Saturday, July 25, 2009

[football] Barcelona Draw Spurs With Their Reserves

Barcelona drew against Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 in wembley on friday. Barcelona who didn't play any of the first team players except Yaya Toure and Bojan dominated the first half and scored through Bojan from a pass of Yaya. In the second half, they changed all the eleven players. However Spurs had a better match this time with Livermore scoring in the last ten minutes. Barcelona players who participated in the Confederations Cup had an extended holiday and some of the important players like Iniesta, Henry are on rest because of their injuries. It was a chance for the junior players to show their mettle and make a chance in the first team with players like Gai, Jeffren and Jonathan Dos Santos doing well.

While in USA, Chelsea defeated second Milan club in the week beating AC Milan 2-1 with goals from Drogba and Zhirkov.
Manchester United had their third win in the Asian tour with a 3-2 win over FC Seol where they came from behind twice.
In Peace Cup in Madrid Juventus defeated Sevilla 2-1 with goals from Amauri, Iaquinta (Juventus) and Squillaci (Sevilla). While LDU defeated Al Ittihad 3-1.
Athletico Madrid played a draw with Ajax Amsterdam with Simao, Aguero and Rodriguez (Athletico) and Cvitaniz, Suarez and Rommedahl scoring the goals.

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