FC Barcelona
BY Norman
Table of Contents COPA DEL RAY:
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Famous Player: Messi:
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Famous Player: Messi:
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Famous Coach : Guardiola :
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Rivalry :
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El clasico:
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Glossary :
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About the Author :
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Copa Del Ray With the new team around Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta. Barcelona won Athletic Bilbao 4-1 in the Copa De Ray finals in 2009. Following the match Barcelona won Real Madrid 2-6. It also ensured that Barcelona was the La Liga champions. Then they also won the Champions league title by winning the previous league winner Manchester United 2-0. Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta proved that they were the best in Barca.
Season Champion From1995 to 2012 2012 FC Barcelona 2011 Real Madrid 2010 Sevilla FC 2009 FC Barcelona 2008 Valencia CF 2007 Sevilla FC 2006 RCD Espanyol 2005 Real Betis 2004 Real Zaragoza 2003 RCD Mallorca 2002 Deportivo La Coruña 2001 Real Zaragoza 2000 RCD Espanyol 1999 Valencia CF 1998 FC Barcelona 1997 FC Barcelona 1996 Atlético Madrid 1995 Deportivo La Coruña
Famous Player Messi made history with soccer. He did it by scoring 5 goals in a Champions League match. He also did it by setting the European record for the most goals scored in a season. (Even though Raul is the record setter, Messi is the record setter that is living and did not retire yet.) He scored 65 goals in one Champions season. Messi is still making history.
The man in the picture is Messi
Messi actually pulled on his own legs to gain the height he needed to go in the Barcelona B team. Messi is only 1.69 m tall, but height has nothing to do with his great play.
Messi
Messi is the only player that had 4 Ballon d’or in a row. He was in the nominees for the Ballon d’or at the age 21. He also was in the Guinness World record for scoring the most goals.
Famous Coach
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola are the two best coaches in the world. Even though the 2013 FiFa world coach was Jupp Heynckes, but Jose and Pep also won a FIFA World coach award.
Pep Guardiola took over Rijkaard’s job at FC Barcelona A team. as the new coach,Pep bought his famous style of play, the Tiki Taka. He sold Ronaldinho and Deco and started building the team around Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta. Guardiola is the best coach in Barcelona.
Rivalry Between the 107 matches, Real madrid is in the lead by three matches, which is 90 wins to Barcelona's 87 wins, their rivalry is also in their history. Real madrid and Barcelona are considered to be opposing political positions, with Barcelona as Catalanism and Real madrid as Nationalism. their rivalry is considered to be the world biggest in world football.
El Clasico
Matches between Barca and Real Madrid are all called El Clasico, El Clasico matches are one of the most followed matches. Before all matches that were between the teams was called El Clasico, El Clasico was only for the matches between the teams in La Liga. But just to fill marketing needs, UEFA decided that all matches between these two teams are all El Clasico matches. The only matches that are the most followed is the UEFA Champions League final, El Clasico are followed by millions of people, including me.
Glossary Copa Del Ray - English: King's Cup) is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Ballon d’or - an association football award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous year. Champions League - an annual continental club football competition La Liga- The top league of spanish soccer UEFA- abbreviation for Union of European Football
About the Author
Norman is from Shatin, Hong Kong. He likes to play soccer and video games. He has a sister named Kailey, she is in third grade.