August 09 - Pre season & the Spanish Super Cup

 

August 09 - Pre season & the Spanish Super Cup

31st August 2009 - 1st game of the season

Barcelona 3 Sporting Gijon 0 - A solid start to the 2009-2010 season for Barcelona, with 3 goals, a clean sheet, a convincing victory and 3 different players on the score sheet. All in all a perfect start to the La Liga. With Real Madrid winning their first game 3-2, Barcelona will be keen to keep ahead of Madrid and to pull out a lead before the later rounds of the Champions League take place.

This game started off with Ibrahimovic seeming to immediately be at home with his new side and it was Ibrahimovic who sealed the victory with the 3rd goal with a powerful header in the 82nd minute. Earlier on in the first half, Krkic (18th minute) and Keita (42nd minute) got the ball rolling and Barcelona after the first goal never looked likely to achieve anything less than a win. Real Madrid will need time for their players to get used to playing together and Barcelona will be hoping to capitalise on this in the first half of the season.

21st August 2009: Joan Gamper Trophy - Barcelona 0 Man City 1

Barcelona will not lose to much sleep over the loss of the Joan Gamper Trophy which saw them host Manchester City of England, at the Nou Camp Stadium. This game saw Man City take a 1-0 victory with them and a welcome return for Mark Hughes to Barcelona - an ex-Barca player who now managed The English side.

With La Liga almost upon us, this was a final warm up game for Barca and the focus will now move to the important games with La Liga from 29th August. Barcelona's first game in the league though does not take place until Monday 31st August, with a UEFA Super Cup tie for Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk on Friday 28th August.

16th August 2009: Spanish Super Cup 2009 - Athletico Madrid 1 Barcelona 2

Barcelona have started the season off the way they will want to continue, with a win.

The Spanish Super Cup 1st leg between the Cup winners and the league winners (2nd placed in this case because Barcelona won the league and cup last season) saw Barcelona win away from home and looking good for the cup. Getting that winning mentality from the start and getting a solid start in La Liga can be key to how things go at the end of the season.

With Real Madrid making many big signings, it is likely to be a hard fought season. Barcelona fans though seem confident and feel that it is up to Real Madrid to prove themselves because Barcelona are the ones with the silverwear at this time.

2nd August 2009: Pre-Season friendly - LA Galaxy 2 Barcelona 1

Barcelona's pre-season schedule sees them presently vin the United States and a chance to play again against Davd Beckham, aplayer who scored some vital goals against the Catalans. A record crowd of 93,000 fans filled the Pasadena stadium and alas, that man Beckham scored a delightful goal from a free kick and helped his team to a 2-1 victory.

FC Barcelona and their fans will not take this game too seriously and if anything it was a good test and with no injuries picked up from the game, it was a good run out for the team.

The Catalans are still trying to get Messi to put pen to paper and sign a new agreement but discussions continue...Watch this space for more news...

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