SSC "2nd leg" Barcelona vs Real Madrid

What are your predictions for this match (including lineups, result etc..)? What do expect from Barca players?
Taking into consideration that 0-0 or 1-1 is enough for Barca to win the Spanish Super Cup!

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Spanish Super Cup "2nd leg"

Wednesday, 17 August, 2011 @ 11PM (Barcelona Time)
Barcelona vs Real Madrid "Camp Nou"

1st leg Result: Real Madrid 2 - 2 Barcelona!
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Barca Training Report ( Monday, 15/8/2011)

- Cesc Fabregas IN
- Busquets is Back
- All Players Trainined normally except for Maxwell and injured Afellay, who continue with their recovery process.
- Puyol, meanwhile, has been on the pitch, but by working separately.
- B team Players: Montoya, Dos Santos, Rosell, Espinosa, Dalmau and Oier .
- The Team will return to training on Tuesday @7PM!

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/catala/noticies/futbol/temporada11-12/08/15/n110815118786.html

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My Line-up Predictions:

Valdes

Alves - Masch - Pique - Abidal

Xavi - Busq - Iniesta

Sanchez/Pedro - Messi - Villa

Cesc &Sanchez/Pedro to play in 2nd half?!

We'll take the cup for sure. There is no way in hell that they are going to beat us.

The most important thing imo would be to score the 1st goal and then build on that. If we score the 1st, they have to score 2.

I also expect Sanchez to start because he had a very good game. Completely raped Marcelo. Cesc will be comming in the 2nd half if the result is in our favour.

Another good thing is that Busquets & Pique are back

My lineup:
----------Valdes------
Alves-Mascherano-Pique-Abidal
-------------Busquets------------
---Xavi--------------------Iniesta
Sanchez--------Messi--------Villa

- - - - - - - - -Valdes
Alves - Masche - Pique - Abidal
- - - - Xavi - Busi - Iniesta
- - - - Pedro - Messi - Villa

Alexis, Fabregas and Adriano - in second half.
Alexis for Pedro, Fabregas for Xavi/Iniesta/Villa, depends on situation. Adriano for Abidal.

Pedro should run and run and run and run and run and run and run and try to tire Marcelo, than 30 minutes before, Alexis will eat that monkey Marcelo (no racism, he is just acting like monkey).

Yes this time we will probably see our near full lineup with only Puyol missing.

I will go for 2-1 to us.

OFFTOPIC: The meeting this morning between the AFE and the LFP has ended without agreement. Therefore keeping the strike for the first game of the season scheduled for this weekend.

Next Friday at 10:15 hours, both sides will meet again at the headquarters of the Professional Football League (LFP) to try to reach an agreement.

http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/castellano/noticies/club/temporada11-12/08/17/n110817118810.html

Guardiola: "We'll have to play a great game to take the title"

Pep Guardiola doesn’t doubt his players and hopes that they’ll play better than they did in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup in Madrid. The manager hopes that the fans at the Camp Nou will help them win the title.

FC Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola, was very clear during the press conference prior to the return leg of the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid. "They were better than us, but in three days we’ve improved a bit" said Guardiola. Pep felt that "our mentality helped us get a good result". In this regard, as he already said last Sunday after the game, Guardiola is pleased with how his men behaved "under the circumstances". The Barca manager’s thinking is very clear, that "we must play a great game to take the title".

Faster

He knows that playing against Real Madrid is not easy but among the keys to winning the game and taking the title, Guardiola believes that "we have to move the ball faster than in the first leg".

What is not clear is whether the starting lineup will be the same as we saw in Madrid. "We'll see how they are and whether we’ll start the same players or make changes. We’re managing the minutes and the players physical shape", but he warned that "I believe in the mentality and competitive spirit of this team to try to win the game".

The fans, the 12th player

Guardiola knows that the fans can play a key role in the match against Madrid and thanked them in advance for the efforts made to buy tickets and be at the game. "When the legs begin to fail, the fans will help us" said the manager. He added that "I can’t remember a stadium against Madrid with not so many fans. Ticket sales are going well and we thank the people who support us".

Cesc’s involvement not ruled out

One of the topics in the conference was the arrival of Cesc and his possible participation on Wednesday. Guardiola has not ruled him out but is cautious. He took the opportunity to thank the Board for the signings for this season.

As for Alexis, Guardiola, who emphasized his humility, and not to expect anything in return, said that in Madrid "Alexis ran like six players. It's the best he’s given us so far and we hope he brings lot to the team".

Link: http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada11-12/08/16/n110816118799.html

Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 28 home games: 24W - 4D - 0L

Offtopic: WTF!!!

The Spanish player's association clarifies that the players strike from Fri 19 to Mon 22 and from Fri 26 to Mon 29 August.

During those periods, no official or friendly games can be played, nor can the players train.

For Barcelona this means the club couldn't play the Gamper game against Napoli on 22 Aug and the European Super Cup against Porto on 26 Aug.

[via as]

Why are they striking? Generally strikes are because of wages and working conditions, aren't they?

Barca Official Line-up vs Real Madrid:

Valdes
Alves - Masch - Pique - Abidal
Xavi - Busq - Iniesta
Pedro - Messi - Villa

Bench: Pinto, Fontas, Adriano, Keita, Cesc, Thiago, Alexis

prepare for 5-0. full midfield starting.

As I said before
- - - - - - - - -Valdes
Alves - Masche - Pique - Abidal
- - - - Xavi - Busi - Iniesta
- - - - Pedro - Messi - Villa



This will be sexy night

7-0...you heard it here first

0-0, 1-1, 1-0, 2-1... is OK for me

3-1 to barca is my prediction

live streams

http://www.barcabalkan.com/live/

http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4e470b6a7ab15

Our bench

Pinto, Fontàs, Fábregas, Thiago, Keita, Alexis and Adriano

http://espn.go.com/espn3/player?id=219109&league=Spanish%20Super%20Cup

Visca el Barcaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Congrats but i'm not convinced by our performance.. we need to work on our fitness (miss passes, no press, no team work etc..)!!

MOM: Messi & Alves!!

poor game by Xavi,Busq,Pique, Villa ..

gd game by abidal & Masch..

Average Iniesta & Pedro!!

lest i forget to mention, Madrid are absolute scum!

So what was our line up by the end of the match?

---Keita
Xavi----Iniesta
Pedro--Messi---Cesc

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windkick wrote:So what was our line up by the end of the match?

---Keita
Xavi----Iniesta
Pedro--Messi---Cesc

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Something like this