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Sporting Gijón vs Barcelona Report
Barcelona imposed themselves 1-0 at El Molinon against Sporting Gijon.
Pedro Rodriguez, Lionel Messi and David Villa led the attack while Thiago Alcantara was offered a place alongside Xavi and Sergio Busquets in midfield. Mascherano, Daniel Alves, Eric Abidal and Adriano completed Pep Guardiola’s starting XI. Sporting Gijon, meanwhile, had Barral upfront in a 4-2-3-1 formation.Thankfully for Barcelona fans, it didn’t take so long before the visitors went in front. Midfield maestro Xavi produced a great shot which hit the post but defender Adriano was there to justify the Spaniard’s effort. A few minutes after the break, Abidal and Pedro made way for Maxwell and Gerard Pique respectively.
Controversial Barcelona Debate: 3 Players That Could Lead Your Transfer Exit List
Barcelona are perhaps an example of team play but some players don’t seem to find their rhythm in the squad. Here are 3 names that arguably deserve to be on Pep Guardiola’s summer transfer exit list.
Defender Adriano CorreiaThe 26-year-old Brazilian could follow the footsteps of former number 21 jersey holder Dmytro Chygrynskiy by reaching the exit door at Barcelona. Adriano has not managed to find back the amazing form that transformed him into a key figure at Sevilla—especially between 2006 and 2008.
Blame this on injury. Either way, the quality of team mates such as Sergio Busquets has seen his role reduced to making substitute appearances only. Adriano has featured only 14 times in La Liga as part of his total of 30 appearances in all competitions.
Champions League: Shakhtar Donetsk vs Barcelona & 5 Statistical Facts
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Barcelona comes up this Tuesday and Live Soccer TV shares with 5 statistical facts to know. The UEFA Champions League always produces interesting numbers.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Barcelona
• Lionel Messi leads the UEFA Champions League’s top scorers chart with 8 goals like Mario Gomez of Bayern Munich and Samuel Eto’o of Internazionale but the Argentine has the upper hand since – like Bayern – Inter are expected to crash out of Europe.
• No Shakhtar Donetsk or Barcelona player has sustained a red card since the start of the 2011 UEFA Champions League’s campaign.
• Thomas Hubschman of Shakhtar Donetsk, and Barcelona’s Gerard Pique and Andres Iniesta are among the many players to have picked up as much as 3 yellow cards so far. The yellow cards chart is led by Schalke’s Farfan, Inter’s Chivu and Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos.
Bravo Adriano Galliani
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani deserves the highest praise for his dealings in the summer and winter transfer windows.
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has not had the easiest job for the past few seasons. He has had to be the mediator between the demands of Milan fans on the one hand and the financial and political caprice of owner Silvio Berlusconi on the other.The Italian prime-minister's spending on Milan has always had more than a hint of demagogy. This is a man, after all, who landed in a helicopter at the San Siro in 1986 to rescue Milan from bankruptcy. The ostentatiousness was almost comical, but Berlusconi's intentions were serious from the outset. And it was his right-hand man Galliani who communicated them to coach Arrigo Sacchi later.
"We want to be the best team in the world," Galliani told Sacchi succinctly. "We are very ambitious."
Serie A at Stake
Italian clubs must start playing for the greater good.
In a rare moment of candour, Milan vice-president and CEO Adriano Galliani revealed in April that he would be supporting Inter in the final of the Champions League against Bayern Munich. Of course, his reasons were not rooted entirely in sentimental nationalism; rather, they were motivated by self-preservation. “I will be supporting Inter because of the UEFA rankings,” said Galliani.“Italy risks losing its ranking as the third placed league, and its four spots in the Champions League.” As it happened, Inter beat Bayern Munich to lift the European Cup, but more importantly for the long term health of Serie A, Galliani touched on an issue that has resonated with many Italian football followers.