What happened to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Villarreal-CF-c40899 at Camp Nou - La Liga Debate
Barcelona romped to victory in their first game of the season against Villarreal. The match promised to be a heated affair with chances of goal galore from both sides as the attacking geniuses of Catalonia hosted with a makeshift backline against Giuseppe
Rossi led Yellow Submarines.
Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Garrido-c8443 would have been grinning with confidence as he prepared his squires to face off against Pep Guardiola’s La Masia graduates. Catalan side steel reeling from the after effects of a tedious campaign followed their excursions with a lengthy
pre-season tours coupled with pilling up of fixtures because of the immense success they achieve in the previous season.
Barcelona were always the favourites to win the tie but Villarreal had the opportunity to get something out of the match as Pep Guardiola was without three of his first team regulars at the back. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique were sidelined with niggling
injuries while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maxwell-c25051 and Adriano to add to their defensive miseries.
This meant that reserve team players Martin Montoya and 21-year-old Andreu Fontas would be paired alongside http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071 in the centre of the pitch. La Liga’s curtain raiser would have been the perfect task for the next batch of prospective first team
regulars, allowing the gaffer in gauging their abilities early in the season. However, what happened on the pitch took Villarreal by surprise and they were left playing catch-up to their superior colleagues.
Guardiola started with a 3-4-3 formation as he shed his preferred 4-3-3 and the tactics worked to perfection against the Castellon based club. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 started in middle of the three man backline with Eric Abidal on his left and Javier Mascherano
on the opposite flank.
Messi spearheaded the attack for the Catalan sided with Pedro on his left and new boy, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Seydou-Keita-c33177 with Cesc on the right wing and Iniesta playing from
the left. Cules refreshed their memories of days gone by with Ronaldinho in starred for the Catalan side and Frank Rijkaard barked orders from the technical area.
As the game started the proceedings did not give favourable hints as Barcelona players maintained pressure on the ball and pressed as much as possible to choke their opposition of any chances. This plan worked with Rossi and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nilmar-c28044 starved for the ball and
had to be resigned in the peripheral roles in attack.
Retaining possession for the Yellow Submarines was not only difficult with Catalan players charging with force but they were made to look increasingly amateur as Fabregas, Iniesta and Alcantara kept the ball to themselves. With the situation not looking
likely to change and with little or no time on the ball, Villarreal were left defending at Camp Nou for the majority of the time.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 at the death of the first half. Events turned from bad to worse as Villarreal
conceded three more goals, with Alexis Sanchez scoring his first La Liga goal in addition to Messi’s brace.
Barcelona will be happy as all key players are firing on all cylinders and shows that their preseason hard work has paid off. With Fabregas gelling in perfectly with Alcantara and Sanchez fitting in his new environments will give an early warning shot to
their challengers.
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