Barcelona in La Liga 2008/2009 penalties

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Sun May.19 - La Liga - Barcelona vs Valladlid - Your Prediction?

Fixture	Campaign	Players	Analysis	Stats	Timeline
Top scorers \| Most capped \| Substitutions \| Discipline \| Injuries/Bans \| Penalties \| Referees

Date	Match	Pen. Scored	Pen. Against
13-Sep-08	home Racing S. 1-1	70' Messi
27-Sep-08	away Espanyol 1-2	90' Messi
04-Oct-08	home A.Madrid 6-1	6' Eto'o
13-Dec-08	home R.Madrid 2-0	70' Eto'o Miss
17-Jan-09	home Depor 5-0	86' Eto'o
01-Feb-09	away Racing S. 1-2		56' Žigić
14-Feb-09	away Betis 2-2	45' Eto'o Miss
01-Mar-09	away A.Madrid 4-3		80' Forlan
07-Mar-09	home Athletic 2-0	31' Messi
11-Apr-09	home Recreativo 2-0	81' Messi Miss
10-May-09	home Villarreal 3-3		78' Fernandez, M
17-May-09	away Mallorca 2-1	90' Eto'o Miss

Referee	Penalties
Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez	4
Luis Medina Cantalejo	2
Alberto Undiano Mallenco	1
Rafael Ramirez Dominguez	1
Julian Rodriguez Santiago	1

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	The Camp Nou will celebrate the league title for the second time in three years after playing against Valladolid In 2009/10, Barça secured the league title in the last week of the competition thanks to a 4-0 victory over Valladolid After the parade on Monday, the Camp Nou will host the second part of the league title celebration. Curiously, Barça were crowned champions of the Spanish league when they hosted Valladolid at the Camp Nou three years ago. On that occasion, a 4-0 victory (goals from Pedro, Messi (2) and Prieto, own goal) secured the league title for Barça in the last round of the competition. The players celebrated the title with the fans after the match. The defeat relegated Valladolid to Segunda A.

	Barça B - Alcorcón: The two points slip away in the 92nd minute (1-1) The Blaugrana, who scored in the first half, conceded a second-half goal in this afternoon's match against Alcorcón. The Madrid-based side secured the draw in the last minute of the gameBarça B once again saw how the two points slipped away from their grasp in the final minute of a match. Despite putting in a very solid performance in the first half, which included a goal from Sergi Gómez, the Blaugrana conceded a goal to Alcorcón in the second. The tying goal was scored in the 92nd minute when Laguardia connected with a corner kick to send the back to the back of Masip’s net.

	Tito Vilanova: “We owe it to our fans, we have to finish strong” The manager announced that he will travel to New York for treatment next week "We have 91 points, and we know that we have a chance to win 100," said Vilanova Tito Vilanova talked to the press this Saturday ahead of tomorrow’s match against Valladolid. The manager, who will undergo further treatment in New York City next week, declared that one of his objectives this season is to win 100 points. “We have 91 points, and we know we have the chance to reach 100 points. We’ll try to win our remaining three matches. The more goals we score, the better. We can’t stop competing, that’s the only thing I wouldn’t like. We owe our fans and we have to finish the season in strong fashion,” said Vilanova. “It’s been a good season”“When you win the league title it has to be a good season. From the start we were clear that we wanted La Liga. Could we improve on this season? Absolutely. We always have to be demanding with ourselves, but you can’t always improve on what you did last season,” explained the Blaugrana manager, who went on to say that his players should be proud of the title they won this season. “All of my players played for this title. They all participated and all of them should feel as though this title is theirs. Some of the youngsters could play more, but many of them have been named to Spain’s U21 side.”With the best possible line-upOn May 29 Barça will face Esports Lleida at the Camp Nou in the final of the Copa Catalunya. “We’ll try to field the best possible team in the final of the Copa Catalunya. We’d like to have a good team, but because of the circumstances (league matches) we haven’t been able to do that in the past,” said the manager. Finally, Vilanova said that it would be exciting if Girona made it to Spain’s top flight. “We’ve been following Girona from the start of the season and we’d like it if they made it into Primera. It would be good for them and for Barça – if we can loan players to them. We need more Catalan teams in Catalonia.”

	The players @1victorvaldes and @Mascherano receive all clear to return to competitive play Adriano, Dani Alves and Abidal trained apart from the groupFC Barcelona trained this Saturday afternoon ahead of tomorrow’s match against Valladolid (21.00, Canal+). Both Mascherano and Valdés were given the green light to return to competitive play after today’s session. It’s worth noting that the Argentinian tore his MCL during the PSG-Barça play off on April 2nd, while the keeper was recovering from plantar fasciitis. Both players trained with the team. The team will train once again on Sunday, at 12.00, before kick off against Valladolid.

	Vilanova in New York from Monday to Friday The Barça manager will undergo further cancer treatment in the USA The pioneering treatment had been scheduled for this summer but has been brought forward now that Barça has won the league title.Tito Vilanova has confirmed at a press conference that he will have further treatment for cancer next week in New York. The pioneering treatment has been developed at a specialised centre and is proving particularly effective. It was originally planned for this summer but as Barça has now clinched the league title it has been advanced to next week. Tito Vilanova will be away from Barcelona from Monday to Friday.

