The beginning of the match was a total madness, after 15 minues both teams were tied 1-1, but both goal were scored by Barça players (you'd wonder if there's been an own goal, and I say that, unluckily, yes).
First of all, in minute 10, Jéremy Mathieu (Valencia's most incisive man) made a strong, low pass to Soldado from the left side, and Abidal (the unlucky fool of the match) while trying to clear the ball to corner, man, I don't know however he's done that, but he ended up touching the ball with the heel, redirecting it to the goal, catching offguard a full output Valdés and scoring the 1-0 for the "che". An unlucky move.
But the answer was instantaneous. In the next play (minute 11), barça kept looking for the goal 'till Messi found a gap to give a defense-breaking pass to Pedro who did not forgive against Guaita. Instantaneous answer. Extraordinary!!
Again, in minute 23, almost the same scene tham in minute 10 was repeated: Mathieu connects a deadly pass from the left side, Abidal ends up not clearing it (I suppose he was not sure of which maneuver to do to avoid another own goal) and Pablo Hernández, who was right behind the frenchman, caught the ball and did not forgive against Valdés.
Then Valencia added chloroform to the match. 'Till minute 75, when Cesc the Savior rose: "the fashion duo" (Cesc-Messi) acted up again to put the 2-2 in the scorer after Messi putting on another defense-breaking pass, this time to his good'ol friend, Cesc (did I mention that Messi, Cesc and Piqué are childhood friends??), already prepared to "bullet up" right to Guaita's goal and not forgive.
Despite the draw no one is disappointed. Our next opponent is one of the two "fashion teams" of the moment: Atlético de Madrid (yes, I'm sorry for Mr. Toni, but this Saturday we'll be eternal enemies for a hour and a half). Counting their matches with victories, Atlético has become a fearsome team, mainly due to to their "midfield grandmasters" Diego Ribas and Arda Turan, and their well known, yet still imposing striker Radamel Falcao (a.k.a "El Tigre" (The Tiger)).
And all this, on Saturday, 22:00 (probably on TV3, because 22:00 is the hour they always broadcast matches).
That's all for now, folks, see ya after the Atlético-Barça!!
It was a good match yesterday... very tactical.
ResponderEliminarAnd it will sure be funny on Saturday: Barça - Atlético games are never boring...