[La Liga - Jornada 27] Racing Santander vs. Barcelona

Lineups, discussion, predictions etc.

I'm unsure on whether Puyol who got a knock before Leverkusen will be ready or Thiago who had a Tibia problem.


Injured players: Abidal, Alexis, Puyol, Thiago, Villa, Fontas and Afellay.

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FCBarcelona Record vs Racing:

- @Home, 44 matches (37W, 5D, 2L) scored 133 goals & conceded 28.
- Overall, 87 matches (52W, 20D, 15L) scored 199 goals & conceded 90.


FCBarcelona Record vs Racing ( Guardiola Era since 2008/2009):


- @ Home: 3 matches ( 2W, 1D, 0L) scored 8 goals & conceded 1.
- Overall: 6 matches ( 5W, 1D, 0L) scored 17 goals & conceeded 3.

` 2011/2012
- (Week 7): FC Barcelona 3 - 0 Racing Santander

`2010/2011
- (Week 20): FC Barcelona 3 - 0 Racing Santander
- (Week 01): Racing Santander 0 - 3 FC Barcelona

`2009/2010
- (Week 23): FC Barcelona 4 - 0 Racing Santander
- (Week 04): Racing Santander 1 - 4 FC Barcelona

`2008/2009
- (Week 21): Racing Santander 1 - 2 FC Barcelona
- (Week 02): FC Barcelona 1 - 1 Racing Santander

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Top Scorers (La Liga only):

Cristiano Ronaldo	32 goals	10 penalties
Lionel Messi	28 goals	2 penalties
Gonzalo Higuain	17 goals	0 penalties
Radamel Falcao	15 goals	5 penalties
Karim Benzema	13 goals	0 penalties

Valdes, Alves, Mascherano, Barta/Muniesa, Abidal, Busquests, Xavi, Inestia, Cuenca, Messi, Pedro. If Muniesa/Barta are not to play then Abdial to CB and Adriano to left

Hopefully no injuries, play as many kids as possible, no need to tire key players in this dead rubber game.

There's no real need to rest players, we don't have a big game or anything, we're trying to get in a run of good form so we need a good team. However, it is a game where we CAN rest players if they need it, and if anyone is tired... Pep should rest them.

I'm not sure if Xavi is fit yet, if he needs more rest, or gametime. He and Puyol would be my only players I'd be unsure about selecting. If they want a rest, give it to them.

Wouldn't mind seeing Bartra getting a go as he's been great for Barca B I hear from Free. Perfect Pique replacement, so it could be a move Guardiola goes for. Part of me thinks Tello deserves a chance to prove he can start games too, but I'd rather Pedro rediscover some form.

Maybe:


(or rest Xavi and start Cuenca)

We need to win this or else we would be at risk for a Pasillo at the Camp Nou, so we need to be very careful with this fixture

-----------------------------------VV-----------------------------------------
---Alves-------Maschete--------------Puyol-----------------Adriano----
-----------------------XaviBusiNiesta--------------------------------------
---------Cuenca-----------------Messi-----------------------Pedro/Tello

Official lineup: Valdés, Alves, Mascherano, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Pedro, Messi & Cuenca

343 I think?

What a team goal!




2nd goal:

Why were these 2 tackles not red cards?

I'm just glad Busquets and Cesc didn't get injured badly by those horrific tackles.

I don't know how he got up and started playing after that.

The guy came in with studs.

Good game from the boys and another good game for Fabregas. The guy is improving game by game. Good to see! Those tackles were really bad and I was so surprised to see that Fabregas and Busquests are not injuried...

Good game from us.
Should have won by more if not for poor finishing.
Also how in the blue hell did Xavi see Messi for the dummy?Messi was behind him.Also did a dummy to set up Fabregas.
Guy has supernatural vision.

This was such a meh game in terms of entertainment and anticipation.... we all knew we would win, and it seemed like the case with the players as well

They didnt offer anything attacking, and so we just kept attacking to score, but no where near our usual pace.

Messi with 2 more goals was it though