Thursday, November 10, 2011

Barca agonizing against a third vision team

Barcelona earned 1-0 away win in their first match of the third round of Copa del Rey against CE L'Hospitalet. The Catalunians were not putting much efforts in the game and the team from the Spanish third division had a lot of opportunities to score in Jose Manuel Pinto's goal. The only goal that was scored in the whole match, watched by 6000 fans of Hospitaletat, was scored by Andres Iniesta at the end of the first half. The midfileder received an assist from Cesc Fabregas and eliminated the goalkeeper, who early on in the game was able to block a few shots fired by David Villa.
Barca played without most of its stars. Some of them are preparing with their national teams, others were just given a break by Pep Guardiola. However, Carles Puyol, Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta, and Villa were all in the starting eleven.
Iniesta's goal was a real pleasure for the viewers. After series of passes in front of Hospitaletat's penalty box, the Mondial 2010 hero fired a powerful shot, scoring the goal. Earlier, VIlla and Keita missed good opportunities.
Barcelona had more opportunities in the second half, but after a corner Puyol's header just hit the bar. Hospitalitat managed to complete few dangerous counter-attacks, without success.
Iniesta was substituted in the 62nd minute of the match by Busquets, and a bit later Fabregas had another opportunity, after a good pass from Keita. 15 minutes before the end of the match, Viila again tried to score, unsuccessfully. In the last minutes there were a few interesting in front of Pinto's goal, also. The young 18 years old Rafinha subsituted Fabregas, and another promising player, Tello, even was in the starting eleven.

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