BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four minutes after coming on as a substitute Sunday to lead Barcelona to a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid and send the defending champion to the top of the Spanish League standings. Moments after Barcelona's defense had denied a Gonzalo Higuain effort, Daniel Alves found Ibrahimovic at the far post with a lofted cross in the 56th minute and the Sweden striker...
Ibracadabra: Here is yet more testimony for the fallacy of conventional wisdom. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who never performs in big matches, came on for a gasping Thierry Henry shortly after halftime, swiftly altered the match’s complexion in Barcelona’s favor and slotted in Daniel Alves’ cross with his left foot. Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0, retaking a [...]
Zlatan Ibrahimović came off the bench to lead Barcelona to a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid and send the defending champions to the top of the La Liga standings. The Swedish striker stepped off the bench in the 51st minute and five minutes later smashed home a Daniel Alves cross with a thumping left-footed volley at the far post which gave Iker Casillas no chance. But the Catalans went down to...
Today, November 29 2009, Barcelona beat Real Madrid (1-0) to leapfrog their arch rivals and move to the top of La Liga. Now, Barcelona is the leader of La Liga with 30 points. Substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic got Barca's winner after volleying in a delightful Daniel Alves cross.
Barcelona cruised back to the top of Champions League Group F after producing a dominant performance to beat Inter Milan 2-0 at the Camp Nou. The reigning champions took the lead after just ten minutes when Gerard Piqué steered the ball home at the far post after Xavi 's corner was flicked on by Thierry Henry. And they doubled the lead on 26 minutes when a sublime move instigated by Andrés...
Barcelona missed the chance to reclaim their place at the top of La Liga after being held to a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao. Daniel Alves did put Barça in front shortly after the interval, but substitute Gaizka Toquero leveled matters nine minutes later and Athletic held on for a point. Please subscribe to our RSS feed to receive more updates. You can also subscribe by Email and enjoy our latest...
By Joe, www.Bettingexpert.com A friendly might be the last thing on some of the players who are guaranteed to go to the World Cup next summer in South Africa. Both Brazilian Coach Dunga and England Coach Capello wanted to test a few more players out before the summer tournament starts. Both teams have already qualified so it will be an anxious wait for the World Cup draws in the beginning of next month....
That's the trouble with man-marking this Barcelona team – just where do you stop? You put a bodyguard on Xavi, you assign another to Lionel Messi, you have someone shadowing Andres Iniesta, another on Zlatan Ibrahimovic and you even have someone following Daniel Alves all over the pitch... and then Pedro pops up and scores the winner.
Reigning champions Barcelona continued their 100 start to the season after seeing off battling Málaga 3-0 at the La Rosaleda. Zlatan Ibrahimović , who replaced the injured Thierry Henry in the 29th minute, opened the scoring on 39 minutes when he latched onto Lionel Messi 's through-ball and slotted home, albeit from what looked like an offside position. Another replacement, Gerard Piqué...
• Match mooted for some time but contractual issues now resolved • England have never travelled to the Middle Eastern state before England will play Brazil in a friendly in Qatar on Saturday, 14 November. The meeting, which will be the 23rd between the two countries, has been mooted for a while now but the Football Association have finally confirmed it after all the contractual details were...
Barcelona maintained their perfect start to the defense of their La Liga title with a convincing 5-2 victory over Atlético Madrid at the Camp Nou. Zlatan Ibrahimović put the Catalans ahead after just two minutes when he was put through by Sergio Busquets and flicked the ball past Atlético goalkeeper Roberto Jiménez. Lionel Messi doubled the lead in the 16th minute before...
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