Friendly Match "US Tour": Chivas vs FCBarcelona

Thursday, 4 August, 2011 @ 2:30AM " Barcelona Time, +2 GMT"
Chivas vs FCBarcelona

Match was delayed from 2AM until 2:30 AM "Barcelona Time"
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`Team News:

- Pep Guardiola confirms that that Gerard Pique and Xavi Hernández will play against Chivas de Guadalajara [fcbarcelona.com]
- During Tuesday morning training, Marc Muniesa, gets medical clearance to play. [fcbarcelona.com]
- On Tuesday, Gerard Deulofeu and Sergi Gómez will join their teammates in Miami [fcbarcelona.com]
- Adriano ends his holidays early and will tomorrow join the team in Miami. [fcbarcelona.com]
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Full Squad, US "MIAMI":

Goalkeepers: Valdés, Pinto and Masip
Defenders: Muniesa, Piqué, Balliu, Maxwell, Fontàs, Abidal, Armando, Sergi Gomez, Adriano
Midfielders: Busquets, Keita, Riverola, Thiago, Iniesta, Carmona, Xavi, Dos Santos, Espinosa
Forwards: Cuenca, Pedro, Villa, Deulofeu


`Players not available yet:

- Copa America: Messi, Masch, G.Milito, Alves, Sanchez (expected to be back on 8 August)

- Spain U-20: Planas, Bartra, Romeu, Sergi Roberto, Tello, Kiko ( WC U-20, ends on 20 August)

> Injured Players:
- Puyol (Unknown)
- Afellay (4 to 5 weeks, injured on 31 July)
- Soriano (4 to 6 weeks, injured on 27 July)
- Hleb (should be back in 1 or 2 month)!
- B team Injured Players: Montoya (Spain U-20, close to recover from his injury), Rafinha (Spain U-19)..

aww no Messi oh well. guys look out for me in the crowd I look alot like Messi apparently, don't confuse me for him though : :lol!:

`Barca starting lineup vs Chivas:

Pinto
J. Dos Santos, Fontas, Pique, Abidal
Xavi, Keita, Thiago
Cuenca, Villa, Carmona

Half time 1-0(Villa)

One thing is definitely clear........JDS CANNOT be playing at RB at any point this season. His defensive positioning and ability are not good enough(understandably).
Villa could have had a hattrick by now I reckon(well, at least 2 goals)...I know it's pre season but he still has to put away those. Abidal is playing pretty good but his pace is definitely not fast enough at times. It's a hard time getting past him, but once you get past him, you're pretty much homefree.
Thiago is having a good game and Xavi is not(it's his first game so not looking too much into it).
Also Carmona is not as bad as I thought he was. He has a lot of strength.
I thought the team played ok but Chivas had too many chances for my liking. we need to keep possession better. As Guardiola has said "We are no good without the ball so must keep it at all costs"

Guys, just to let you know, I will be going to the barca v club america game! even though I love madrid, I think it will be a great experience, just like the inter milan game in frisco !

Lol pique playing hoofball

goooooooooooooooooooooool!
Very nice goal from Chivas. Not impressed the way barca plays btw.

Unbeliveable what a goal from Chivas. 2-1.

two stunners from fabian

3-1 chivas now, wow

3-1...we have no excuses.....our B-team is not ready simple as that

Ignoring the troll

Who was that defender who slowed down for the 3rd goal?..I hope it wasn't Adriano cause I thought he improved alot through last season.

It was Muniesa, looked like a hammy.

The guy who's playing left wing right now isn't ready........at all

That would be the highly praised Deulofeu lol, only 16 or 17 though.

4-1!!!! wtf

Another goal from Chivas 4-1 now.
I already see some barca fans disappointed and boooing

I really don't know what's happening.....This is a pre-season game......but this is NOT EXCUSABLEE....HORRIBLE game...by ANY standards

shinigami99 wrote:I really don't know what's happening.....This is a pre-season game......but this is NOT EXCUSABLEE....HORRIBLE game...by ANY standards

I feel for you bro, but you have to admit that it was very entertaining tho

It's official Barca B + Villa, Iniesta, Pedro, Busquet, Xavi, Thiago and Keita is overrated.

buddytaller wrote:It's official Barca B + Villa, Iniesta, Pedro, Busquet, Xavi, Thiago and Keita is overrated.

Well to be fair, the floodgates opened when Thiago(he was really controlling the midfield) was substituted. Also, Villa came off at the half so he can't be blamed. Iniesta had a horrible horrible game. Busquets is only good in midfield. I never rated Keita very highly anyway. Pedro had a pretty bad game as well(did not add a thing). As for Barca B, I was surprised at how badly they played today overall. Thiago is no longer Barca B so he can't be considered. The stand out BAD players were JDS, Muniesa(although I think he pulled a hammy), Deulofeu(ok he is only 16/17 but he just kept running into trouble instead of looking for a pass). Other players were pretty much anonymous(cept probably carmona who had some good moments).

So for the tl;dr version. Barca B may be slightly overrated. However for the rest of players, you are just trolling as you know how good they are(2-0,2-6,1-0,0-2,5-0,0-2)

I see Barca trying to fool Madrid but that does not change our tactics

shinigami99 wrote:

buddytaller wrote:It's official Barca B + Villa, Iniesta, Pedro, Busquet, Xavi, Thiago and Keita is overrated.

Well to be fair, the floodgates opened when Thiago(he was really controlling the midfield) was substituted. Also, Villa came off at the half so he can't be blamed. Iniesta had a horrible horrible game. Busquets is only good in midfield. I never rated Keita very highly anyway. Pedro had a pretty bad game as well(did not add a thing). As for Barca B, I was surprised at how badly they played today overall. Thiago is no longer Barca B so he can't be considered. The stand out BAD players were JDS, Muniesa(although I think he pulled a hammy), Deulofeu(ok he is only 16/17 but he just kept running into trouble instead of looking for a pass). Other players were pretty much anonymous(cept probably carmona who had some good moments).

So for the tl;dr version. Barca B may be slightly overrated. However for the rest of players, you are just trolling as you know how good they are(2-0,2-6,1-0,0-2,5-0,0-2)

I can see why they compare deulofeu to CR7.. especially cr7's early days.

I didn't see this game, but I heard that barca were pretty good in the first half hitting the bar twice?

harhar11 wrote:I didn't see this game, but I heard that barca were pretty good in the first half hitting the bar twice?

Put it this way, it was a tale of two VERY different halves. First half was pretty much standard pre-season; a little shaky at the back and not too solid going forward but there were alot of great chances which should have been taken.

2nd half was one of the worst halves I've ever seen a Barcelona team play. We couldn't string 4 passes together and our defense was shockingly bad