Barcelona on Club World Cup Final

Barcelona advanced to the final of the FIFA Club World Cup after a victory against the Qatar football club Al-Sadd. Barca earned an easy 4-0 win in the semifinal match. However, David Villa was substituted because of a tibia fracture, which means he will not be able to play before to the end of the season. The goals were scored by Adriano (25 and 43, Seydou Keita (64)and Maxwell (80).Barcelona will play on the final against the brazilian Santos on Sunday in a game that will determine the next holder of FIFA World Cup. Josep Guardiola chose 3-4-3 with Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Eric Abidal playing as defenders. Xavi Hernandez and Gerard Pique were not in the starting eleven. Seydou Keita played as a defensive midfielder. The other midfielders were Adriano, Thiago Alcantara and ANdres Iniesta. Lionel Messi, David Villa and Pedro were the three strikers. Since the beginning of the match Barca pressured a lot and the Al-Sadd players were not playing a lot with the ball. Messi, Villa and Iniesta tried a few shots, all of them blocked either by the keeper or the defenders. IN the 21st minute of the match Thiago passed to Messi, who continued the ball to VIlla, but his shot was unsuccessful. IN the 25th minute of the match the defenders of Al-Sadd made a stupid mistake. After a cross from Pedro the defence was not able to deal with it. The goalkeeper tried to clear the ball, but it bounced off Adriano's leg and went into the net. In the 36th minute Villa was pushed by a defender and fell badly, which severely injured his leg and led to his substitution with Alexis Sanchez. In the 43th minute Adriano surprisingly scored a second goal. Thiago passed the ball to the Brazilian and he scored with an accurate diagonal shot from 17 meters, after an inadequate reaction from teh goalkeeper. In the last seconds of the first half the Qatar team launched some dangerous attacks.
In the beginning of the second half Barcelona continued with the constant attacks. In the 55th minute Messi tried a shot unsuccessfully. IN the 64th minute the Argentinian genius passed the ball to Keita, who eliminated the keeper t oscore for 3-0. In the 80th minute the substitution Maxwell scored the last goal, shooting the ball between the keeper's legs.