Victor Valdes breaks his own record
The Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes was involved in a match against their local city rivals Espanyol. The Catalan goal stopper did not concede a single goal for five consecutive games. Without conceding a goal for such a long time, he managed to set a
new personal record for keeping a clean sheet. The Barcelona number 1 did not concede a goal for 576 minutes played on the pitch.
Barcelona have been great while attacking and scoring goals. However, Josep Guardiola made sure that his defensive walls are not breached. With a strong defensive line up and a goal stopper like Victor Valdes, the team made it possible to keep a strong record
of clean sheets. This season, Barcelona has scored 51 goals and conceded only 9 in the Spanish La Liga, revealing that they are good at both departments – defending and attacking.
The Barcelona number 1 played a great part to help his side keep such a strong defensive record. He proved it when he made an extraordinary save during the first half of the Espanyol game when their striker Jose Maria Callejon was on target. However, later
during the second half of the game, the Argentinean striker Pablo Daniel http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Osvaldo-c28821 found himself on target as Victor Valdes broke his own record of keeping a clean sheet by six minutes.
The last player who was able to beat Victor Valdes was the Villarreal’s Brazilian striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nilmar-c28044. It was one month ago as the game took place in the home ground of Barcelona, the Nou Camp. The Spanish Champions won it 3-1 to take all three points but there
was no other striker who was able to beat the Catalan goal stopper until Pablo Daniel Osvaldo got the ball past him after a month. That win against Villarreal was only the beginning of an astonishing run that Barcelona started. The Spanish Giants brushed aside
teams like Almeria, the Greek Champions Panathinaikos, the Los Blancos, Real Sociedad and also the former Russian Champions Rubin Kazan; however, it was the Barcelona reserve goalkeeper Jose http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pinto-c30032 who stood guard between the two poles during the Kazan
fixture.
After Pablo Daniel Osvaldo found the target, it meant that Victor Valdes had gone 576 minutes without conceding a single goal. Last season, the Spaniard kept a record of 570 goals and this time round he managed to beat it by six minutes. It was during an
unbeaten run which managed to keep away teams like Atletic Bilbao, Shakhtar Donestk, Sporting Gijon, Getafe and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan.
This season, the Barcelona man has only conceded nine goals which means that he is in the race to win the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815,
who is always considered to be the favourite to win this award. However, there is still plenty of time left in the season and tides can always turn. There is no doubt that the Barcelona man is currently the favourite so that he can add another Zamora trophy
to his trophy cabinet but with Real Madrid only two points behind Barcelona, anything can happen.
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