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- Date: Saturday, 04 Oct
- Competition: ???label.competicio0???
- Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona
Resultat:
- FC Barcelona: 6
- At.Madrid: 1
Match report
Match Report
THE GOALS
1-0, Márquez (min 3)
2-0, Eto'o (pen, min 5)
3-0, Messi (min 8)
3-1, Maxi Rodríguez (min 13)
4-1, Eto'o (min 17)
5-1, Gudjohnsen (min 18)
6-1, Henry (min 73)
That’s what you call football! (6-1)
Roger Bogunyà
FC Barcelona have thrashed Atlético Madrid on a magnificent evening at the Camp Nou. Márquez, Eto’o (2), Messi, Gudjohnsen and Henry scored for a Barça side that was 3-0 up after just eight minutes and played a near perfect first half.
Like the 5-3 win in 1993/94 when Romario scored a hat-trick, like the 4-3 win in 1994/95 when now
manager Josep Guardiola scored one of the goals, and like the 5-4 win in the Copa del Rey of
1996/97 when Barça came back from 3-0 down at half time, tonight’s Barça v Atlético was
another historic night that will be remembered for years to come. Especially in the first half,
Barça displayed all their talent, created danger from all angles and scored no fewer than five
times.
Goal came after goal. Márquez, Eto’o Messi, Eto’o again and Gudjohnsen scored in
the first half to send the Camp Nou into a frenzy, while Henry rounded off a marvellous night by
making it 6-1 in the second half, equating to the sixth consecutive win for Barcelona.
8 minutes: 3-0
What we witnessed in the first eight minutes at the Camp Nou will go down in the record
books. Márquez opened the scoring as he nodded home the first corner of the night (min 3),
Eto’o added the second from the penalty spot and just a minute later Messi was the brightest
spark on the pitch as he cunningly struck home a free kick before the defensive wall had had time
to get ready (min 8).
Only five minutes later, Maxi Rodríguez pulled one back for the visitors with a well-placed
strike from the edge of the area, but it was to be a bad night for the goalscorer otherwise. Apart
from the result, he was also forced to withdraw injured after 20 minutes.
27th minute: 5-1
By that time, Barça had scored yet another. A crazy night saw the score move up to 4-1, with
the inspired home side getting absolutely everything right. The fourth goal came from Eto’ o,
who dribbled coolly around the keeper and a defender at the same time and stroked the ball home
into an empty net. That was still only the 17th minute and there was still a fifth to come in the
half, when Iniesta joined the party with a solo run and a strike that hit the Atlético post. But
Gudjohnsen was on hand to bang home the rebound.
More chances
The game had lost all shape and Barça pounded shot upon shot on Atlético’s goal.
Iniesta could easily have scored, but once again was denied by the woodwork. And in the very next
move, Messi found himself in a one on one with the keeper that only went wide by the smallest of
margins, yet it had been sublime piece of skill that the ecstatic crowd celebrated almost as if it
had gone in.
Atlético at sea as Barça seek more
After the break, Atlético clearly had to do something to change things. Aguirre had new plans
and decided to take off Agüero (min 57), a decision that didn’t go down too well with the
crowed. It almost looked like Atlético were seeking to avoid further humiliation, but Barça pressed
on regardless in search of more, with Eto’ o, Puyol and Gudjohnsen all coming close. It was a
bizarre game, for the result had never really been in doubt since the eighth minute, and Guardiola
opted to send on Bojan and Henry, thus resting Messi and Eto’o.
73rd minute: 6-1
And it was Frenchmen who added the final piece of drama to an unforgettable night, with the
crowd relentlessly applauding their heroes. A tricky combination move involving Xavi, Bojan and
Henry in the 73rd minute was concluded with a powerful drive from Henry that thundered into the
back of the net to make it 6-1. Bojan had a chance to make it seven before the ninety minutes were
up in a game in which we saw the very, very best of what this amazing FC Barcelona team is capable
of doing, and which equates to Barça’s sixth win in a row.
Preview
Synonymous with goals
Of the 71 games between the sides to have been played in the Catalan capital, Barça have won 41, and have scored 258 goals. That means 3.6 goals a game. There has not been a scoreless draw since the 1972/73 season.
No to violence, yes to great football
Roger Bogunyà
A goal-packed classed between two of the most attack minded sides in the league, Barça and Atlético Madrid, is what could be in store tonight (22.00, live on R@dio Barça) at a Camp Nou stadium that wishes to make a stand against violence.
The game won’t start at 20.45, won’t be played midweek and there will no be no
Champions League anthem before it starts, but otherwise tonight’s match has all the hallmarks
of Europe’s premier club competition. Two teams that won their European matches 72 hours
before, now go head to head in a crunch Spanish league tie.
Two winning teams
It’s promising stuff, and that should come as no surprise. Games between FC Barcelona
and Atlético Madrid traditionally produce plenty of goals, many of which are still remembered at
the Camp Nou and the Calderón. After five games, both teams have stayed faithful to their attacking
philosophies and are both on enviable form. Barça have won their last five official games, while
the mattress-makers have got off to good starts in the league and in Europe.
You just have look back at what happened on Wednesday to
realise what quality sides these are. Barça took control and came back from behind in Donetsk with
some Messi brilliance to seal the victory, while the Madrid based side defeated Olympique Marseille
on a night that saw yet another magnificent goal from Agüero.
Messi, Agüero and absentees
Some might say that the Barça v Atlético Madrid duel comes down to face to face between two
men, Messi and ‘Kun' Agüero, but both Argentinians have reminded us that without solid teams
behind them, they would be nothing. Both wear the number ten shirt, and both believe that their
role is merely to finish off the good work done by their colleagues. In this sense,
Guardiola
goes into the game with an almost full strength squad: but has said that he will not be
announcing his exact team until the day of the match.
Aguirre, the visiting manager, however, has been obliged to bring along three reserve team
players (Keko, Joshua and Álvaro) to cover the losses of such key players as Forlán, Simao, Pablo,
Seitaridis and Maniche.
Like a year ago
The situation is curiously similar to the way things stood
when the sides met a year ago. FC Barcelona came into a game just before the international break,
also on the first weekend of October and also having just completed a five-match winning streak.
So, the circumstances are remarkably similar to those of twelve months earlier, when Barça came
away as 3-0 winners.
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