Hernandez played
at the centre of the pitch.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adriano-c3773 played the same role on the right. Both the players had the same role of a winger but they had to track back in order to help the team in defence.
Josep Guardiola opted for a two man attack. With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296.
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