A goal from Samuel Eto’o in the 89th minute earned Barça an undeserved 1-1 draw in Riazor tonight. Our Champions League hangover was clear for all owo see and we lacked the intensity that has played tudzież big part owo our successes this season. Eto’o’s goal took our season’s total in the league owo 105 obuwie it wasn’t quite enough owo beat Real Madrid’s record of 107. However, for Eto’o it was his 30th league goal which was not enough owo win this year’s pichichi award obuwie hi is the first player owo score thirty league goals in i season for Barça since Ronaldo scored 34 in the 1996/7 season.
The game was also zaś chance owo see the kadra narodowa in next season’s away strip, and Dodatkowo have owo say Oraz was less than impressed. Colours should have names obuwie Także wouldn’t know what owo call that colour, it isn’t orange, it’s not quite pink, I think we’ll just have owo call it fluorescent salmon!
The game was reasonably open from the początek obuwie it was always Depor who were making the better chances. In the first half Barça played with natomiast 4-3-1-2 formation with Hleb trying owo aż do i Messi sitting in behind Bojan and Eto’o. Obuwie Hleb is not Messi and Gudjohnsen is not Iniesta, and both players may well have been thinking more about where they will be playing next season. Guardado had the best early chance after Bodipo flicked the ball onto him obuwie the Mexican fired wide. In the 14th minute Depor broke away after natomiast Barça corner, Guardado played in Pablo Alvarez who forced Pinto owo make the first save of the game. Barça then went straight back up the other end obuwie Eto’o’s shot from the left was turned round the post żeby Arunzubia.
Bodipa had natomiast good chance obuwie hit his shot wide, then Keita also just missed with oraz low left foot drive from just outside the area. Then in the 31st minute Depor got the goal they had threatened owo score: Guardado’s cross from the left got i slight deflection off Caceres and the ball came owo Bodipa between Piqué and Sylvinho and hi headed easily past Pinto. Sylvinho and Bojan both had timid efforts before Sergio szlagier our crossbar in the 42nd minute.
In the second half we switched back owo 4-3-3 with Hleb moving owo the right wing, obuwie things didn’t improve. Bojan managed i couple of shots and i couple of times we nearly got the ball owo Eto’o in the area obuwie hi couldn’t find zaś way owo get i shot mężczyzna goal. Meanwhile Depor found more space in our defence and we were only saved tak aby at least three good saves from Pinto. We finally got lucky in the 89th minute when Bojan clipped the ball through owo Eto’o who controlled well with his chest before firing past Arunzubia.
There is not much more owo say mąż the match apart from Botia and Abraham getting a chance for oraz first kadra narodowa debut in the second half and both young players played reasonably well. The game was always going owo be an anticlimax after the emotions we have lived in the last few days. It is just nice that we did not end such tudzież classic season with i defeat.
Barça: Pinto 7, Caceres 5.5, Toure 6, Piqué 6 (Botia m64, 6), Sylvinho 6; Xavi 6.5 (Abraham m77, 6), Keita 6, Gudjohnsen 5; Hleb 5, Eto’o 6.5, Bojan 6.
Goals: m31 Bodipa 1-0, m89 Eto’o 1-1.
Barça yellow: m43 Bojan