Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Brilliant Barcelona delight fans in 4-0 win over Getafe

Barcelona got an impressive victory over Getafe and remain now one point behind Real Madrid in the Spanish tournament.

Alexis Sanchez netted twice and proved to be fully recovered. Messi and Pedro scored the rest of the goals.

The whole catalan squad had a perfect performance and their supporters ended up pretty happy with the result. Cuenca, Alexis and Pedro were too much for the stunned defenders of Getafe. And Messi had enough space to display his precise skills.

With this win, The pressure is on Real Madrid, only one point ahead now.

Sandro Rosell: "I'm optimistic"


During a public event, Sandro Rosell stated that he is an "optimistic" supporter, rather than a "suffering" one. The current president of Barcelona was in the presentation of a new book, along with Carles Rexach.

It turns out that the book is named "Compulsive suffering or natural optimistics", written by Marius Carol. 

Rosell was talking about Barcelona's chances of winning the title, against leaders Real Madrid, who are 4 points ahead. There are only 6 games left and their classic rivals are showing an impressive performance in each match. Some people consider impossible to overcome that 4-point difference.


Barcelona squad: 2011/2012 Season

This is the complete list of players for the current season:


1. VÍCTOR VALDÉS - Spain
2. DANIEL ALVES - Brazil
3. GERARD PIQUÉ - Spain
4. CESC FÀBREGAS - Spain
5. CARLES PUYOL - Spain
6. XAVI HERNÁNDEZ - Spain
7. DAVID VILLA - Spain
8. ANDRÉS INIESTA - Spain
9. ALEXIS SÁNCHEZ - Chile
10. LIONEL MESSI - Argentina
11. THIAGO ALCÁNTARA - Spain
13. JOSÉ MANUEL PINTO - Spain
14. JAVIER MASCHERANO - Argentina
15. SEYDOU KEITA - Mali
16. SERGIO BUSQUETS - Spain
17. PEDRO RODRÍGUEZ - Spain
20. IBRAHIM AFELLAY - Netherlands
21. ADRIANO CORREIA - Brazil
22. ÉRIC ABIDAL - France
23. ISAAC CUENCA - Spain
24. ANDREU FONTÀS - Spain
28. JONATHAN DOS SANTOS - Mexico