Shakhtar, a perfect sparring partner for what is to come

After the strong results achieved in the first leg at Camp Nou, FC Barcelona had but to make a serious party which was able to withstand the initial thrust Donest Shaktar, then, with time, be tamed and eventually became convinced that it was too late to dream of a different ending.

Lucescu The guys took the field as expected, with strength, speed and intensity, puffed throats by the 50,000 filled the night, apparently, spectacular stage Donbass Arena. But the Ukrainians (perhaps I should say "the Brazilian") lacked the same as in the first leg: aim. Too many shots to the doll or at least comparable, which in the current state of Víctor Valdés means losing power.

Pep Guardiola last night ranked right Mascherano as central to the couple which placed Busquets, Piqué couple in recent games, in place. Given that the jefecito may not be this Saturday at the Bernabeu, exchanging positions should not rely solely as evidence of central Argentina (counting the three boys from the subsidiary, is the ninth blaugrana Mascherano playing in the center behind so far this season), but possibly also wanted Santpedor Busi not enter the field of Madrid after a month away from the deal since Saturday. The funny thing is that Mascherano worked well as central, mixed well with Pique, was perfectly tuned to cover the back of Alves and even dared to make some long journeys show that not only muerdetobillos has been in Liverpool or the Selección Argentina.

The persistent drive and put pressure on Ukraine to midfield problems Blaugrana, which took almost half an hour to find the rhythm and the passing lanes to reassure the party. But in the last quarter of an hour the first time the club had already led the party to a course more comfortable and supportive. All he needed was a goal to finish seals the utopia of Ukraine and it ended up arriving at the break. In a move that started playing at Piqué Valdés, open to the left lateral position, finally arriving after a couple of passes at the feet of Messi in lane eight, which opened to the right to incorporate Alves. As Brazil has a custom GPS always tells where the Argentine side Messi found between the lines and the Insatiable perfectly defined and settled the match. Blaugrana pedigree Play: start on one side, just on the other.

With Lionel Messi goal last night adds 48 so far this season, one more than the record set by Ronaldo in 1996-97. 29 goals in 27 matches in La Liga, Champions nine eight, seven in the Copa del Rey and three in the Super Cup. And you still have at least ten games left, seven-league presumably will not play all, depending on whether the club win the league sooner rather than later, "two of Champions, which could be three-and one of Cup That is, his holy madness can still go to more ...

In the second half, Barça controlled the game from beginning to end, by putting the desired pace and convincing the Shaktar minute that it was not worth the effort, circumstances that took the coaching staff to distribute breaks Xavi, Piqué and Villa. At the end of the match was diluted to become Guardiola's first win in a field outside of the Champions League qualifiers (so far had tied for Lyon, Munich, Stuttgart and London three times, twice with Arsenal and Against Chelsea, and lost against Inter Milan).

Shakhtar Barcelona has served as a real sparring with views of the Olympic games against Real Madrid. Both in Barcelona and Donest was able to withstand the high initial thrust of the Ukrainians, uacrceítccharacteristic shared by the Madrid and even Mourinho teams separately. It demanded patience and confidence with their style of play, was not lacking in either and that was imposed without giving his opponent no chance to rise again. Moreover, if they recover Villa eye for goal (I'm gonna remember that just entered the game with Real Madrid in the first round), the club is knowing how to define and finish the games in the penalty area. Although not forget that the Shakhtar Shakhtar and Real, Madrid.

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