Sporting Gijon vs. Barcelona – Spanish La Liga Match Review (Part 3)
The first half ended with Barcelona keeping their lead intact. The Catalans were dominant in all the departments. They were simply outstanding at the back, they dominated possession and they also took their shots on goal. However, the only drawback was the
fact that Lionel Messi was silent for most of the game.
Sporting Gijon did their homework in order to keep the Argentinean maestro silent. Two of the defenders were always on the best player in the world and it was hard for him to produce his everyday magic.
After scoring their first goal, Barcelona kept the possession for a long time.
The Spanish striker David Villa had a great opportunity to double the scoring for Barcelona. Lionel Messi’s pass found Villa inside the box and the Spaniard easily evaded his marker. Villa then unleashed a right footed shot on goal but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juan-Pablo-c19796 was on
his toes to deny the best striker in the history of Spanish football.
The visitors were the better side by a mile. It was during the 33rd minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez earned a yellow card for a bad tackle on Lora.
Barcelona got a penalty shout denied by the referee. It was Lionel Messi who received the ball inside the box and he tried to get past his marker. It seemed as if he was taken down but the referee waved play-on.
Sporting Gijon had a brilliant opportunity to find the back of the net during the 41st minute of the game. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Barral-c10428 was the man involved.
The Sporting Gijon striker got the ball inside the box and he tried to shoot it goalwards. However, Victor Valdes was on his toes and he easily blocked the shot from finding the back of the net.
Both the teams made changes during the second half. Eric Abidal limped off the ground with a hamstring injury and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maxwell-c25051 was the player who replaced him. Later, Gerard Pique was introduced and Pedro Rodriguez was sacrificed.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Alves played as left back and right back respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 was having troubles avoiding the offside trap for most of the game. The Spaniard couldn’t find the back of the net despite trying his level best.
The second half mostly saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 dominating possession. Sporting Gijon looked promising as the second half kicked off but the Spanish Champions passed the ball around in order to keep the lead intact.
The Catalan Giants tried to threaten the Sporting Gijon defensive lines but they were unable to penetrate them. Sporting were rarely seen in the Barcelona half and with Gerard Pique playing as a centre back, it was easy for Barcelona to defend for the last
moments of the game.
The last chance was created by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 when his amazing through ball found Daniel Alves inside the box. The Brazilian was about to shoot the ball in the back of the net but the referee waved offside.
Barcelona are now first in La Liga with 14 points to their name.
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