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    Cesc Fàbregas

    10/10. The first goal was special. A 27 pass move starting from Pinto and involving all players (with the possible exception of Montoya), Cesc involved several times in the build up and a great one two from Cesc and Alexis to set up the finish.
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    Alex Song

    Another top notch performance. It's no coincidence that his worst performances have come when Xavi and Iniesta are out but when one or both of them are in midfield with him he is always excellent.
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    FC Barcelona: Win of the youth system

    His second goal is a beauty
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    FC Barcelona: Win of the youth system

    Barca Juvenil A forward Toni Sanabria is playing for Paraguay in the South American U17 Championship. He started in the opening match against Colombia, which was drawn 1-1
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    Sergio Busquets

    Was good in possession as always but had a really poor defensive game.
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    Hector Bellerin

    Had a great game in the Nextgen series semi final against Chelsea, setting up two goals with a good low cross for Akpom to score and a through ball behind the opposing left back for Gnabry to score
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    Juvenil B

    The juvenil B are playing in the Aegon Future Cup at Ajax starting tomorrow. They're in a group with Anderlecht, Bayern Munich and Benfica. Eurosport is covering the tournament. Does anyone know the squad Barca are taking?
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    Neymar - v2

    Disagree. He showed some nice tiki-taka style one-two's in the midfield in the second half
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    FC Barcelona Tactics

    The UEFA website has a couple of interesting documents that are good for analysing Barca's performances. The below image shows comprehensive passing stats included the total number of passes and percentage accuracy for individual players and the team as a whole, the distances of each pass, the...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    I missed the game live but had it recorded. My brother texted me to say that Messi scored a great goal so when he came on every time he got the ball I was expecting him to score with an amazing dribble or long shot. Kind of ruined the surprise for me but it was a lovely goal nonetheless.
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    Countering the Parked Bus?

    Teams defend very narrow against Barca because they know that we are most dangerous when passing through the middle and also because we have almost no aerial threat on high crosses. However, your idea of us putting low crosses into the box is missing one important point. Low crosses are most...
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    Alexis Sanchez

    There was a short sequence of play 10:54-11:10 in this match which for me summed up perfectly the difference between Alexis and Pedro. Pedro controls a headed pass from Pique perfectly and then performs an elegant little dribble to evade his marker and passes back to Pique. The ball is then...
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    Cristian Tello

    Tello's way faster than Pedro and Alexis. A Tello v Alba 100m race would be fun
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    Andrés Iniesta

    I'm shocked that Zidane has so few goals. It's difficult to say if Iniesta's better than Zidane right now but if he keeps winning with Spain and Barca then he will surely be remembered as the greater of the two.
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    Neymar - v2

    Neymar will do a Zlatan tonight, i.e. score four goals v England, one of which will be a goal of the season contender
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    David Villa

    Why is Villa wearing shinpads? Because all players have to. It's mandatory and FIFA rules.
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    Sergio Busquets

    Immense game defensively v Real Madrid but he missed more simple passes than in any other game this season, first half especially.
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    Isaac Cuenca

    Good luck in Ajax, Cuenca. I'm sure he will come good for the first team next season
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    Gerard Piqué

    Great game. MOTM for sure
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    David Villa

    I'm confused by this talk of Villa at RW. Has he ever played that position for Barca?

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