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kevcam wrote:kevcam wrote:pimptacular wrote:unlike barca the rest of europe actually has strength beyond the starting 11 and or the bench
Which european teams can play 7-8 players beyond the starters and the full substitutes bench and prove to be strong?
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pimptacular wrote:sign of things to come?
kevcam wrote:First isCjruckus wrote:Barcas short game is no match for the serious counter attack Real will bring. Plus this leg is not in Nou Camp so the favor goes to Real.
I however expect barca to win in nou camp however Real will take the cup on aggregate.
Now isCjruckus wrote:Real will win this cup on Aggregate.
the Barca machine seems to need a tune up. They did not dominate this game in typical barca fashion. Real will win the division this year.
Cj you trying to outdo pioneer?
Real beating up sides left right and centre during the pre-season with basically their full squad.
Alves came back 3 days before the game
Mascherano came back 6 days before the game
Messi came back 6 days before the game
Alexis now get transfer to the side
Pique and Xavi start on d bench and Real still could not beat Barcelona?
Of course with no pre-season football Messi and co. would not just click like normal for the first game but it was still enough to prevent Real from obtaining an advantage.
A home-grown eleven
This season, the first team will have eleven players that came up through the club’s youth system. Fifty per cent of the team is from la Masia.
The power of the Barça youth system is more evident than ever. Guardiola often fields around six or seven local players in a game, whether at El Molinón or in the Champions League final. The doors to the first team are wide open to players fostered at the club itself, as Thiago and Fontàs well know, who have both just become fully fledged first team members.
This year there are an unprecedented 11 players from La Masia out of a total of 21. These aren’t reserves used as a complement, these are first team players in every sense of the word.
Starting eleven
It is years since the team has had so many of its own players to choose from, and although some players would have to play in unfamiliar positions, Guardiola could theoretically play them all at once: Valdés in goal; Puyol and Fontàs as full backs; Busquets and Piqué at centre back; Xavi, Thiago and Cesc in midfield and Pedro, Messi and Iniesta up front. Cesc completes an eleven that would fill any Barça fan with pride.
Nine under Rijkaard
Under the Dutchman in the 2003/04 season, there were eight local players in the first team: Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Gerard, Gabri, Luis García and Motta. But they weren’t all regular starters. In 2008, there were nine: Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Giovanni, Messi, Oleguer, Bojan and Jorquera. Under Guardiola, the number has done nothing but increase.
La Masia products in recent years
Season 2010/11: Valdés, Piqué, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Bojan, Messi, Jeffren, Busquets and Pedro.
Season 2009/10: Valdés, Piqué, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Bojan, Busquets and Pedro.
Season 2008/09: Valdés, Piqué, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Bojan, Busquets and Jorquera.
Season 2007/08: Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Giovanni, Messi, Oleguer, Bojan and Jorquera.
Season 2006/07: Valdés, Motta, Puyol, Xavi, Messi, Oleguer, Iniesta and Jorquera.
Season 2005/06: Valdés, Motta, Puyol, Xavi, Gabri, Oleguer, Iniesta and Jorquera.
Season 2004/05: Valdés, Motta, Puyol, Xavi, Gerard, Oleguer, Iniesta and Jorquera.
Season 2003/04: Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Gerard, Gabri, Luis Garcia, Motta and Jorquera.
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