Barcelona's 2-1 win over Real Sociedad, the Liga BBVA Barcelona's 2-1 win over Real Sociedad, the Liga BBVA match at Camp Nou on Saturday (04/02/2012). Thanks to that victory, Barcelona sits in second place with 48 points, seven points or less from the temporary ruler, Real Madrid.
Barcelona opened the margin to a goal by striker Cristian Tello in the ninth minute. From the middle of the penalty box, Tello posts Lionel Messi fired the ball into the middle of the goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
Striker Lionel Messi enlarge the host advantage in the 72nd minute. Having mastered the bait breakthrough Dani Alves, Messi fired a shot into the bottom right corner of the goal, which this time failed driven Bravo.
Two minutes after the goal Messi, Sociedad cut the difference thanks to goals from Carlos Vela. He beat Valdes in a duel against each other using bait Antoine Griezmann.
Barcelona dominated the game from the start, but difficult to penetrate the Sociedad defense and create chances. In addition to its line discipline back games, Barcelona are also difficult to score because Bravo.
In the fifth minute, for example, Bravo managed to anticipate the shot at close range in Lionel Messi dueling one satu.Pada the 17th minute, Messi again saw his shot from a narrow angle Bravo countered.
Another golden opportunity was created midfielder Thiago in the 19th minute. From the middle of the penalty box, he fired a feed Isaac Cuenca to the bottom right corner of the goal, but again ran aground in the hands of Bravo.
After Cesc Fabregas shot in the 27th minute missed the mark, Sociedad showed improvement of coordination, especially in terms of survival. It is increasingly difficult for Barcelona launch an attack to completion and ultimately failed to add a goal until the halftime whistle sounded.
The game had not changed much in the second round. Barcelona still dominate, but the difficulties overcome and the Bravo line Sociedad defender.
Before getting the second goal, Barcelona barely increase the advantage over Messi in the 59th minute and to-63. While the first attempt was thwarted Bravo, experiments both miss the mark.
At the 68th minute, Barcelona saw the referee disallowed a goal Tello. Goals stems from Cuenca that Isaac shot hit the crossbar.Tello fired throw the ball into the goal. However, the referee annulled a goal that, because the judge Dani Alves is in the off-side position.
After a goal back Sociedad, Barcelona continued to apply pressure. However, the third goal never created, till the long whistle sounded.
The lineup
Barcelona: Victor Valdes; Javier Mascherano, Carles Puyol (Eric Abidal 76), Adriano, Dani Alves; Jonathan Dos Santos (Sergio Busquets 76, Gerard Pique 83), Cesc Fabregas, Thiago: Cristian Tello, Lionel Messi, Isaac Cuenca
Sociedad: Claudio Bravo; Inigo Martínez, Mikel Gonzalez, Cadamuro, Carlos Martinez; Mikel Aranburu, Larranaga Markel Bergara, Antoine Griezmann, Xabi Prieto (Imanol Agirretxe 84); Diego Ifrán (Carlos Vela 58), Rubén Pardo (Joseba Llorente 78)
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