Barcelona started their la liga campaign this season with a convincing win over Sporting Gijon in the Nou Camp. The Blaugranas won the match 3-0 even without the service of Messi, Iniesta, Henry and Yaya Toure. Iniesta is still recovering from the injury received at the end of the last season and Messi is in Argentina to be with his national team that is preparing for the important World Cup Qualifier match against Brazil to be held this saturday. Henry and Toure were rested by the coach.
The young striking duo of Pedro and Bojan combined well in attack with new buy Zlatan Ibrahimovic. That paid off at the 18th minute when Bojan scored with a header. At the 40th minute Kieta scored the second goal for the Catalans when he headed in a cross from right off Dani Alves . In the Second half Ibrahimovic scored his first goal for Barcelona when he headed a cross again from Dani Alves.
However, in the almost perfect match for the Blaugranas, where they scored from headers and won without the pillars of the team, the injury of Bojan and Maxwell will be a headache for coach Pep Guardiola. It is expected that Mawell will recover soon but Bojan may take 15-20 days to recover from the the thigh injury. Bojan may miss the Champions League tie in Inter and the league match against Atletico Madrid and Getafe.
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