Barcelona wins the derby
Saturday, 20:00CET, Camp Nou. The big derby between Barcelona and Valencia was played. Valencia was sitting at the top of the table until then, and Barcelona wanted to beat them in order to jump higher on the table (they are the defending champions, after all). However, things didn’t start as well as expected. Valencia dominated in the first half, which is very uncharacteristic for Barcelona. They were leading by the end of the first half. In the second half, the brilliant Barca midfield duo showed why they are the best in the world — Xavi made a brilliant pass to Iniesta who scored, and it was 1-1. The second goal for Barcelona came later through a header from Puyol (assist by Xavi).
Andres Iniesta played an amazing game, dominated the midfield, showed some fine skills of ball control and whatnot. It seems that he will be leading the Barca midfield in this season.
Filed under: News on October 18th, 2010