ATLETICO DE MADRID WINS U - 17 WORLD CLUBS TITLE

ATLETICO DE MADRID has defeated FC BARCELONA 2 - 1 in the Final of the U-17 WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIPS being played in Madrid. The goals came early with Atletico scoring in the 10th via ARONA & in the 46th min via SAINZ. Barça then managed to grab one back in the 60th via MUNIR but Atletico held out to win the 8th edition of this prestigious U- 17 tournament.

At Madrid - FC Barcelona 

The previous winners have been Boca Juniors ( 2 ), Sao Paulo (2), Real Madrid (1), Corinthians ( 2 ) & now Atletico de Madrid. We hope that some of theses youngsters will soon appear in the Atletico senior team to keep renewing the Club squad.

Congratulations World Champs!
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AL SAAD 0 FC BARCELONA 4 | DAVID VILLA OUT 6 MONTHS

FC BARCELONA defeated AL_SAAD 0 - 4 in the semi final of the "FIFA World Clubs Championship" in Japan & will meet Bralizian Club SANTOS in the weekend final.

Barça was never really troubled the whole match & one gets the idea that their opponents, although professional & putting in a very good game, had the joy of playing with their Football Heroes.

Adriano

The goals came via ADRIANO with two ( 24th & 42 min ) , KEITA in the 64th min & MAXWELL in the 82nd min. The outstanding players were Iniesta ( fabulous as always) & young Thiago putting in an excellent match with passes that turned into goals.

David Villa moment of injury. broken shinebone

However the victory came at an important cost, as DAVID VILLA broke his "shinebone" in the 36th min & will be out of action between 5 - 6 months. This puts his participation with the Spanish National Football Team during the upcoming Euro 2012 almost impossible.

Cruel bad luck as Villa was main page this week with speculation about his future outside of Barcelona next season. Now all this murmur stops until the player can recover. Sad way to start Christmas & the New Year. From here we wish to man luck & a speedy recovery.
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SIX SPANISH PLAYERS & COACH DEL BOSQUE MAKE UP THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP DREAM TEAM - BEST XI

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog/
FIFA has included up to six SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM players ( plus Coach Del Bosque) to make up its BEST XI Team for the 2010 WORLD CUP Tournament. What has grabbed everyone attention is the absence of the big names, which isn´t a big surprise as the likes of Cristaino Ronaldo, Messi, Kaka, ... etc have not shone in this World Cup & their respective teams were eliminated relatively early.

This is the FIFA 2010 World Cup "Dream Team" / "Best XI" team:

Iker Casillas (SP), Maicon (BRA), Sergio Ramos (SP) , Carles Puyol (SP) , Lahm (GER), Wesley Sneijder (HOL), Xavi Hernandez (SP) , Andres Iniesta (SP) , Schweinsteiger (GER), Diego Forlan (URU) & David Villa (SP)

Coach : Vicente Del Bosque (SP) Tweet

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FC BARCELONA DEFEATS ESTUDIANTES 1-2 TO MAKE HISTORY & WIN THE FIFA WORLD CLUBS TITLE (VIDEO)

SFS has taken this impressive photo from Spanish sports daily "Marca"
to celebrate with all FC BARCELONA fans around the World a historic
1-2 victory over Argentine team ESTUDIANTES DE LA PLATA to take
the FIFA WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE 2009.









Never before - until tonight - has a European team won all the possible
titles up for grabs in one single season. In the case of FC Barcelona they

have been the Spanish Cup, Spanish League, Champions League,
European SuperCup, Spanish SuperCup & FIFA World Clubs. This makes
them the "Greatest Barcelona Team ( & possibly all time Football Team)
in the History of the game.

Getting there was extremely difficult tonight as Estudiantes had a plan
that nearly paid off. The Argentine´s were not there for beautiful play
& set up a defensive team with strict controls on the Barça midfield
players so as to cancel out their ball control. In the 36th min
Estudiante forward BOSELLI put them ahead with a great header, thus

putting in place the first objective of their strategy.

The 2ºhalf was all Barça as they looked for the equalizer but the
Argentine team put up a defensive wall & "allocated" the times to

their advantage. But Barça kept to its philosophy of touch Football
& in the 88th min substitute revelation PEDRO did it again to score,

equalize & take the match into extra-time. Watch the below VIDEO

for the goal:

(Pedro - allow to load)


This broke the Argentine spirit & physically they were "wasted"
going into the extra-time. Here Barça was stronger & in the 110th min
LIONEL MESSI scored the winner, as seen here on this VIDEO:

(Messi - allow to load)



The rest is history for the Club & Spanish Football. Lionel Messi
was voted "Golden Ball" of the Tournament with Xavi recieving
to bronze. Special mention to Ibrahimovic for a great match
& young substitute Jaffren who gave spark in the extra-time.
Congratulations to FC BARCELONA!

(photo:efe_elmundo.com_Ali.Haider)

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ATLANTE 1 - FC BARCELONA 3: STRAIGHT INTO THE "WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONS " FINAL

ATLANTE of Mexico has been defeated by Spanish & European
Champions FC BARCELONA 1-3 in the “World Clubs Championships”
being held in Abu Dhabi.This win puts Barça directly into the Sunday
Final were they will be meeting "Estudiantes de La Plata" from
Argentina for the “Best Club In The World” title for 2009.

The Mexicans started great by taking advantage of a Barça defensive
mistake in the 4th min to see ROJAS put his team ahead. From
here Barça shook the sleep off & went into gears to see them
retake control gradually with midfielder BUSQUETS equalizing in
the 35th min.

However, Coach Guardiola wanted Barça to “kill off” & secure this
match & decided to bring on LIONEL MESSI in the second half. In his
very first touch in the 55th min, Messi scored from an Ibrahimovic
pass that set the course for the rest of the game. Watch the Messi
goal on this video:

(Lower Volume & allow to load)


From this point it was Barça who dominated to have PEDRO score
his teams third goal in the 66th min. It could have been more for the
Spaniards, but they didn´t maximize their many opportunities.

Good win for Barça who now have the chance to get their sixth
straight mayor title which would be a true Football record. Tweet

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FC BARCELONA: WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 DRAW

The draw for this years “World Club Champions” has been celebrated
in the city of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), the capital of the
host country,with FC BARCELONA knowing who they will meet in the
semi-finales.

(courtesy of Sport.es)

The “World Club Championship” gathers the Club Champion of each
of the FIFA Confederations plus the host country Champion, for
example FC Barcelona represents UEFA as the European Champion.
The event takes place at the United Arab Emirates & will start from
the 9th to the 19th of December

FC Barcelona has been drawn in the semi-final against Concacaf
Champion the Mexican side ATLANTE if the latter wins the Q/Final
of the winner between host Champions AL AHLI FCD & Oceania
Champion the New Zealand team AUCKLAND CITY.

In the other group, South American Champion Club ESTUDIANTES
DE PLATA will play the winner of the African Champion Congo
side TP MAZEMBE & Asian Champion Club the Koreans POHANG
STEELERS

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