Thursday, 15 December 2011

Barcelona thrashed Al Sadd to access the Club World Cup final

Logic ended up giving in the World Clubs: Pep Guardiola's Barcelona crushed the modest Al Sadd of Qatar in the semifinals of the tournament and now face in the decisive match against Santos in Brazil where he plays Neymar.

Expected results in the second semifinal bulky Club World and Barcelona did not disappoint: he got four Qatari team Al Sadd. Adriano opened the scoring at 25 minutes. Before the end of the first half, Adriano scored again.

In the second half, Keita (at 64) and Maxwell (to 81) completed the rout to give appearance of this new set victory Guardiola.

With this result, the Catalans must now face the Saints, American representative in the competition that has classified after winning the Copa Libertadores this year. In that team plays the Brazilian star Neymar, coveted by both Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Note that for this decisive match, Barcelona will be without David Villa who has suffered a severe injury in the match played today: a fractured tibia in his left leg in the final minutes of the half. Alexis Sanchez replaced him during the game and has emerged as the Guaje substitute for the rest of the season. It is estimated that Villa will be sidelined for at least 4 months and, if he returns to play for the remainder of the season, it would in the final of the Champions (if Barcelona agree to that instance).

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