Sep 09 - Malaga and Getafe v Barcelona
27th September 2009 - Malaga 0 Barcelona 2
Five games played and a 100% record for both Barcelona and Real Madrid, with 5 wins each. It is clearly going to be a hard fought season between the two, with neither giving any ground. In this latest La Liga game, Barcelona travelled south to struggling Malaga, in a game which most oberservers expected Barcelona to win by 3 or 4 goals.
Ibrahimovic just cannot help but score and his 39th minute goal was the beginning of the end for Malaga; a Malaga team who fought hard and bravely but ultimately never had the fire-power of ability that the multi million pound players the Catalans have. Pique scored a 59th minute goal for the two nil lead and Barcelona then took their foot off the pedal. Thiery Henry got the chance of a run-out after Ibrahimovic got injured but Henry looked a little rusty and needs a few more games to get back to his best.
Barcelona next play Almeria at the Nou Camp on the 4th October.....
19th September 2009 - Barcelona 5 Atletico Madrid 2
After a 0-0 draw away to Inter Milan, in the Champions League in midweek, it was back to La Liga and to the Nou Camp stadium. Atletico Madrid were the visitors and after this drubbing Artletico will not be in a hurry to return to Barcelona.
It was that man yet again - Ibrahimovic who started the scoring. If Ibrahimovic keeps scoring at this rate he will have won player of the season before the mdidle of the season. Messi, Alves and Keita also got on the scoreboard in the first half, giving them a 4-1 lead at half-time, with Aquero of Madrid getting an injury time goal.
The 82,000 plus fans saw a second half which was a little tamer than the first half. Barcelona though have upcoming European games to prepare for and the season is young and a lot of league and cup games ahead. A Messi goal in the 90th minute and a Forlan 84th minute goal for Madrid left the game at a somewhat easy 5-2 victory for the Catalans.
12th September 2009 - Getafe 0 Barcelona 2
FC Barcelona's first away game of the season saw them take a road trip to the small industrial city of Getafe, South of Madrid and this was a game Barcelona were expected to win: And win they did.
It took Barcelona until the 2nd half though to get their first goal and it was that man again, Ibrahimovic, who got his name on the score goal for the 2nd time in the first 2 games. Barcelona if they had fielded a full strength team, most likely would have had this game sewn up at half time. With a make shift team on the field, as Barca prepare to play Inter Milan in midweek, Barcelona won with goals in the 66th and 80th minutes. Barcelona's 2nd came from Messi - a player close it seems also to securing a new contract.
All eyes now to the Champions League group stage and Inter Milan v Barcelona.
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