FC Barcelona 5 v Sevilla FC 1 | November 22 | Camp Nou

FC Barcelona vs Sevilla FC
Location : Camp Nou
Competition : BBVA La Liga
Time : 1300
Date : 11/22/2014
Jornada : 12

FC Barcelona, 2nd in table with 25 pts (8-1-2)
Sevilla FC, 6th in table with 23 pts (7-2-2)

Things to watch:
Just wtf Lucho does to prove he is worth being our manager.
If we lose, we will likely fall out of the top 4
Iniesta back in training from injury lay off
Rakitic returns to face his former team for the first time; Deulofeu and D. Suárez return to face Barcelona for the first time

Messi record watch:
Leo Messi (250 goals) needs one more goal to match Telmo Zarra (251 goals), and two to be the all time La Liga goal scoring leader. Leo Messi last scored in La Liga on October 18, vs Eibar.  

Sevilla players to watch : Carlos Bacca with 7 goals on the season (tied with Messi in the league); Denis Suárez and Gerald Deulofeu each lead the team with 3 assists (both players on loan from Barcelona). They have been the three leading stat leaders on this Sevilla team. I would also keep an eye out on Ever Banega, he has had a tendency to shine big in games vs Barcelona in the past.

FC Barcelona official starting 11



Sevilla FC official starting 11

Unai Emery is back.

Banega is back.

Save us, Suarez.

I got a bad feeling about this one.

Two of the three leading players stat-wise are Barcelona loanees. Great

Why would we loan Deulofeu?

Someone play Pedro just so we can show Sevilla what we have instead.

Xavi has spoken

"I want to be a manager, yes. I want to study and graduate as a football coach, I want to learn the English language, get experienced as a coach and get ready for this new career both as a football professional and a human being. And, if the opportunity presents itself, of course I would want to do it at Barça. I want to stay connected to football, and if I could do it in my club, it would be great.

I contemplated leaving Barça this summer. A lot of things happened a few months ago and I thought that maybe it was time to go away, but ultimately my feelings towards this institution made me stay. The board also had a big impact in my decision.

I don't thing I'll be playing for too long. I'll be 35 by January, so I want to enjoy these last moments as a footballer on the pitch, and then study to remain a footballer, this time as a coach."

Lionel Messi scores hist 251st goal in the Spanish league, equalling the all-time Liga record of Telmo Zarra

Epic free kick

https://vine.co/v/OJlUWgp2lAt

Denis Suarez owning Pique lol

Suarez needs a goal ffs feel sorry for him Messi/Neymar scoring left, right and center while Suarez can't buy himself one yet.

We scored all 6 goals tho

nah his goals will come, but he is an assisting machine lately.
i really really hope he takes alves out one day for a crossing lesson ffs...

also two goals from headers today.. are my eyes deceiving me?

also messi.. ffs and people doubt him.

Messi/neymar connection ffs. Messi 3 goals, neymar 1 goal and 2 assists. By the way, what has gotten into neymas this season, seems to be a man on crack...and messi, this guy is an absolute king.

Suarez needs a goal to get going out, but as of now he is practically assisting like more than half of our goals or helping out with his runs. He still looks out of place in our line up to me, but he is working his ass off and his presence is missed when he isn't on.

Messi was magic today. Congrats to him on his hat trick and breaking the league record at only 27. All 3 goals were amazing

This line up today might be our best one to be honest. Iniesta has serious competition from Rakitic as our attacking midfield option, and Rafinha can fill in nicely behind Xavi. The issue can Xavi hold up all season? We will probably go back to having a Rakitic/Iniesta combo once Iniesta is fully fit

i think xavi can hold out this whole season, especially once iniesta comes back..
last season he died because he literally played 96% of all games for Spain AND Barca...
now he has international week vacation, gets to rotate etc... he should be fine.

Poor suarez. Reminds me of neymar last season

Also Alba this whole season bar the PSG game has been on fire... his link up plays are very underrated.

Sevilla were poor so I'm not gonna get all optimistic, but I really enjoyed today's game and watching us, especially second half.

Messi is the GOAT

Today belongs to him

Donuts wrote:Also Alba this whole season bar the PSG game has been on fire... his link up plays are very underrated.

I agree, he was wonderful today. Even with the own goal, he was practically making Sevilla's attack not even bother once he was in full stride. They would literally stop and be like *bleep* it....

http://vine.co/v/O1BXgLKLBM9

Camp Nou booing Farto.

Good. Get that mf'er OUT and his entire board of rats

Best game under Enrique.None of the useless crossing and excessive wingplay.More penetration through the center.More like vintage Barca.
Thought nearly everyone played well.However it is a concern that for us to play like that,Xavi has to play at his best.Guy is on his last legs so cant really expect much from him.And we cant sign anyone in the summer.
Suarez with a great game again.He gives us a different dimension.He can stay up top and hold the ball up excellently while bringing others into play.And if the defender gets too close he can turn them easily and burst into space.
Adds an extra dimension to our play that we have lacked.Dont care that he hasnt scored yet.It will come but so far he has been brilliant.

tbh yeah xavi played well but he wasn't the sole reason we won, honestly buscuit had a larger impact then our captain, which is something that hasn't happened since the beginning of the season.
we're also still missing iniesta.
Suarez is gaining form his goals will come without a doubt.

also Pique had a solid game but we shouldn't give him too much credit, whenever Mathieu plays CB for us our whole backline does better.. he was certainly a good buy sad he is old and wont last so long.

God damn this board. I wish we had signed at least one other midfielder/defender even if they were really young and were just "prospects" to go to the B team (ala Halovik)

Buscuit's stats yesterday:
six tackles
5/5 long balls
4 interceptions
86/86 passes

Where's dani?

Donuts wrote:Buscuit's stats yesterday:
six tackles
5/5 long balls
4 interceptions
86/86 passes

HAVE YOURSELF A GAME BUSQUETS

What a player

Bankz wrote:Where's dani?

I know.

Seems like once our "golden era" under Pep ended, a ton of band waggoners left this section. Before I swear there used to be so much more activity. Now it seems like it's only like 5-6 people that post in here. Even though I am glad the bandwaggoners left, it would be nice if we had more traffic in our section