May 12 2011
Third League for Barca legend
Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona proclaimed champions in first division after two days in advance to make the point that was lacking in the City of Valencia (1-1) against Levante, which gave good equalizer in their struggle for permanence.
Barca back to get a league in the field of the Levant, as did the 2004-05 season the team then headed by Frank Rijkaard, who won a title with which the institution Barca bridle a streak of six seasons without an important cup in their windows.
Barcelona controlled the game throughout the match in front of a squat lift in his field, hoping to find your options on the counterattack. However, the Catalan side in attack was much less precise than usual and never relinquished Levante maintain precautions.
In sum, the Barcelona just arrived at the opponent’s goal and just left the Levant plot. Neither team seemed uncomfortable with the role that corresponded in a match tie smelled from the beginning.
The first round of the Barcelona half-hour. Only robbery was interrupted by a ball from the rival sporadic and inaccurate centers of the visiting team’s players as they approached the area of Levante.
The last action of the long ball possession was a center of Barcelona’s Xavi, in a spectacular header, Keita became a goal.
Only from that moment came the home team, increasing its presence at the meeting and that a large error of Pique and Valdes, inappropriate for players of this quality and so involved, Caicedo took advantage to put the tie to one the scoreboard before the game came to rest.
Until then, each team had enjoyed an opportunity and had taken advantage of. However, before the end of the first period, Barcelona had before it a new chance at a direct lack launched by Messi, who came near the goalpost of Munua.
The party had reached the break with a tie to one that conformed to the expectations of two teams that were doing much in the match, but seemed to need only a draw.
The Levante taken for good draw
The second half began with the same feelings, until on 57 minutes an excellent individual action Messi ended with the ball in the bottom right of the goal of Munua. Soon after, in a similar play, Messi returned to be near the goal. It was the one that broke the monotony of the crash.
Their actions, however, were sporadic, as the whole game was tedious and lacking bite. Barcelona had the ball and the Levant was waiting. Both teams seemed to be satisfied with it.
Thus came the meeting final quarter hour. The possession of Barcelona recovered the tone of the start of the game without the Levant seem to mind too.
As the meeting neared its conclusion, both teams raised their foot off the accelerator and the time when the referee blew the final whistle, the locals lived the small satisfaction of feeling closer to the permanence and the immense joy Barcelona have reached the title for the third consecutive year and his fans happy.
Los Angeles Lakers managed to get even the serious setback suffered at last Sunday against their arch rivals Celtics with an important moral victory over Houston Rockets. Although the victory took longer than expected and it took overtime.
As expected, the Knicks are still a mediocre team as defensive paragraph and before the Champions League they have it very good, there were no arguments to offer in the field to beat an opponent that was higher all aspects of the game.
Jackson, the “master”, which has won 11 league titles surrounded by stars on their teams did not show any of his knowledge when he watched his colleague Lionel Hollins gave a lesson in defensive and offensive play of the hand of the pairing the eaves Rudy Gay and Zach Randolph.
The match was very even, but Phil Jackson’s men the irregularity of Canadians and to achieve an advantage that was insurmountable for the Raptors, who add their third defeat in four games.