	.@atleti the opponent in the Spanish Super Cup The last time the two sides met in the competition was in 1996, which was also Ronaldo’s first game for Barça Barça won to give manager Bobby Robson his first trophy with the Club.Atlético Madrid will play FC Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. Atlético beat Real Madrid 2-1 on Friday evening in the Spanish Cup Final to qualify for the Spanish Super Cup for the first time since 1996. They needed extra time to win the Cup for the first time in 17 years. Four precedents Since the Spanish Super Cup was created in 1982, Atlético Madrid and Barça have met four times in the competition, Barça winning on three occasions with Atletico winning just the first of the four contests. Barça’s first success against Atlético Madrid came in 1991, the two legs ending 0-1 and 1-1. A year later, in 1992 the two sides met again with Barça lifting the third Spanish Super Cup in the Club’s history. The last meeting The last meeting between the two sides – and the last time Atlético took part in the competition - was in 1996. Barça won the first leg played in the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona 5-2. In the return leg, without Ronaldo and Giovanni, Barça lost 3-1 but won the Cup on aggregate. .

	Spanish League Preview – week 36 With three games left to play, there are still seven clubs involved in the battle to avoid relegation while the fourth Champions League spot looks like a two-way fight between Real Sociedad and Valencia.On Friday evening, Atletico won their 10th Spanish Cup against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu itself but the focus now switches back to the league with the race to escape relegation still wide open. The relegation zone Bottom side Mallorca (29 points) face a must win game on Monday at home to Betis but the visitors have European aspirations themselves and will not be in the mood for any charity. Celta (31 points) are not playing this weekend while Deportivo (32 points) are at home to an Espanyol side that just have pride left to play for. Zaragoza (34 points) receive Athletic Club – who themselves are not completely safe on 41 points – but the biggest relegation battle of the weekend will be in Andalusia where Granada play host to Osasuna on the back of a four-game unbeaten run. With 36 points apiece, a win for either side should keep them in the top flight for another season. Europe the prize Meanwhile, at the other end of the table, the fourth Champions League place looks to be a two-way fight between Real Sociedad and Valencia, both on 59 points, while Malaga, with 54 points and just two games left to play, is all but out of the race. The two main contenders face difficult away matches to teams still harbouring hopes of making it to the Europa League, with Valencia travelling to Madrid to take on Getafe while Real Sociedad go to Sevilla.

	Leaders from start to finish for the second time Barça has topped the league table from beginning to end of the season, a feat only matched once before in the 1984/85 season. Barça kicked off the campaign with a thumping win against Real Sociedad and stormed to five victories in the following five matches. The team led the table after beating Real Sociedad 5-1 in the opening game of the season. For only the second time in history, FC Barcelona has topped the league table for all 38 rounds of the championship. From beginning to end. Barça seized first place in the opening match of the season thanks to 5-1 win against Real Sociedad, with goal difference separating them from the other sides that won their matches. It was the start of a superb run of six wins in the opening six matches of the season, equalling the best ever start to a league campaign. This gave Barça a lead that they would not lose for the rest of the season. Venables the precedent The only other time Barça has led the league from beginning to end was in 1984/85. That year, the team managed by Terry Venables won their opening match 0-3 in the Bernabeu and went on to win the next four matches. They clinched the league title with five games still left to play with a 1-2 victory away to Valladolid which featuried a penalty save from the goalkeeper Urruti . It would be remembered as the league title of 'Urruti t’estimo' (‘Urruti I love you).

	Camp Nou to celebrate Liga title on Sunday The team will be receiving the championship trophy after the match with Valladolid on a night of many surprises The celebrations of the 22nd Liga title at the Camp Nou, following the game with Valladolid, will be shown live on Barça TV and will also be streamed on www.fcbarcelona.com Live on Barça TV and website The celebrations of the 22nd Liga title at the Camp Nou, following the game with Valladolid, will be shown live on Barça TV and will also be streamed on www.fcbarcelona.com On Sunday night, the Camp Nou will be celebrating Barça’s Liga title. It’ll all be happening after the game with Valladolid (which kicks off at 21.00)). The trophy arrived at the club this Friday ready for presentation to FC Barcelona for the 22nd time. The party gets going at about 23.00, with the president of the Spanish Football Federation presenting the all-important silverware to FC Barcelona captain Carles Puyol. Champions honours The night will continue with a sound and light show that includes a host of different surprises, including highlights on the video scoreboard of the team’s triumphant March to its fourth title in five years. Also, as is only to be expected on a night like this, fans can rest assured that there will also be plenty of music, fireworks and confetti! History repeating Curiously enough, just three years ago, in 2010, Barça also celebrated the Liga title at the Camp Nou with a game against Valladolid, which the home side won handsomely, 4-0. But that was not the last time that the Barça fans were able to celebrate winning the Liga trophy. Last year, in the penultimate and otherwise largely meaningless game against Deportivo, Barça were able to celebrate title number 21. LA LIGA CHAMPIONS

	The league trophy is now at the Camp Nou The celebrations of the 22nd Liga title at the Camp Nou, following the game with Valladolid, will be shown live on Barça TV and will also be streamed on www.fcbarcelona.comCamp Nou to celebrate Liga title on Sunday

La Liga 2008/2009
	A.Madrid - Almeria - Athletic - Barcelona - Betis - Depor - Espanyol - Getafe - Malaga - Mallorca - Numancia - Osasuna - R.Madrid - Racing S. - Recreativo - Sevilla - Sp.Gijon - Valencia - Valladlid - Villarreal