Summary of the successful season of FC Barcelona 2010-2011
FC Barcelona started their 2010-11 season with the threat of the special, José Mourinho, as he knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League Semi-Final last year with his unprecedented tactics. But Barca have shown their superlative class once again by winning the double, La Liga Crown three times in a row with two games to spare and the great Champions League Crown twice in three years by teaching their opponent some really good football. lesson. Furthermore, Barça made a spectacular record of 28 games without losing and 16 consecutive league wins in the 2010-2011 La Liga season. Barça now has to do with the “Dream Team”.
the league
Barça were dramatically beaten 2-0 at Camp Nou in their second game against newcomer Hércules CF! It was a surprise, not a fact, Barça showed it in their following games. They managed to win the third successive La Liga crown with two games to spare.
Series of “The classics”
Five “The classic” in one season and four of them occurred in April-May only in a time range of 18 days. In recent history, in 2001-02 alone the two Giants met four times in a season and before that, when they met more or as evenly as this season, I really don’t remember.
The first“The classic” of the season took place on November 29. The new manager of Madrid, his outstanding performance in the league before this match, the tiredness of the Spanish players after the world cup, etc. were the main problems before the match. But as soon as the referee blew the whistle to start the battle, it was back to being the beauty of football drawn by none other than the Barça players. Barça gave its fans an unforgettable Five Star by beating its eternal rival 5-0 at the Camp Nou on the 111th birthday of the best club in the world. Barça top the table, 8 points ahead of Madrid with this victory and the leading position was as stable as Everest until the end of the season.
The second“The classic” It was a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu while both Messi scored for the first time against Mourinho and Ronaldo did against Barcelona after his arrival at the Santiago Bernabeu. After the game, Barça was also eight points ahead of Madrid.
Third“The classic” I was in “Ray’s Cup Final so it was a great match for both of them. Mourinho maintained his super-defensive strategy and ultimately secured a win and a trophy as Ronaldo scored in the 102nd minute at Mestalla. Barca owned 70% of the first half goal without any real effort before the goal post occurred. Barça improved in the second half, creating chances but everything went well and in the 90 minutes it was 0-0. Ronaldo then scored in the 102nd minute and this was the decisive one as Barça failed to score but continued to press.
the 4th “The classic” was in the long-awaited Champions League Semifinal. The first game was at the Santiago Bernabéu. Mourinho harshly criticized Pep Guardiola when Guardiola commented on disqualifying a goal during the king’s cup final. Immediately after Mourinho left the press conference, Guardiola responded fast and furiously like never before as he used the “F word”. This incident added extra spice before the battle. On the battlefield we saw the reflection of Guardiola’s anger as the Barça players rushed all together towards the referee in the face of any foul committed by a Madrid player. Barcelona were playing their natural attacking game and Madrid were sticking to their defensive plan. It was 0-0 after the break. When two teams were on their way to the locker room, Pinto, Barça’s substitute goalkeeper, received a red card and there was a clash between some players from both teams. About game time Pepe committed a foul against Dani Alves and the referee gave him a direct red card. Barça’s plan worked. But from the replay we could easily see that it was a Dani Alves masterpiece. Mourinho also received a red card when he made an illegal gesture to the referee. Then Barça took advantage of 10 men and Messi scored in the 76th minute and doubled it by pure magic in the 87th and the last one was without a doubt one of the best goals in the history of the Champions League. After regulation time it was a big 2-0 lead and Barça was almost through to the final.
the 5th “The classic” It was a cruel formality as it was more than impossible to keep Barca out of Wembley when they had a 2-0 away lead. 1-1 draw at the Camp Nou. Barça scored first and Madrid tied. Mourinho wasn’t even in the stands during the match. Barça went to Wembly.
Champions League
It would be an injustice for Barça if I didn’t mention the game against Arsenal. Cesc Fábregas returned to play for the losing side. Arsenal had a 2-1 lead at home but failed to use it at the Camp Nou, where they were humiliated 4-1 last year and all the goals were scored by little Argentine magician Messi. This year Messi once again made the difference, his first goal showed the world that his ability has no limits. Arsenal made an incredible record by breaking the record of over a thousand matches in the Champions League. In this match they couldn’t shoot a single shot at the target! The score was 3-1 and the only goal was an own goal by Sergio Busquets.
Champions League Final: This is obviously considered to be the biggest game of a season. Barça players called the match the last Champions League final of their lives, as Guardiola did in 1992 at Wembley, where Barça won their first Champions League Final Trophy. Sir Alex Ferguson called it the “End of the Decade”. Some said it would be “Dj Seen” from the 2008-09 season, others said that ManU improved. When the match started the first ten minutes, ManU gave Barca a huge challenge, but then he was back to being the beauty of football at its highest level, Manu becoming the bus stop once again. The match ended 3-1 and could have been much worse. The game is now considered the best Champions League final in terms of any team’s class of football.
Finally, it was another successful mission for FC Barcelona. They got the Double and created few collective and individual records this season. Now they are the closest to the “Dream Team” while some people have already expressed that they are the “Dream Team” or better than that! But one thing is for sure, Lionel Messi is getting closer to stopping repeating the question “Who is the best player of all time, Pele or Maradona?”.